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Trimester 1- Vocabulary Revision

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of INDICATE?
a)
Someone or something that has an affect on an event, a process, or a situation
b)
To point out or serve as a sign or symbol of something
c)
Alike in appearance or nature
d)
Concerned with a particular thing; also precise or exact
2.
What is a coup?
a)
a soccer play
b)
an overthrow of the government
c)
a place where chickens live
d)
a yearly celebration 
3.
What does dispossess mean? 
a)
to create a contract
b)
to deny ownership
c)
to settle an argument 
d)
to lose a race
4.
Natal is related to 
a)
education
b)
gardening
c)
birth
d)
weather
5.
Predominates means ________. 
a)
to require another language
b)
something is boring 
c)
to change things around 
d)
Most common 
6.
What is persecution?
a)
To be charged for a crime. 
b)
Immigration
c)
Revolution or war. 
d)
Harsh treatment due to race or religion. 
7.
A reaction is...
a)
when you do something again.
b)
a response to something.
c)
to show clearly and deliberately.
d)
to serve as a symbol of.
8.
If you contribute to something, you are...
a)
giving or supplying for a common purpose.
b)
entering and settling in a new country.
c)
changing your attitude.
d)
moving to a new place.
9.
When you immigrate, you are...
a)
analyzing new information.
b)
slicing cheese into small slivers.
c)
changing your attitude about something.
d)
entering and settling in a new country.
10.
If your attitudes are shifting, you are...
a)
slowing down your car.
b)
not to be trusted.
c)
changing your beliefs, judgments, or emphases.
d)
moving them from one place to another.
11.
When you relocate, you...
a)
move to a new place.
b)
locate something for a second time.
c)
find something that you lost.
d)
engage in arguments with others.
12.
A sponsor is...
a)
always a relative.
b)
someone who allows you to live in his/her home.
c)
someone who supports admission into a group.
d)
a paper that provides evidence of something.
13.
To stun someone is...
a)
to invite him to breakfast.
b)
to get into a fight.
c)
to help him enter a new country.
d)
to make him feel shocked, dazed, or surprised.
14.
A dispatcher...
a)
sends out vehicles according to a schedule.
b)
delivers pizza for Pizza Hut.
c)
is an immigrant to a new country.
d)
has difficulty adjusting to a new culture.
15.
A scuffle is a...
a)
movie.
b)
fight.
c)
class for English learners.
d)
potato chip.
16.
To whimper is to...
a)
engage in a fight.
b)
react very angrily.
c)
cry uncontrollably.
d)
sob or let out a soft cry.
17.

Why might immigrants become naturalized?

a)

Because chemicals are bad for people

b)

Because the governments makes them

c)

Because they hate their old country

d)

Because they will have more rights if they are citizens

18.

Accommodate

a)

a place where a person lives residence

b)

continual change, variations

c)

to make room for, welcome, shelter

d)

material used for insulating/ padding

19.

contemporary

a)

full of people/ crowded

b)

of the present time/ modern

c)

having a special quality/ extraordinary

d)

continual change from one point to another/ variations

20.

distinctive

a)

having a special quality/extraordinary

b)

to make room for/welcome/shelter

c)

of the present time/modern

d)

continual change form one point to another

21.

A tumult is

a)

a disorderly disturbance.

b)

an unexpected fall.

c)

a dangerous storm.

d)

a very high peak.

22.

Perpetual means

a)

having a lot of hope.

b)

lasting a long time.

c)

staying in one place.

d)

showing great respect.

23.

What are telecommunications?

a)

presentations that require a microphone

b)

machines that translate one language to another

c)

wiring that is required to make phones work

d)

electronic systems that send information

24.

Something that is pernicious is

a)

valuable or appreciated.

b)

used for enjoyment.

c)

harmful or destructive.

d)

in need of repair.

25.
When you make a ________________ of something, you make fun of it.
a)
vex
b)
mockery
c)
sagacity
d)
acute
26.
The police found the evidence on the _____________.
a)
waned
b)
premises
c)
raved
d)
profound
27.
The speaker said his sense of hearing was _______________________
a)
stifled
b)
acute
c)
audacity
d)
refrained
28.
A person who displays __________________ has a high opinion of himself.
a)
foresight
b)
audacity
c)
acute
d)
raved
29.
Sandy has _____________, she plans ahead.
a)
raved
b)
vex
c)
foresight
d)
derision
30.
Few of us will ever be said to have _______________.
a)
sagacity
b)
profound
c)
waned
d)
stifled
31.
The defendant _________________ denied having committed the crime.
a)
vex
b)
vehemently
c)
stifled
d)
raved
32.
If you ________ someone, you have upset or confused them.
a)
mockery
b)
vex
c)
stifled
d)
foresight
33.
The light of the moon __________________ as the dawn approached.
a)
vex
b)
stifled
c)
waned
d)
refrained
34.

What is the definition of the underlined word? While Mr. White and his son were playing chess, Mr. White put his king into " . . . sharp and unnecessary perils that . . ."

a)

greedy

b)

risks

c)

dangers

d)

secrets

35.

Condole means . . .

a)

speak evil of

b)

gullable

c)

sneaky

d)

to express sympathy

36.

Mrs. White drew back with a ______________, when the sergeant-major proffered the monkey's paw.

a)

grimace

b)

avaricious

c)

sinister

d)

malign

37.

Having the tendency to believe things too quickly is

a)

falter

b)

credulity

c)

oppressive

d)

stealthy

38.

If someone is looking solemn, it means they are

a)

serious

b)

happy

c)

frustrated

d)

weeping

39.

"At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock, so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded the front door."

a)

greedy

b)

loudly

c)

hurriedly

d)

secret; sneaky

40.

What does the underlined word mean? Mr. White frantically breathed his third and last wish while his wife was trying to open the front door.

a)

slowly

b)

inaudibly

c)

hurriedly, in a panicked way

d)

stealthy

41.

Falter means

a)

hesitate; stumble; lose courage

b)

show excessive confidence

c)

send self into hysterics

d)

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