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Sadlier Level C Unit 7

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A quality of characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something.

a)

juncture

b)

menial

c)

attribute

d)

turncoat

2.

Convey

a)

To transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to.

b)

A quality of characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something.

c)

to ward off, fend off, evade, avoid.

d)

to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way.

3.

Exotic

a)

thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering.

b)

showy and flashy but lacking in good taste.

c)

lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity.

d)

Foreign, charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual.

4.

Thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering.

a)

exotic

b)

menial

c)

haggard

d)

tawdry

5.

Juncture

a)

a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something.

b)

A joining together; the point at which two things are joined.

c)

a person who switches to an opposing side or party.

d)

a wet; muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath.

6.

Menial

a)

lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity

b)

thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking.

c)

showy and flashy but lacking in good taste.

d)

to roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way.

7.

To ward off, fend off, evade, avoid.

a)

Parry

b)

Convey

c)

Tawdry

d)

Wallow

8.

Tawdry

a)

Showy and flashy but lacking in good taste.

b)

To roll about in a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way.

c)

lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity.

d)

thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering.

9.

A person who switches to an opposing side or party

a)

Turncoat

b)

Tawdry

c)

Attribute

d)

Haggard

10.

Wallow

a)

Showy and flashy but lacking in good taste.

b)

To roll about a lazy, clumsy, or helpless way.

c)

Foreign, charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual.

d)

Lowly, humble, lacking importance or dignity.

11.

There is no such thing as a ___________ job on a family farm; every job is important.

a)

menial

b)

haggard

c)

tawdry

d)

exotic

12.

When I arrived at a critical ___________ in my career, I realized that my whole future would depend on the decision I was about to make.

a)

attribute

b)

convey

c)

wallow

d)

juncture

13.

My doctor ___________ my dizziness and vertigo to an inner ear infection.

a)

attributed

b)

conveyed

c)

parried

d)

haggard

14.

After waiting for news of her loved ones for several days, the woman looked careworn and ___________.

a)

wallowed

b)

haggard

c)

tawdry

d)

menial

15.

The room was so overcrowded with gaudy furnishings that the overall effect was cheap and ___________.

a)

tawdry

b)

wallow

c)

haggard

d)

menial

16.

Acme

a)

The highest point

b)

a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles.

c)

a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue.

d)

not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest.

17.

Doctrine

a)

The highest point

b)

a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles.

c)

a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue.

d)

lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance.

18.

stance

a)

to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value.

b)

a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles.

c)

a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue.

d)

lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance.

19.

Belittle

a)

to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value.

b)

to remove by cutting

c)

to destroy, lay waste, ruin.

d)

to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision.

20.

excise

a)

to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value.

b)

to remove by cutting

c)

to destroy, lay waste, ruin.

d)

to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision.

21.

ravage

a)

preying on, plundering, or piratical

b)

to remove by cutting

c)

to destroy, lay waste, ruin.

d)

to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision.

22.

jaunty

a)

lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance.

b)

preying on, plundering, or piratical.

c)

not putting on airs, unpretentious, modest.

d)

a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles.

23.

Predatory

a)

preying on, plundering, or piratical

b)

to remove by cutting

c)

not putting on airs, unpretentious, modest

d)

to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision.

24.

Unassuming

a)

not putting on airs, unpretentious, modest.

b)

lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance.

c)

to make something appear smaller than it is.

d)

a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue.

25.

Waver

a)

to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision.

b)

to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value.

c)

to remove by cutting

d)

to destroy, lay waste, ruin.

26.

The pickpocket lurks outside the bank in his _______________ manner, waiting to snatch the full wallets of unsuspecting pedestrians.

a)

predatory

b)

jaunty

c)

unassuming

d)

wavering

27.

For many years the towns and villages along the Normandy coast of France showed the _____________ of the great invasion of 1944.

a)

ravages

b)

acme

c)

doctrine

d)

jaunty

28.

In her most celebrated novels, such as Pride and Prejudice and Emma, Jane Austen reached the ___________ of her literary art.

a)

acme

b)

stance

c)

doctrine

d)

stance

29.

The author's first published work was a(n) ______________ little pamphlet on the joys of fly fishing.

a)

unassuming

b)

jaunty

c)

wavering

d)

predatory

30.

Her happy expression and the _____________ way she walked down the street gave the impression of someone "on top of the world."

a)

unassuming

b)

jaunty

c)

wavering

d)

predatory

31.

Lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance

a)

jaunty

b)

stance

c)

unassuming

d)

excise

32.

Not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest

a)

unassuming

b)

jaunty

c)

waver

d)

stance

33.

a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles

a)

doctrine

b)

stance

c)

acme

d)

excise

34.

a way of holding the body; an attitude or position on an issue.

a)

doctrine

b)

stance

c)

acme

d)

excise

35.

Even after pitching two no-hit games this season, Stan was the same quiet and _________________ boy we had always known.

a)

unassuming

b)

jaunty

c)

stance

d)

wavering

36.

The captain was deeply worried, even though he tried hard to appear confident and ________________ to the passengers.

a)

unassuming

b)

jaunty

c)

stance

d)

wavering