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Vocabulary Workshop Unit 9 - Level F

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

novice

a)

making an extravagant show; ostentatious

b)

tending to delay; marked by procrastination

c)

one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience

d)

an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation

2.

adulation

a)

cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct

b)

praise or flattery that is excessive

c)

tending to delay; marked by procrastination

d)

deseving blame, worthy of condemnation

3.

anathema

a)

to make less, to deduct, to reduce in quantity, value, force or intensity

b)

unable to make up one's mind

c)

praise or flattery that is excessive

d)

an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation

4.

dilatory

a)

tending to delay; marked by procrastination

b)

something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

c)

deseving blame, worthy of condemnation

d)

untidy, as in dress or appearance

5.

avarice

a)

to summarize by making a list of points

b)

to make less, to deduct, to reduce in quantity, value, force or intensity

c)

a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

d)

lethargic, dormant, lacking emotion

6.

resuscitate

a)

to summarize by making a list of points

b)

lethargic, dormant, lacking emotion

c)

very alert and aware; clever

d)

to revive from unconsciousness or apparent death

7.

astute

a)

very alert and aware; clever

b)

vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy

c)

one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience

d)

extreme poverty, barrenness, insufficiency

8.

pretentious

a)

unable to make up one's mind

b)

making an extravagant show; ostentatious

c)

conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense)

d)

something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

9.

supposition

a)

deseving blame, worthy of condemnation

b)

something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

c)

one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience

d)

praise or flattery that is excessive

10.

culpable

a)

a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

b)

to speak ambiguously in order to mislead or deceive

c)

tending to delay; marked by procrastination

d)

deseving blame, worthy of condemnation

11.

irresolute

a)

an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation

b)

lethargic, dormant, lacking emotion

c)

unable to make up one's mind

d)

to make less, to deduct, to reduce in quantity, value, force or intensity

12.

penury

a)

extreme poverty, barrenness, insufficiency

b)

a greedy desire, particularly for wealth

c)

unable to make up one's mind

d)

tending to delay; marked by procrastination

13.

slovenly

a)

untidy, as in dress or appearance

b)

cloudlike, resembling a cloud; cloudy in color, not transparent; vague, confused, indistinct

c)

lethargic, dormant, lacking emotion

d)

very alert and aware; clever

14.

egregious

a)

untidy, as in dress or appearance

b)

conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense)

c)

making an extravagant show; ostentatious

d)

praise or flattery that is excessive

15.

evanescent

a)

making an extravagant show; ostentatious

b)

something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence

c)

vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy

d)

to summarize by making a list of points

16.

In CPR class we learned how to _____ a person who has stopped breathing.

a)

adulation

b)

resuscitate

c)

torpid

17.

The boy stood there _____ and uncertain. Some premonition of danger kept him poised, alert, and wary.

a)

irresolute

b)

equivocate

c)

novice

18.

One candidate is honest and blunt; however, the other prefers to _____ on controversial issues.

a)

equivocate

b)

nebulous

c)

egregious

19.

Guided by a(n) _____ that turned out to be false, the uninformed scientists made some disastrous decisions.

a)

anathema

b)

supposition

c)

abate

20.

True leaders can distinguish sincere praise from blind _____ .

a)

supposition

b)

dilatory

c)

adulation

21.

The family lived in such a state of _____ they often went without food, electricity, and cable.

a)

pretentious

b)

recapitulate

c)

penury

22.

Not caring what he looked like, Nathan appeared _____ dressed at Homecoming, a time when people usually dress their best.

a)

irresolute

b)

culpable

c)

slovenly

23.

Though Mr. Johnson thought the student was a(n) _____ miscreant, we knew he was innocent of the charges.

a)

avarice

b)

torpid

c)

culpable

24.

Their hypothesis is based on the _____ that light travels in a straight line.

a)

adulation

b)

supposition

c)

resuscitate

25.

The movie star's agent was fired after he made a(n) _____ decision to steal from the star.

a)

egregious

b)

astute

c)

avarice

26.

Some of the lines in societal law are _____ , and open to discussion.

a)

nebulous

b)

torpid

c)

avarice

27.

The model's physical beauty may be ______ and begin to vanish as she ages.

a)

nebulous

b)

evanescent

c)

astute

28.

Alanis' outrageously skimpy shorts were a(n) _____ effort to attract attention and impress boys.

a)

egregious

b)

irresolute

c)

pretentious

29.

The _____ student stayed after school to make up for all the time wasted in class due to her extreme number of tardies.

a)

culpable

b)

penury

c)

dilatory

30.

A(n) _____ holiday shopper compares prices carefully os as not to overpay.

a)

astute

b)

torpid

c)

resuscitate