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Vocabulary Workshop - Level F - Unit 11

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

gauche

a)

lacking social experience or grace; awkward; rude; tactless

b)

to scatter widely; diffuse; spread information

c)

deserving of blame or correction

d)

primly out of date

2.

discursive

a)

to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

b)

to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch,dessicate, singe

c)

passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

d)

pass off something fake as something genuine

3.

abstemious

a)

lacking social experience or grace; awkward; rude; tactless

b)

a group that is part of a larger one

c)

adj. - leaping, jumping, or spring forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous n. - a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward

d)

eating and drinking in moderation; restricted to the bare necessities

4.

perceptive

a)

having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

b)

an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

c)

passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

d)

a belief different from accepted, usually religious, beliefs

5.

specious

a)

support with additional evidence; make more certain or confirm

b)

deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

c)

very destructive; harnful; deadly

d)

easily felt or perceived by the senses or the mind

6.

florid

a)

elaborate, ornate, over-decorated

b)

eating and drinking in moderation; restricted to the bare necessities

c)

to fill to satisfaction (adj.) filled to satisfaction

d)

deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

7.

denizen

a)

elaborate, ornate, over-decorated

b)

a group that is prt of a larger one

c)

lacking social experience or grace; awkward; rude; tactless

d)

an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

8.

palpable

a)

poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

b)

eating and drinking in moderation; restricted to the bare necessities

c)

easily felt or perceived by the senses or the mind

d)

to scatter widely; diffuse; spread information

9.

foist

a)

pass off something fake as something genuine

b)

deserving of blame or correction

c)

support with additional evidence; make more certain or confirm

d)

to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch,dessicate, singe

10.

contingent

a)

adj. - leaping, jumping, or spring forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous n. - a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward

b)

conditional; depending on something else

c)

an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place

d)

elaborate, ornate, over-decorated

11.

censurable

a)

passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

b)

pass off something fake as something genuine

c)

deserving of blame or correction

d)

(v.) to fill to satisfaction (adj.) filled to satisfaction

12.

heresy

a)

to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

b)

easily felt or perceived by the senses or the mind

c)

deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

d)

a belief different from accepted, usually religious, beliefs

13.

satiate

a)

deserving of blame or correction

b)

(v.) to fill to satisfaction (adj.) filled to satisfaction

c)

very destructive; harnful; deadly

d)

having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation

14.

salient

a)

elaborate, ornate, over-decorated

b)

eating and drinking in moderation; restricted to the bare necessities

c)

passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic

d)

adj. - leaping, jumping, or spring forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous n. - a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward

15.

corroborate

a)

support with additional evidence; make more certain or confirm

b)

(v.) to fill to satisfaction; (adj.) filled to satisfaction

c)

(adj.) leaping, jumping, or spring forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; (n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward

d)

easily felt or perceived by the senses or the mind

16.

It would be considered _____ to wear blue jeans to a formal senior prom.

a)

satiate

b)

gauche

c)

perceptive

17.

The Thanksgiving meal will _____ all of the guests at the Miller house.

a)

denizen

b)

satiate

c)

contingent

18.

Although her resume looked impressive, her claims of vast experience in the field were, in reality, _____ .

a)

specious

b)

perceptive

c)

satiate

19.

When there is a new election, the candidates _____ their views on political issues.

a)

censurable

b)

disseminate

c)

satiate

20.

Every time my mother wears her holiday sweater-vest, I feel she looks _____ and out of touch with style.

a)

dowdy

b)

foist

c)

abstemious

21.

The insensitive girls spread the _____ gossip without any thought as to whom it may hurt.

a)

pernicious

b)

sear

c)

contingent

22.

If we don't _____ our children with our values, someone else will.

a)

heresy

b)

salient

c)

inculcate

23.

Since he was so _____ , Nisil knew when his teammate was upset and helped her.

a)

discursive

b)

contingent

c)

perceptive

24.

Con artists and politicians are pros at making _____ statements.

a)

specious

b)

abstemious

c)

inculcate

25.

We will get ice cream this afternoon _____ on your behavior this morning.

a)

denizen

b)

contingent

c)

discursive

26.

Martin Luther was accused of ____ by the Catholic Church for disagreeing with established religious dogma.

a)

heresy

b)

inculcate

c)

corroborate

27.

A lover of marine life, Sarah knew each aquatic _____ of our lake.

a)

abstemious

b)

disseminate

c)

denizen

28.

We posted many flyers to _____ the information about the upcoming board meeting.

a)

inculcate

b)

corroborate

c)

disseminate

29.

It was futile gesture to ask the blind woman to _____ the identity of the thief.

a)

corroborate

b)

gauche

c)

foist

30.

Even the swindler's nefarious accomplice refused to ____ his alibi because he didnt want to get embroiled in the severely criminal pursuits.

a)

specious

b)

corroborate

c)

dowdy