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Vocabulary # 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Aloof

a)

a person who believes pleasure is the chief goal

b)

someone who is clumsy

c)

detached; distant

d)

a beginner

2.

a combination of different elements

a)

paucity

b)

amalgam

c)

ambiguity

d)

vitriolic

3.

The quality or state of having more than one possible meaning

a)

ambiguity

b)

boorish

c)

bowdlerizing

d)

panache

4.

Vulgar

a)

vitriolic

b)

neophyte

c)

equanimity

d)

boorish

5.

To remove or delete parts of a book, song, or other work considered offensive

a)

ubiquitous

b)

polarize

c)

bowdlerizing

d)

diatribe

6.

Someone who is clumsy

a)

Bungler

b)

dilettante

c)

draconian

d)

hedonist

7.

Characterized by constantly shifting moods

a)

equanimity

b)

prognosticator

c)

paradoxical

d)

capricious

8.

a thunderous verbal attack

a)

diatribe

b)

dilettante

c)

draconian

d)

bowdlerizing

9.

A person with a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge

a)

neophyte

b)

hedonist

c)

prognosticator

d)

dilettante

10.

Bitter; acerbic; filled with malice

a)

ubiquitous

b)

panache

c)

boorish

d)

vitriolic

11.

Widespread

a)

ubiquitous

b)

aloof

c)

capricious

d)

equanimity

12.

A person who makes predictions based upon current information

a)

bowdlerizing

b)

bungler

c)

prognosticator

d)

neophyte

13.

To create dissension

a)

dilettante

b)

polarize

c)

ambiguity

d)

bungler

14.

Scarcity

a)

panache

b)

paradoxical

c)

paucity

d)

polarize

15.

Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory

a)

equanimity

b)

paradoxical

c)

capricious

d)

panache

16.

Great vigor and energy

a)

panache

b)

draconian

c)

diatribe

d)

ubiquitous

17.

Beginner

a)

hedonist

b)

prognosticator

c)

neophyte

d)

bungler

18.

Calmness; poise

a)

equanimity

b)

polarize

c)

draconian

d)

aloof

19.

Characterized by strict laws

a)

panache

b)

vitriolic

c)

amalgam

d)

draconian

20.

Hedonist

a)

a blend

b)

a beginner

c)

bitter

d)

a person who believes that pleasure is chief goal of life