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Vocab I usage

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The residents of Bayard showed remarkable _____ after the tornado nearly destroyed their town.

a)

insidious

b)

fortitude

c)

intimation

2.

Voters may reject a candidate if he or she resorts to personal ____ instead of addressing the real issues.

a)

gape

b)

bereft

c)

gibe

3.

The investigators discovered an _______ plan to rob people of their life savings.

a)

insidious

b)

opulent

c)

deploy

4.

The tour guide showed us the ____ living quarters of the Royal family.

a)

opulent

b)

augment

c)

stolid

5.

Her personality is so ____ that she fits into every crowd in this school.

a)

reiterate

b)

pliable

c)

gape

6.

_____ people usually show little emotion and let few things bother them.

a)

Warily

b)

Ambidextrous

c)

Stolid

7.

The child looked scared and _____ when he was found wandering the streets late at night.

a)

unkempt

b)

adulterate

c)

opulent

8.

The hikers ___ climbed the monument, watching for snakes the whole way.

a)

dour

b)

warily

c)

guise

9.

America is taking precautions to make sure that nothing ____ the voting by mail opportunity.

a)

tentative

b)

gibes

c)

adulterates

10.

Many couples have to ____ their incomes in order to afford their mortgages.

a)

augment

b)

stolid

c)

gape

11.

A bugle call is a signal used to ____ troops for inspection, parade, or battle.

a)

deploy

b)

dour

c)

insidious

12.

If you happen to be ____, you might have an advantage as an athlete.

a)

reiterate

b)

intimation

c)

ambidextrous

13.

Individuals who live to be very old eventually find themselves completely ___ of friends and family.

a)

bereft

b)

dour

c)

adulterate

14.

The teacher's ___ disposition made new students tentative.

a)

gape

b)

guise

c)

dour

15.

Let me _____ this point because I feel it is very important.

a)

reiterate

b)

insidious

c)

opulent

16.

I have made a ___ schedule for this week, but it is subject to change.

a)

reiterate

b)

tentative

c)

unkempt

17.

If you copy passages ____ from a text without citing a source, that is considered plagiarism.

a)

stolid

b)

verbatim

c)

pliable

18.

Visitors to the Scotts Bluff Monument will often ___ at the amazing view from the top.

a)

gibe

b)

gape

c)

intimation

19.

The thieves gained entry to the home under the ___ of being repairmen.

a)

deply

b)

dour

c)

guise

20.

The family was too proud to give any ____ of their financial difficulties.

a)

dour

b)

intimation

c)

insidious