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Week 14 Vocabulary Practice C - English I

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Police are looking for the person or persons who vandalized the former president’s _______________ by covering the gravestone with pig’s blood.

a)

jargon

b)

epitaph

c)

catalyst

2.

The president vowed someone would pay for the _______________ of the terror attacks on our country’s soil.

a)

harp

b)

epitaph

c)

carnage

3.

The experienced software engineer is _______________ when it comes to finding the best way to code a software application.

a)

judicious

b)

frivolous

c)

impetuous

4.

Jake’s termination from his job was the _______________ for his uncontrollable anger.

a)

jargon

b)

carnage

c)

catalyst

5.

The squad’s coach would constantly _______________ on team members about their weight, hoping to persuade them to get serious with dieting.

a)

deify

b)

harp

c)

pallid

6.

Although I cannot understand the _______________ used by the flea market vendors, I am sure it contains rude remarks about haughty shoppers.

a)

carnage

b)

epitaph

c)

jargon

7.

The lawyer refused to work for the _______________ woman who wanted to sue the schoolteacher for not giving her daughter an A+.

a)

frivolous

b)

judicious

c)

pallid

8.

Marrying someone you hardly know is a(n) _______________ decision that often ends in divorce.

a)

judicious

b)

pallid

c)

impetuous

9.

Egyptians used to _______________ their pharaohs, thinking of them as gods and goddesses rather than kings and queens.

a)

harp

b)

deify

c)

carnage

10.

If you have a high fever and your skin is clammy and _______________, it’s almost certain that you have come down with the virus.

a)

pallid

b)

frivolous

c)

judicious

11.

Which word means "acting or done quickly and without thought or care"?

a)

impetuous

b)

frivolous

c)

pallid

12.

Which word means "having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense"?

a)

judicious

b)

frivolous

c)

impetuous

13.

Which word means "not having any serious purpose or value"?

a)

frivolous

b)

pallid

c)

judicious

14.

Which word means "worship, regard, or treat (someone or something) as a god"?

a)

deify

b)

epitaph

c)

harp

15.

Which word means "the killing of a large number of people"?

a)

carnage

b)

epitaph

c)

catalyst

16.

Which word means "pale, typically because of poor health"?

a)

pallid

b)

judicious

c)

impetuous

17.

Which word means "a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone"?

a)

epitaph

b)

catalyst

c)

jargon

18.

Which word means "talk or write persistently and tediously on a particular topic"?

a)

harp

b)

deify

c)

jargon

19.

Which word means "a person or thing that precipitates an event"?

a)

catalyst

b)

jargon

c)

carnage

20.

Which word means "special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand"?

a)

jargon

b)

epitaph

c)

carnage