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Vocab List 1.7: Communication

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To say the opposite of another point of view

a)

contradict

b)

malediction

c)

indict

d)

vindicate

2.

She _______________her brother's account of what happened, thus getting him in trouble.

a)

malediction

b)

indicted

c)

vindicated

d)

contradicted

3.

A magical word or phrase uttered with the intention of bringing destruction (synonym: a curse!)

a)

contradiction

b)

malediction

c)

indication

d)

vindication

4.

the two old women began casting aspersions, insults, and heaping _________________upon one another.

a)

contradictions

b)

indications

c)

maledictions

d)

vindications

5.

To charge with a fault or offense, as a means of bringing to trial

a)

indict

b)

contradict

c)

malediction

d)

vindicate

6.

Tyler was ____________this month on a charge of theft of government funds.

a)

malediction

b)

contradicted

c)

indicted

d)

vindicate

7.

to clear someone of blame or suspicion

a)

vindicate

b)

contradict

c)

malediction

d)

indict

8.

She will be completely ________________ by the evidence.

a)

contradiction

b)

malediction

c)

vindicated

d)

indict

9.

to speak in favor for someone

a)

advocate

b)

vociferous

c)

evoke

d)

irrevocable

10.

There is a growing group at our school that _______________for vegetarianism.

a)

advocates

b)

vociferous

c)

evoked

d)

contradicts

11.

vehement or clamorous speech (hot and bothered)

a)

advocated

b)

vociferous

c)

evoking

d)

malediction

12.

He was ______________in his support of the proposal.

a)

malediction

b)

vociferous

c)

evoking

d)

irrevocable

13.

to produce a memory or reaction

a)

evoke

b)

vociferous

c)

indict

d)

advocate

14.

This place ____________memories that bring back my childhood.

a)

contradicts

b)

evokes

c)

advocates

d)

clamors

15.

unable to be altered, not able to be taken back.

a)

evoke

b)

clamor

c)

irrevocable

d)

advocate

16.

She has made an _______________ decision she may one day wish she could get out of.

a)

evoking

b)

vociferously

c)

advocate

d)

irrevocable

17.

a loud uproar, continuous noise

a)

clamor

b)

vociferous

c)

proclamation

d)

acclamation

18.

The children _______________around Margot, yelling and screaming for what seemed like days.

a)

vociferous

b)

clamored

c)

malediction

d)

advocated

19.

a public announcement, especially dealing with an important matter.

a)

clamor

b)

vociferous

c)

proclamation

d)

acclamation

20.

The President issued a ________________which freed the slaves.

a)

malediction

b)

acclamation

c)

proclamation

d)

acclaimed

21.

praise enthusiastically and in public

a)

acclaimed

b)

proclaimed

c)

clamored

d)

evoked

22.

The city's most _________________ restaurants are loved by everyone!

a)

clamor

b)

vociferous

c)

acclaimed

d)

proclamation

23.

words inscribed (marked into), as in a monument or in a book.

a)

inscription

b)

transcribed

c)

topography

d)

calligraphy

24.

The painting had an _______________that read, “To my loving wife.”

a)

inscription

b)

proclamation

c)

calligraphy

d)

evoke

25.

to put thought, speech, or data into written or printed form

a)

inscription

b)

calligraphy

c)

transcribe

d)

indict

26.

The senator's speech was ____________________.

a)

transcribed

b)

calligraphy

c)

inscripted

d)

proclamation

27.

the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area

a)

topography

b)

transcribe

c)

calligraphy

d)

inscription

28.

A map of the ____________________of the coastline shows a significant loss of wetlands.

a)

calligraphy

b)

proclamation

c)

topography

d)

inscription

29.

highly decorative writing

a)

calligraphy

b)

inscription

c)

transcribe

d)

multilingual

30.

she specializes in scrollwork writing with beautiful _______________,

a)

inscription

b)

transcribing

c)

linguistics

d)

calligraphy

31.

able to speak multiple languages

a)

calligraphy

b)

multilingual

c)

linguistics

d)

lingo

32.

Recent surveys show that employers need _______________ workers.

a)

multilingual

b)

linguistics

c)

lingo

d)

vociferous

33.

the science of language

a)

linguistics

b)

lingo

c)

multilingual

d)

vociferous

34.

The confusion about language has been so great that, in a major Supreme Court case, ______________________professors submitted a brief providing the justices with lessons on punctuation and grammar.

a)

linguistics

b)

multilingual

c)

lingo

d)

topography

35.

the specialized language of a group of people of a particular field, area, grouping, etc.

a)

multilingual

b)

linguistics

c)

calligraphy

d)

lingo

36.

The book has a lot of computer _________ that I don't understand.

a)

lingo

b)

multilingo

c)

multilingual

d)

linguistics