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test 3.1

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was ................. to rise early.

a)

admonition

b)

exponent

c)

wont

d)

eloquent

2.

The most common parental .................... must surely be "Don't stay out late".

a)

eloquent

b)

exponent

c)

wont

d)

admonition

3.

The pyramids are an .......................... testimony to the ancient Egyptians' engineering skills.

a)

admonition

b)

eloquent

c)

meekness

d)

provoking

4.

She is an ............................. of vegetarianism.

a)

attired

b)

exponent

c)

admonition

d)

eloquent

5.

The bride was attired in white.

a)

attired

b)

meekness

c)

eloquent

d)

provoking

6.

Your own ........................ might keep you from asking your boss for a raise.

a)

meekness

b)

provoking

c)

abject

d)

discomfiture

7.

It is very ............................ of her to be so late.

a)

provoking

b)

autocratic

c)

attired

d)

discomfiture

8.

The President resigned after 30 years of ................... rule.

a)

abject

b)

discomfiture

c)

autocratic

d)

ignominiously

9.

He is almost ..................... in his respect for his boss.

a)

tactful

b)

outspoken

c)

impersonate

d)

abject

10.

She turned away to hide her ............................ around this negative vibe.

a)

ignominiously

b)

discomfiture

c)

abject

d)

impersonate

11.

Their attempt failed .............................

a)

abject

b)

ignominiously

c)

impersonate

d)

tactful

12.

It's illegal to ............................. a police officer.

a)

impersonate

b)

tactful

c)

discomfiture

d)

ignominiously

13.

I tried to find a ........................ way of telling her the truth.

a)

impersonate

b)

ignominiously

c)

tactful

d)

discomfiture

14.

His ....................... views would frequently bring him into conflict with the president.

a)

superficially

b)

retention

c)

outspoken

d)

tactful

15.

Many people with heart problems suffer from fluid ...............................

a)

retention

b)

tactful

c)

superficially

d)

impersonate

16.

Religious education is poorly and ............................. taught in most schools.

a)

imprudent

b)

anomaly

c)

superficially

d)

squalid

17.

It would be ...................... of you to make enemies of those who can help you.

a)

imprudent

b)

superficially

c)

squalid

d)

anomaly

18.

The ...................... of the social security system is that you sometimes have more money without a job.

a)

anomaly

b)

superficially

c)

squalid

d)

impaired

19.

Many prisons, even today, are overcrowded and .................... places.

a)

glamour

b)

impaired

c)

lurch

d)

squalid

20.

He had a ........................... about him that she found very attractive.

a)

squalid

b)

glamour

c)

impaired

d)

lurch

21.

His hearing was ....................... by the continuous great noise for a long period of time.

a)

glamour

b)

lurch

c)

ramify

d)

impaired

22.

The boat suddenly began to ............................. and sway.

a)

ramify

b)

impaired

c)

lurch

d)

mired

23.

These plants ................... early and get to be very large.

a)

lurch

b)

ramify

c)

mired

d)

stride

24.

He would rather starve to death than ................... beg for his life.

a)

shamelessly

b)

mired

c)

stride

d)

sheer

25.

The rain ......................... the cart and it couldn't be moved.

a)

stride

b)

sheer

c)

mired

d)

millennial

26.

The boy walked with a manly .........................

a)

stride

b)

sheer

c)

millennial

d)

shameless

27.

It's ....................... madness to go sailing in weather like this.

a)

millennial

b)

opt

c)

sheer

d)

endow

28.

The .............................. generation is celebrating the global commons every day

a)

opt

b)

millennial

c)

endow

d)

incredulous

29.

The oldest ........................... turn 50 in 1996 and most are in their late 30s and 40s.

a)

endow

b)

baby boomer

c)

swoop

d)

incredulous

30.

Most people ..................... for buying their own homes rather than renting them.

a)

endow

b)

swoop

c)

opt

d)

underscore

31.

Herbs have been used for centuries to ................................ a whole range of foods with subtle flavors.

a)

incredulous

b)

endow

c)

swoop

d)

opt

32.

I am wholly ........................... of the truth of his story.

a)

onerous

b)

strenuous

c)

endow

d)

incredulous

33.

the eagle hovered in the sky, waiting to ..................... down on its prey.

a)

swoop

b)

underscore

c)

strenuous

d)

onerous

34.

I should have caught some more waves so they couldn't ............................. me.

a)

strenuous

b)

onerous

c)

underscore

d)

contend

35.

The doctor advised Ken to avoid ..................... exercise.

a)

onerous

b)

strenuous

c)

contend

d)

inefficacious