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Vocab Test 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dubious

a)

not to be relied upon; suspicious

b)

marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something

c)

excellence that sets someone or something apart

d)

unvarying and uniform; boring; tedious

2.

Distinction

a)

tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative

b)

a difference or contrast between similar things or people

c)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

d)

A mark made to indicate difference

3.

Taunt

a)

to act like or pretend to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud (deception)

b)

to state a fact or belief forcefully and confidently

c)

to provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks

d)

excellence that sets someone or something apart

4.

Confrontational

a)

ostentatiously (obviously) rich, lavish, and luxurious

b)

unvarying and uniform; boring; tedious

c)

marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something

d)

tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative

5.

Impersonate

a)

to act like or pretend to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud (deception)

b)

to provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks

c)

to state a fact or belief forcefully and confidently

d)

to personify a character in order to make them speak and act like a human

6.

Opulent

a)

tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative

b)

ostentatiously (obviously) rich, lavish, and luxurious

c)

unvarying and uniform; boring; tedious

d)

not to be relied upon; suspicious

7.

Calamity

a)

a difference or contrast between similar things or people

b)

marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something

c)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

d)

to act like or pretend to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud (deception)

8.

Monotonous

a)

marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something

b)

not to be relied upon; suspicious

c)

tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative

d)

unvarying and uniform; boring; tedious

9.

Assert

a)

to state a fact or belief forcefully and confidently

b)

to provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks

c)

to act like or pretend to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud (deception)

d)

to provide a contrast between two different ideas

10.

Indifferent

a)

ostentatiously (obviously) rich, lavish, and luxurious

b)

marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something

c)

unvarying and uniform; boring; tedious

d)

extremely realistic and detailed

11.

To be ____ to the recent news, or independent of it, was out of the question.

a)

dubious

b)

opulent

c)

indifferent

d)

monotonous

12.

Are you ready to ____ that nothing strange can have to do with human affairs, that all strangeness that we observe must be extra-terrestrial??!?

a)

taunt

b)

distinguish

c)

confront

d)

assert

13.

Gil's flash of gold was the only brightness in the place, which was otherwise dull and ____.

a)

monotonous

b)

dubious

c)

assertive

d)

indifferent

14.

One moment of reckless inconsideration could plunge the country into a national ____ that would take years to resolve.

a)

dubiousness

b)

calamity

c)

confrontation

d)

monotony

15.

Her father had once been an ____ farmer, but nowadays he was much reduced in circumstances.

a)

assertive

b)

impersonating

c)

opulent

d)

apparent

16.

He wrote the choruses to his songs in the same way his idol had: to ____ the sounds of busy people on the street.

a)

distinguish

b)

assert

c)

taunt

d)

impersonate

17.

My brain was numb, and my body was tired, but I did my best to ____ the new situation that was before me.

a)

confront

b)

assert

c)

impersonate

d)

determine

18.

I had already forgiven you, even before you stopped reprimanding and ____ me about the design on my lunch box.

a)

distinguishing

b)

taunting

c)

impersonating

d)

asserting

19.

But can you please, your honor, inform me why you are making this ____ between the other defendant and me?

a)

taunt

b)

opulence

c)

distinction

d)

monotonousness

20.

Looking back, it would have been much better for him if he had kept silent, rather than speak that ____, indecisive "Y—es."

a)

monotonous

b)

confrontational

c)

calamitous

d)

dubious