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Week 12 Vocabulary Practice C - English IV

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gossip sites are successful because some individuals tend to _______________ in the sufferings of others.

a)

revel

b)

bellicose

c)

voluble

2.

Although Julian is normally a(n) _______________ speaker, he appeared speechless when he won the award.

a)

bellicose

b)

condescending

c)

voluble

3.

Even though Will looks like a(n) _______________ old man who cannot care for himself, he is actually an active senior who enjoys skydiving.

a)

voluble

b)

wizened

c)

sepulcher

4.

Surprisingly, the gang member showed _______________ when questioned about the murder.

a)

sepulcher

b)

propensity

c)

compunction

5.

Even people who have never been there in person _______________ about the beauty of Paris at night.

a)

epiphany

b)

rhapsodize

c)

wizened

6.

If you read the novel you should have no problem telling me when the main character experienced his _______________, that moment which changed his life.

a)

compunction

b)

epiphany

c)

sepulcher

7.

After the public viewing and funeral service, the former president will be buried in a(n) _______________ in a military cemetery.

a)

propensity

b)

epiphany

c)

sepulcher

8.

His _______________ behavior at the party ensured that he would not be invited again.

a)

wizened

b)

voluble

c)

bellicose

9.

Rather than admit their real weight, many women have the _______________ to fib about their actual sizes.

a)

condescending

b)

compunction

c)

propensity

10.

Because Judith talked down on others, her peers viewed her as a rude and _______________ woman.

a)

voluble

b)

wizened

c)

condescending

11.

Which word means "demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight"?

a)

bellicose

b)

condescending

c)

voluble

12.

Which word means "a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad"?

a)

compunction

b)

propensity

c)

sepulcher

13.

Which word means "having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority"?

a)

condescending

b)

wizened

c)

bellicose

14.

Which word means "a moment of sudden revelation or insight"?

a)

epiphany

b)

propensity

c)

sepulcher

15.

Which word means "an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way"?

a)

propensity

b)

compunction

c)

epiphany

16.

Which word means "to enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing"?

a)

revel

b)

rhapsodize

c)

sepulcher

17.

Which word means "speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm and delight"?

a)

rhapsodize

b)

revel

c)

wizened

18.

Which word means "a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried"?

a)

sepulcher

b)

epiphany

c)

revel

19.

Which word means "talking fluently, readily, or incessantly"?

a)

voluble

b)

wizened

c)

condescending

20.

Which word means "shriveled or wrinkled with age"?

a)

wizened

b)

bellicose

c)

voluble