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Vocabulary Final

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define: cajole

a)

To persuade by pleasant words or false promises

b)

To criticize severely

c)

To decorate; elaborate

d)

A puzzle; a baffling situation

2.

Define: colloquial

a)

Conversational; used in informal speech or writing

b)

Having exceptional insight; power to see or know things that are beyond the range of natural vision

c)

Lasting for only a short time

d)

hard to please; dainty in preferences

3.

Define: derogatory

a)

difficult to overcome

b)

Changeable; fickle

c)

Tending to lower in estimation; degrading

d)

Having to do with the heavens; divine

4.

Define: emulate

a)

To weaken, to lessen the strength of

b)

To try to equal or surpass

c)

To blame; to criticize adversely

d)

help bring about; to make easy

5.

Select the part of speech: Celestial

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

6.

Select the part of speech: Clemency

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

7.

Select the part of speech: Devious

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

8.

Select the part of speech: embellish

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

9.

Select the part of speech: fledgling

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

10.

Define: catalyst

a)

A puzzle; a baffling situation

b)

Changeable; fickle

c)

Someone or something that brings about a change

d)

great warmth of feeling; intense emotion

11.

Define: commiserate

a)

To add to; to make greater in value

b)

To sympathize with; to feel sorrow for another's suffering.

c)

To discourage; to keep someone from doing something

d)

great warmth of feeling; intense emotion

12.

Define: diatribe

a)

A puzzle; a baffling situation

b)

To sympathize with; to feel sorrow for another's suffering.

c)

Monarch with unlimited power

d)

A denunciation; bitter verbal attack

13.

Define: embroil

a)

To surrender; to cease resisting

b)

To involve in a quarrel

c)

To try to equal or surpass

d)

To blame; to criticize adversely

14.

Define: flagrant

a)

outrageous; extremely offensive

b)

great warmth of feeling; intense emotion

c)

Lasting for only a short time

d)

deserted; unhappy; alone and neglected

15.

Define: carping

a)

Complaining

b)

Mercy; mildness

c)

Entirely without; lacking

d)

Evenness of temper

16.

Define: chastise

a)

help bring about; to make easy

b)

To cause, produce, bring into being

c)

To grow together; to combine/join forces

d)

To criticize severely

17.

Define: devoid

a)

Entirely without; lacking

b)

Lasting for only a short time

c)

Evenness of temper

d)

hard to please; dainty in preferences

18.

Define: enigma

a)

Someone or something that brings about a change

b)

A puzzle; a baffling situation

c)

Evenness of temper

d)

An emotional purification or relief

19.

Select the part of speech: catharsis

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

20.

Select the part of speech: deter

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb