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Vocabulary Workshop level E Unit 9 quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

We took a(n) _____ trip to New York City, but since we didn't plan on going, we forgot to bring any extra clothes!

a)

DEVIATE

b)

PALATABLE

c)

SPONTANEOUS

d)

CAPRICIOUS

2.

I can't believe that they took such _____ notes on the book, because I'm sure it would be easier to re-read the entire novel than to read through their notes.

a)

ASSIDUOUS

b)

COPIOUS

c)

POIGNANT

d)

BRASH

3.

Homer used to _____ his son Bart before the censors came in and said that he couldn't beat his son on air.

a)

CHASTISE

b)

ARDENT

c)

PALATABLE

d)

EMACIATED

4.

It is quite _____ reasoning to say that you don't like someone just because they belong to the wrong clique.

a)

ASSIDUOUS

b)

SOPHOMORIC

c)

DEVIATE

d)

LIMPID

5.

The tennis team is going to _____ in victory if they beat their long-time rival, the Racket Bruisers

a)

INKLING

b)

CAPRICIOUS

c)

EMACIATED

d)

EXULT

6.

Some considered her a(n) _____ youth that was guided only by her whims and passing fancies.

a)

POIGNANT

b)

CHASTISE

c)

CAPRICIOUS

d)

PALATABLE

7.

I had a(n) _____ that the boys were up to trouble when I saw them purchasing a year's supply of toilet paper from Target.

a)

ARDENT

b)

CHASTISE

c)

DEVIATE

d)

INKLING

8.

The _____ boy had the impudence to ask me how many animals died to make my coat.

a)

BRASH

b)

CAPRICIOUS

c)

ARDENT

d)

COPIOUS

9.

Some say the president of the United States is _____ because he has all the power in the world located in a nice little red button in his office.

a)

EXULT

b)

OMNIPOTENT

c)

CHASTISE

d)

POIGNANT

10.

I was glad that she chose a restaurant that served _____ food, because I was not going to sit and eat bread at another restaurant that only served snails again.

a)

SOPHOMORIC

b)

POIGNANT

c)

SPONTANEOUS

d)

PALATABLE

11.

After we broke old-man McGee's window, he demanded _____ from us to pay for a new one.

a)

CAPRICIOUS

b)

INDEMNITY

c)

SOPHOMORIC

d)

COPIOUS

12.

Most movie critics call dramas _____, because they want to say that it was a touching movie, but the critics also want to sound smart.

a)

INDEMNITY

b)

CAPRICIOUS

c)

POIGNANT

d)

ASSIDUOUS

13.

Looking at the _____ children in Somalia makes me feel bad that I threw away half of my pizza last night, because I could have sent it to them via FedEx.

a)

LIMPID

b)

SOPHOMORIC

c)

ALLOCATE

d)

EMACIATED

14.

After the Civil War, some say that the South held some _____ for the North about their defeat.

a)

RANCOR

b)

GNARLED

c)

SOPHOMORIC

d)

BRASH

15.

The _____ worker was promoted because of her persistent attention to detail and her ability to finish every project before the due date.

a)

GNARLED

b)

ASSIDUOUS

c)

ALLOCATE

d)

SOPHOMORIC

16.

You can't _____ from our original plan or it won't work, because we need everybody to play their part or the plain will fail.

a)

DEVIATE

b)

POIGNANT

c)

ASSIDUOUS

d)

LIMPID

17.

The cult members were _____ followers of their leader because they were willing to take a bullet for him.

a)

PALATABLE

b)

ASSIDUOUS

c)

ARDENT

d)

POIGNANT

18.

The _____ bark on the tree was so full of knots that we assumed it was the oldest tree in the forest.

a)

CAPRICIOUS

b)

INKLING

c)

GNARLED

d)

SPONTANEOUS

19.

The teacher's pet was asked to _____ all the previous test papers so when she gave me mine she stuck out her tongue.

a)

CHASTISE

b)

ALLOCATE

c)

INDEMNITY

d)

OMNIPOTENT

20.

The speaker was so _____ that nobody had any questions about her speech when she was finished.

a)

LIMPID

b)

BRASH

c)

ARDENT

d)

SOPHOMORIC