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Grade 9 S&V Lesson 15 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correctly spelled word that means "morally unrestrained or indifferent to laws or rules."

a)

licentious

b)

lisentious

c)

licencious

d)

licenshious

2.

Choose the correctly spelled word that means "an influential person."

a)

mandarin

b)

manndarin

c)

mandaran

d)

manderin

3.

Choose the correctly spelled word that means "a noisy, confused fight."

a)

melee

b)

mele

c)

melle

d)

mellee

4.

Choose the correctly spelled word that means "to hypnotize."

a)

mesmerize

b)

mezmerize

c)

mezmerise

d)

mesmerise

5.

Choose the correctly spelled word that means "to make less severe; to become milder."

a)

mitigate

b)

midigate

c)

mitigade

d)

mittigate

6.

Choose the correctly spelled word that means "the lowest point."

a)

nadir

b)

naydir

c)

nader

d)

naddir

7.

Choose the correctly spelled word that means "very wicked,"

a)

nefarious

b)

nepharious

c)

neferious

d)

neffarious

8.

Choose the correctly spelled word that means "a beginner."

a)

neophyte

b)

neofyte

c)

neophite

d)

neoffyte

9.

My sister’s favorite movie is Despicable Me, and her favorite ____________ is the one named Kevin.

a)

minion

b)

macabre

c)

modicum

d)

mendicant

10.

Begging on the busy street corner was a homeless __________________ looking very forlorn.

a)

macabre

b)

mendicant

c)

minion

d)

modicum

11.

The homeless man probably would have been grateful for just a ___________________ of spare change.

a)

modicum

b)

mandarin

c)

minion

d)

mendicant

12.

Originating in the Far East, the _______________ arts have taken root in the United States.

a)

martial

b)

mendicant

c)

minion

d)

modicum

13.

The accident scene was so _____________ that even seasoned EMTs were caught unprepared.

a)

macabre

b)

martial

c)

mendicant

d)

minion

14.

Captain James Hook stared upward with a sneer as he caught a glimpse of his dreaded ______________: Peter Pan!

a)

nemesis

b)

narcissistic

c)

nadir

d)

mendicant

15.

The beautiful girl gazed for hours at the mirror in _________________ admiration of herself.

a)

narcissistic

b)

nemesis

c)

martial

d)

macabre