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Voc. Unit 10 Level C

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another small sound and the guard was on his feet with a _____in his hand.

a)

bludgeon

b)

defile

c)

disgruntled

d)

fend

2.

We did not want non-Jews to enter our Temple to ____our sacred sites or texts.

a)

fend

b)

defile

c)

predominant

d)

capitulate

3.

In 1948, _____southern Democrats, nicknamed Dixiecrats, launched the States' Rights party.

a)

awry

b)

chafe

c)

disgruntled

d)

encroach

4.

They tried citronella to fend off the mosquitos, but to no _____.

a)

avail

b)

awry

c)

apt

d)

recluse

5.

Captain Arthur Phillip, first governor of NSW, was practically the absolute ruler of the ______settlement of criminals.

a)

pertinent

b)

encroach

c)

prodigy

d)

penal

6.

"What would a dashing headmaster want with a worthless do-nothing when he has an academic _____like me?" cried the haughty young scholar.

a)

capitulate

b)

encroach

c)

prodigy

d)

pertinent

7.

Any knight of _____could make a knight, and the squire had but to kneel before him and receive the accolade.

a)

capitulate

b)

awry

c)

renown

d)

pertinent

8.

Green gems were ________here, but other colors sparkled here and there, rubies, amethysts, diamonds and the like.

a)

predominant

b)

encroached

c)

impunity

d)

renown

9.

She's relaxed and friendly, and it's easy to slip into casual conversation and away from the professional _______if one is not paying attention.

a)

endow

b)

mien

c)

penal

d)

impunity

10.

To _________the Law with any capacity to produce righteousness is to plagiarize the Gospel.

a)

capitulate

b)

encroach

c)

endow

d)

dire

11.

Above all, it is his honesty, his willingness to draw on biographical detail that infuses this novel with sad, ______ charm.

a)

disarming

b)

awry

c)

chafe

d)

recluse

12.

On the school bus, though, Nina and Zina ______under the teasing and finger-pointing about their foreign accents and clothes.

a)

encroach

b)

capitulate

c)

chafe

d)

apt

13.

Hair of an unruly curling black hung ______upon her crooked shoulders and cascaded down her back.

a)

endow

b)

apt

c)

awry

d)

mien

14.

"No one talks to me."

"That's because you're a doddering old ______who doesn't get out of the house nearly half as much as is good for you," retorted his son.

a)

fend

b)

encroach

c)

pertinent

d)

recluse

15.

The study, so ______in its timing, demonstrates that asylum seekers are also victims.

a)

pertinent

b)

dire

c)

disgruntled

d)

predominant

16.

Criminals should not be allowed to commit crimes with ________in broad daylight.

a)

penal

b)

dire

c)

impunity

d)

prodigy

17.

The Founding Fathers instituted laws that would help prevent government from ___________on the rights of the people.

a)

defile

b)

capitulate

c)

encroach

d)

chafe

18.

Frustrated by his own lack of ability, it took just one setback for Bob to ___________ to the crowd's demands.

a)

awry

b)

apt

c)

mien

d)

capitulate

19.

The movie is in __________need of some sass, not to mention a drop or two of genuine emotion.

a)

awry

b)

chafe

c)

dire

d)

penal

20.

Leaving plaque along the gumline leaves gums swollen and inflamed and _______to bleed.

a)

apt

b)

defile

c)

disarming

d)

awry