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Barron's 1100 Words You Need to Know Week 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

loathe

a)

to like something; desired

b)

location and time

c)

dislike intensely; feel disgust toward

d)

looking into the future

2.

lackluster

a)

having a lot of energy

b)

geology term

c)

being slow

d)

not having brilliance or vitality

3.

caustic

a)

something sweet

b)

salty

c)

capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

d)

chemistry

4.

wrest

a)

being nice

b)

obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically

c)

being angry

d)

being silly

5.

infamous

a)

known widely and usually unfavorably

b)

not being known

c)

worldly

d)

living

6.

jostle

a)

holding hands

b)

smiling

c)

make one's way by pushing or shoving

d)

laughing

7.

dupe

a)

fool or hoax

b)

smart

c)

clever

d)

not understanding

8.

incipient

a)

only partly in existence; imperfectly formed

b)

uniform

c)

together

d)

partly as whole

9.

inadvertent

a)

happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

b)

surprise

c)

knowing

d)

being helpful

10.

ominous

a)

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

b)

understanding

c)

bad situation

d)

bad luck

11.

tremulous

a)

being strong

b)

felling alive

c)

quivering as from weakness or fear

d)

downfall

12.

repudiate

a)

refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

b)

being truthful

c)

lying

d)

understanding

13.

cessation

a)

a stopping

b)

started to eat

c)

walking

d)

feelings

14.

bristle

a)

being angry

b)

being happy

c)

being sad

d)

feelings

15.

euphemism

a)

being rude

b)

an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one

c)

inviting someone

d)

enjoying

16.

mundane

a)

found in the ordinary course of events

b)

speeding

c)

to enjoy

d)

be slow

17.

incongruous

a)

being in harmony

b)

sync

c)

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

d)

excited

18.

condolence

a)

being enjoful

b)

an expression of sympathy with another's grief

c)

being grateful

d)

congratulating someone

19.

stipulate

a)

asking nicely

b)

make an express demand or provision in an agreement

c)

shaking hands

d)

making gestures

20.

reprimand

a)

being faithful

b)

truth

c)

an act or expression of criticism and censure

d)

lying