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Vocabulary Assignment #1 2020 definitions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

in a random manner

a)

arbitrarily

b)

trivialize

c)

effusive

2.

not injurious to physical or mental health

a)

innocuous

b)

paradoxical

c)

digression

3.

lasting a very short time

a)

ephemeral

b)

naive

c)

chastise

4.

a message that departs from your main subject

a)

digression

b)

a commonsense rule to help solve some problem

c)

conscientious

5.

grave or even gloomy in character

a)

somber

b)

morose

c)

wistfully

6.

marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile and worldly experience

a)

naive

b)

wary

c)

propensity

7.

steadiness of mind under stress

a)

equanimity

b)

arbitrarily

c)

innocuous

8.

a commonsense rule to help solve some problem

a)

heuristic

b)

paradoxical

c)

ephemeral

9.

keen caution and watchful prudence; openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

a)

wary

b)

sumptuous

c)

digression

10.

showing broody ill humor; sullen; moody

a)

morose

b)

somber

c)

effusive

11.

cause to be resentful

a)

embittered

b)

effusive

c)

arbitrarily

12.

punish, rebuke, or reprimand severely

a)

chastise

b)

conscientious

c)

equanimity

13.

seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true

a)

paradoxical

b)

trivialize

c)

propensity

14.

make insignficant

a)

trivialize

b)

naive

c)

chastise

15.

in a pensively sad manner

a)

wistfully

b)

wary

c)

morose

16.

expressing extreme contempt

a)

contemptuous

b)

digression

c)

innocuous

17.

a natural inclination

a)

propensity

b)

naive

c)

heuristic

18.

rich and superior quality

a)

sumptuous

b)

embittered

c)

ephemeral

19.

characterized by extreme care and great effort

a)

conscientious

b)

wary

c)

paradoxical

20.

uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm

a)

effusive

b)

ephemeral

c)

chastise