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List 58

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _________________________, old man pointed the young man down the road toward his future.

a)

tenacious

b)

demented

c)

sapient

d)

platitude

2.

We watched a show called “Criminal Minds” last night that told the story of a sick, _________________________ school janitor who abducted children and imprisoned them in the boiler room of the school.

a)

tenacious

b)

demented

c)

sapient

d)

indigenous

3.

I arrived home forty-five minutes late. After my mom’s _________________________, she determined that my alibi was solid, and I was not punished.

a)

inquisition

b)

prerogative

c)

platitude

d)

infraction

4.

I committed a driving _________________________, and the police officer gave me a ticket.

a)

inquisition

b)

infraction

c)

platitude

d)

tenacious

5.

The evil English teacher cackled, “It is my _________________________ to assign you 70 pages of reading tonight for homework!!!! Bahahahahaha!!!!

a)

platitude

b)

infraction

c)

interegnum

d)

prerogative

6.

A _________________________ that I find particularly annoying is “It is what it is.”

a)

platitude

b)

infraction

c)

inquisition

d)

sapient

7.

The polar bear is a species that is _________________________ to Alaska and Northern Canada.

a)

infraction

b)

indigenous

c)

demented

d)

anthology

8.

The most curious _________________________ of our social studies teacher, Mr. Glover, was his ability to remember thousands of events and dates in history.

a)

prerogative

b)

anthology

c)

interregnum

d)

idiosyncracy

9.

Our literature textbook was an _________________________ of short stories, poems, and plays.

a)

idiosyncracy

b)

indigenous

c)

anthology

d)

interregnum

10.

The _________________________ little dog clenched the ball in his teeth and refused to give it up.

a)

tenacious

b)

demented

c)

sapient

d)

indigenous

11.

The root Platy means (a)   .

12.

The root ROGAT means (a)   .

13.

The root ANTHO means (a)   .

14.

The root REG means (a)   .

15.

The root SAP means (a)   .