WorksheetsVocabulary WW8-10+Review
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Having terrible consequences; urgent or desperate.
a)
elite
b)
dire
c)
flagrant
d)
turmoil
2.
To bring about or inflict. To express or vent.
a)
wreak
b)
commemorate
c)
languish
d)
abject
3.
A form of language spoken in a certain geographical region that has its own grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
a)
elite
b)
atrocity
c)
enhance
d)
dialect
4.
A state of confusion or agitation; tumult.
a)
turmoil
b)
languish
c)
atrocity
d)
flagrant
5.
To plead in favor of; to defend.
a)
advocate
b)
dire
c)
elite
d)
enhance
6.
A group that enjoys superior status to others. Considered superior to others.
a)
abject
b)
elite
c)
languish
d)
wreak
7.
A group that enjoys superior status to others. Considered superior to others.
a)
abject
b)
elite
c)
languish
d)
wreak
8.
To level to the ground; to destroy completely.
a)
reprisal
b)
mute
c)
raze
d)
dire
9.
To soften or tone down the sound of. Not speaking or not able to speak; silent.
a)
mute
b)
reprisal
c)
languish
d)
dialect
10.
To lose hope, strength, or vitality because of neglect or bad conditions.
a)
raze
b)
atrocity
c)
dire
d)
languish
11.
To serve as a memorial to; to remember in a solemn manner.
a)
commemorate
b)
enhance
c)
elite
d)
languish
12.
A retaliation for an injury.
a)
wreak
b)
languish
c)
reprisal
d)
turmoil
13.
To make greater or better.
a)
enhance
b)
languish
c)
elite
d)
commemorate
14.
Clearly offensive or bad; conspicuously acting against what is right
a)
dire
b)
wreak
c)
flagrant
d)
reprisal
15.
An act of great cruelty or wickedness. Appallingly bad; outrageous.
a)
turmoil
b)
atrocity
c)
flagrant
d)
reprisal
16.
Mrs. Stanford is an _____ lover of Mississippi State University, while Mrs. Giachelli is an ______ lover of Ole Miss.
a)
avid
b)
brusque
c)
concise
d)
demean
17.
The woman was very _______ when she ordered her cheeseburger with no lettuce.
a)
avid
b)
brusque
c)
demean
d)
dispicable
18.
The football player _______ the entire team when he was accused of misconduct.
a)
avid
b)
brusque
c)
concise
d)
demeaned
19.
The actress affects a southern accent. This means that she
a)
speaks with a pretend southern accent
b)
speaks with an accent because she is from Alabama
c)
can't understand English
d)
loves listening to accents
20.
Jenna's phone call eased her mother's mind. How did the phone call make her mother feel?
a)
less troubled
b)
less angry
c)
more unhappy
d)
more scared
21.
What are jeers meant to do?
a)
honor someone
b)
warn someone of danger
c)
insult or mock someone
d)
ask politely for silence
22.
Where might dissension occur?
a)
a club
b)
a nation
c)
an army
d)
all three situations
23.
This word means friendly or pleasant
a)
sage
b)
recluse
c)
affable
d)
profound
24.
This word means a long, angry speech
a)
reverberate
b)
irascible
c)
entreat
d)
tirade
25.
The word sage can mean...
a)
wise; a wise person
b)
lonely
c)
scary
d)
angry
26.
The word entreat means to...
a)
be quick tempered
b)
enable someone
c)
give a dog a treat
d)
ask earnestly; beg
27.
The word profound means...
a)
brightly colored
b)
having deep meaning; deeply felt
c)
wanting to be alone
d)
never ending
28.
The word abhor means...
a)
to detest; to hate intensely
b)
never ending
c)
a cut or a bruise
d)
a long winding road
29.
Elijah's dream haunted him. This means that his dream
a)
was about a ghost.
b)
visited him every night.
c)
took place in a haunted house.
d)
stayed in his mind continually.
30.
Find a synonym for recluse.
a)
pioneer
b)
hermit
c)
tourist
d)
teacher
31.
Find a synonym for sage.
a)
wise
b)
flashy
c)
delicious
d)
plain
32.
Find a synonym for impelled.
a)
urged
b)
distressed
c)
wrote
d)
informed
33.
Find an antonym for interminable.
a)
plain
b)
easy
c)
free
d)
quick
34.
Find a synonym for reverberated.
a)
expanded
b)
exploded
c)
shouted
d)
echoed
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