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List 57

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _______________________ loved living abroad in Great Britain; she had been away from her home country for so long that she even started to develop an accent.

a)

stasis

b)

anarchist

c)

bonhomie

d)

expatriate

2.

My math teacher’s ___________________________ was unexpected and made us all uncomfortable. Usually she was angry and bitter, but today she seemed happy and sweet. What happened?!

a)

solecism

b)

compunction

c)

bonhomie

d)

status quo

3.

My little sister’s moods are exceedingly _______________________. If she starts to cry, you can quickly get her laughing about something small. She never even remembers that she was supposed to be sad.

a)

mutable

b)

status quo

c)

compunction

d)

insipid

4.

Jacob’s baby sister was always crying at night, disrupting the _______________________ of his family. Before they brought her home from the hospital, things were normal. Suddenly, they were very hectic!

a)

ecumenical

b)

immure

c)

status quo

d)

inflection

5.

The girl’s ______________________ made it seem like she was asking a question, but she was actually just stating a fact. Her voice went up at the end of her sentence, which drove Mrs. Trogdon crazy.

a)

inflection

b)

stasis

c)

insipid

d)

solecism

6.

The ______________________ documentary put the entire class to sleep. Mrs. Dugan turned on the lights when she heard snoring, and the kids all said that the movie was so boring that they would rather watch paint dry than continue viewing the film.

a)

insipid

b)

denouement

c)

expatriate

d)

bonhomie

7.

nod

a)

feel

b)

wall

c)

not

d)

knot

8.

sens

a)

stop

b)

not

c)

feel

d)

good

9.

mur

a)

bend

b)

wall

c)

without

d)

taste

10.

eco

a)

good

b)

house

c)

out

d)

government

11.

sap

a)

stop

b)

bend

c)

kont

d)

taste

12.

The police caught the ___________________________ trying to plant a bomb in the capitol building. When arrested, the man shouted, “Down with government! Long live chaos!”

a)

anarchist

b)

expatriate

c)

sentient

d)

denouement

13.

YouTube contains many videos of dogs appearing to show intense ___________________________ for things such as tearing up blankets. However, I learned the other day that dogs are actually incapable of feeling guilty for their actions, and it is actually just the dog trying to mimic your mood.

a)

inflection

b)

insipid

c)

compunction

d)

ecumenical

14.

Mr. Carter _________________________ me in Friday School after I was caught vandalizing the boy’s bathroom. I was stuck in that prison all afternoon.

a)

immured

b)

expatriate

c)

status quo

d)

solecism

15.

The ________________ of Flowers for Algernon was really sad for a lot of people. Most of us agreed that Charley went off to die alone. :(

a)

mutable

b)

denouement

c)

status quo

d)

bonhomie