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Sadlier Level E, Unit TWO: Synonyms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy

a)

meticulous

b)

jeporady

c)

tepid

d)

scrutiny

2.

Inspect, pore over

a)

retrogress

b)

quintessence

c)

scrutinize

d)

meticulous

3.

Revert, degenerate, decline

a)

retrogress

b)

nostalgia

c)

tepid

d)

cursory

4.

The professor is a paragon of virtue and learning. A synonym for paragon would be ______________.

a)

impetus

b)

amicable

c)

averse

d)

quintessence

5.

Looking at old photos of his happy family brought about a sense of _______________ for the joy they shared when life was simplier.

a)

nostalgia

b)

adroit

c)

cursory

d)

impervious

6.

He took a hazardous jump and put his life at risk. He put those below him in ________________.

a)

benevolence

b)

cusory

c)

jeopardy

d)

grimmace

7.

fastidious, painstaking, fussy

a)

amicable

b)

verbatim

c)

meticulous

d)

retrogress

8.

fraud, double-dealing, chicanery

a)

extol

b)

averse

c)

duplicity

d)

grimmace

9.

Two synonyms for impervious are:

a)

unworkable

b)

impenetrable

c)

spur

d)

resistant

10.

glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail

a)

feasible

b)

extol

c)

bereft

d)

adroit

11.

workable, PRACTICABLE, viable

a)

grimace

b)

feasible

c)

benevolent

d)

cursory

12.

The patient had such a pained expression. His ____________ could not be mistaken.

a)

belligerent

b)

grimace

c)

impetus

d)

stolid

13.

conflagration, devastation, annihilation

a)

averse

b)

meticulous

c)

duplicity

d)

holocaust

14.

impulse, incentive, spur

a)

impetus

b)

impervious

c)

adroit

d)

tepid

15.

clever, dreft, dexterous, slick

a)

amicable

b)

belligerent

c)

adroit

d)

cursory

16.

benign, well-meaning, kindly

a)

cursory

b)

duplicity

c)

benevolent

d)

feasible

17.

congenial, neighborly , cordial

a)

amicable

b)

averse

c)

insidious

d)

extol

18.

assertive, truculent, pugnacious

a)

benevolent

b)

cursory

c)

belligerent

d)

meticulous

19.

quick, superficial, perfunctory

a)

impervious

b)

cursory

c)

jeopardy

d)

quintessences

20.

If you are disinclined to reading and studying, how well do you think you will do on your vocabulary quiz? A synonym would be ____________

a)

averse

b)

grimace

c)

feasible

d)

extol