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Summer Week 1 Sophomore Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The teacher had to ___ the student who talked out of turn during the lesson

a)

admonish

b)

rancor

c)

dismantle

d)

inter

2.

Mother Teresa was a very ___ woman who spent her life caring for the sick and the hungry.

a)

adroit

b)

compassionate

c)

lissome

d)

pomp

3.

When the singer accepted his award, he paid ___ to all of his musical inspirations by thanking them in his speech.

a)

peril

b)

attention

c)

homage

d)

rancor

4.

The judge will ___ the witnesses to speak only the truth while testifying in favor of the defendant.

a)

rancor

b)

suffuse

c)

epiphany

d)

adjure

5.

The ___ figure skater moved effortlessly on the ice.

a)

lissome

b)

fervent

c)

compassionate

d)

adjure

6.

There was much ___ to be seen at the celebrity wedding.

a)

homage

b)

pomp

c)

rancor

d)

rapture

7.

Rick’s heart was filled with ___ when he held his daughter for the first time.

a)

rapture

b)

rancor

c)

lissome

d)

peril

8.

There was a great deal of ___ between the two feuding families.

a)

compassionate

b)

adjure

c)

sentinel

d)

rancor

9.

I applied car polish to my Porsche repeatedly, making sure to ___ it to perfection.

a)

fervent

b)

peril

c)

burnished

d)

suffuse

10.

Because Rick had just eaten a garlic pizza, his stinky breath___ through the air when he spoke.

a)

evanescence

b)

suffused

c)

dismantled

d)

adjured

11.

The princess' servants ___ showered her with attention.

a)

sentinel

b)

fervor

c)

homage

d)

obsequiously

12.

It is okay to be ___ and not talk too much around people you do not know well.

a)

reticent

b)

transient

c)

bazaar

d)

compassionate

13.

To avoid___, Helen should leave her house before the hurricane gets any closer.

a)

rancor

b)

fervor

c)

peril

d)

pomp

14.

Although I love college football, I do not have the same ___ for the games as those fans that paint their faces with their team colors.

a)

rancor

b)

lissome

c)

obsequious

d)

fervor

15.

The teacher ___ her students to arrive to study for Friday's test.

a)

entreated

b)

burnished

c)

suffused

d)

interred

16.

When we die, we are embalmed, ___ or cremated.

a)

entreated

b)

interred

c)

dismantled

d)

suffused

17.

The movers had to ___ the furniture so that it could be transported to our new house.

a)

dismantle

b)

suffuse

c)

inter

d)

transient

18.

The ___ storm passed through our town rather quickly.

a)

transient

b)

bazaar

c)

lissome

d)

fervent

19.

The armed ___ stood outside of the meeting room to make sure no one interrupted the two world leaders.

a)

peril

b)

bazaar

c)

sentinel

d)

rancor

20.

At the___ in Morocco, I was overwhelmed by the aroma of so many different spices.

a)

sentinel

b)

homage

c)

bazaar

d)

epiphany