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Vocabulary Unit 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the part of speech:


ENERVATE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

2.

Identify the part of speech:


FIGMENT

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

3.

Identify the part of speech:


UBIQUITOUS

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

4.

Identify the part of speech:


DEPRAVED

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

5.

Match the definition with the word:


To represent pictorially

a)

enervate

b)

delineate

c)

hallow

d)

garner

6.

Match the definition to word:


a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

a)

sophistry

b)

penchant

c)

idiosyncrasy

d)

figment

7.

Match the definition with the word:


earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs

a)

overweening

b)

sumptuous

c)

mundane

d)

ubiquitous

8.

Match the definition with the word


reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound

a)

ignominy

b)

figment

c)

idiosyncrasy

d)

sophistry

9.

Find the synonym:


the latest FIAT

a)

fashion

b)

recipe

c)

revelation

d)

edict

10.

Find the synonym:


a PENCHANT for drawing

a)

class

b)

talent

c)

predilection

d)

instrument

11.

Find the synonym:


The OVERWEENING dictator

a)

enfeebled

b)

arrogant

c)

deceased

d)

charismatic

12.

Find the synonym:


because a bank account GARNERS interest

a)

computes

b)

loses

c)

disseminates

d)

accrues

13.

Find the ANTONYM:


esoteric references

a)

cryptic

b)

scholarly

c)

intelligible

d)

recondite

14.

Find the ANTONYM:


Certain that no IGNOMINY would result from their actions

a)

disgrace

b)

profit

c)

honor

d)

trouble

15.

Find the ANTONYM:


HALLOWED traditions

a)

honored

b)

family

c)

desecrated

d)

empty

16.

Composer Claude DeBussy used a special whole-tone musical scale to create the ___________ and subtle variations of moood and expression reflected in his orchestral works.

a)

ignominies

b)

figments

c)

fiats

d)

nuances

17.

In the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy attacked many actors with _________ ties to the Communist Party.

a)

reputed

b)

mundane

c)

esoteric

d)

depraved

18.

The Garden of Eden was a ____________ paradise full of wonderful fruits and flowers.

a)

sumptuous

b)

fecund

c)

depraved

d)

mundane

19.

In George Orwell's 1984 nothing could escape the ___________ eye of Big Brother.

a)

ubiquitous

b)

depraved

c)

mundane

d)

sumptuous

20.

People who have just met often talk about __________ subjects such as the weather.

a)

overweening

b)

sumptuous

c)

mundane

d)

esoteric