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Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 11

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Garble means

a)

Shortness

b)

To tell, reveal

c)

To distort in a way as to make unitelligible

d)

To spring back

2.

Quaver means

a)

To shake, tremble

b)

free from ignorance

c)

expressing much in a few words

d)

to lower in quality

3.

Demure means

a)

To prevent

b)

One who supports a cause

c)

A small stream

d)

Serious in manner, modest

4.

Concise means

a)

One who puts forth a purpose

b)

Free from ignorance and false Ideas

c)

To lower in quality

d)

Expressing much in a few words

5.

Relentless means

a)

A law

b)

Harsh, without pity

c)

To make up

d)

To spend foolishly

6.

The speech was notable more for its _____________than for its clarity.

a)

Quaver

b)

Proponents

c)

Recoil

d)

Brevity

7.

A rivulet is NOT a

a)

Trickle of water

b)

Bubbling creek

c)

Slow-moving stream

d)

Rushing river

8.

A(n) _____________public opinion, said Jefferson, is essential to a democratic society.

a)

Enlightened

b)

Relentless

c)

Forestall

d)

Divulge

9.

The accountant calculated the _________________of the computer over a period of five years.

a)

Comport

b)

Deteriorate

c)

Forestall

d)

Depreciation

10.

I wish there was a ___________________that would prevent people from revealing the ending of a detective story.

a)

Reek

b)

Statute

c)

Staccato

d)

Recoup

11.

In spite of the vast number of details in the United States Constitution, the document is remarkably _______________.

a)

Reek

b)

Squander

c)

Concise

d)

Proponents

12.

A recoil is ______________________________.

a)

A drawing back

b)

An advancement

c)

A strong blast

d)

An inner movement

13.

If you divulge information, you

a)

Criticize it

b)

Reveal it

c)

Conceal it

d)

Read it aloud

14.

A President will often try to _________________the defeat of a legislative program by appealing for the public’s support on TV.

a)

Staccato

b)

Brevity

c)

Forestall

d)

Divulge

15.

Those players are ______________________ when they play against their school’s rival.

a)

Quaver

b)

Comport

c)

Relentless

d)

Reek

16.

The synonym of recover, retrieve is

a)

Recoup

b)

Rivulet

c)

Recoil

d)

Reek

17.

The synonym for jumble, confuse, distort is

a)

Concise

b)

Demure

c)

Garble

d)

Forestall

18.

Synonym for agree, concur is

a)

Deteriorate

b)

Enlightened

c)

Squander

d)

Comport

19.

Antonym for fragrant, perfume

a)

Reek

b)

Staccato

c)

Depreciation

d)

Recoup

20.

It’s up to us to work twice as hard to ________________our losses now that the storm has damaged the crops.

a)

Comport

b)

Recoup

c)

Squander

d)

Statutes

21.

In a passage that a composer has marked __________________every note should sound like the quick push of a knife.

a)

Staccato

b)

Garble

c)

Forestall

d)

Quaver

22.

Fill in the missing letters:


D E P R E __ __ __ __ I O N

a)

S I A T

b)

C I A S

c)

C I A C

d)

C I A T

23.

Fill in the missing letters


__ Q U A N __ E R

a)

S T

b)

S D

c)

C D

d)

C T

24.

R E C __ __ P

a)

O U

b)

U O

c)

O O

25.

The witnesses have testified at great length, but how much really valuable information have they __________________ to the investigating committee?

a)

Quavered

b)

Recoiled

c)

Garbled

d)

Divulged