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Grammar Practice #1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define puerile.

a)

childlessly silly and trivial

b)

mature for one's age

c)

very bad odor

d)

someone who is pure of heart

2.

Define ingenuous.

a)

guilty

b)

childlike and naive

c)

innocent and unsuspecting

d)

extraordinarily smart

3.

Define utter

a)

to whisper

b)

to speak

c)

to holler

d)

to stand silently

4.

Define obliterate

a)

to wipe out entirely

b)

to destroy something by one-tenth

c)

to create something new

d)

to be stunned silent

5.

Define retort

a)

to separate to purify

b)

to answer a question promptly

c)

to speak in front of a crowd

d)

to respond, normally angrily or aggressively

6.

Define indignant.

a)

feeling or showing joy in response to a gift

b)

to be happy with one has; content

c)

feeling or showing anger at perceived unfair treatment

d)

to not have a home

7.

Define garbed

a)

dressed in distinct clothes; costumed

b)

wearing rags

c)

having no clothes to wear

d)

outer clothes, like jackets and scarves

8.

Define puckish

a)

calm

b)

playful in a childlike way

c)

very hungry

d)

mischievously playful

9.

Define waggish

a)

honest and open in manner

b)

humorous in a playful manner; comical

c)

very serious and studious in nature

d)

caring for other's well-being

10.

Define egregious

a)

outstandingly or shockingly bad

b)

marvelous; wonderful

c)

having to do with long-legged birds (egrets)

d)

horrifyingly scary

11.

Define lame.

a)

fabric with interwoven gold or silver threads

b)

unconvincingly feeble

c)

cool

d)

persuasive or convincing

12.

Define vapid

a)

Lively or exciting

b)

Extravagant

c)

Water vapor

d)

Boring and dull

13.

Define barb (ex. a friendly barb).

a)

A sharp projection near the end of an arrow or hook, angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.

b)

Argument

c)

A freshwater fish that typically has barbels around the mouth that are popular in aquariums

d)

A small horse of a hardy breed originally from North Africa

14.

Define sagacious.

a)

Being foolish

b)

Being old and wise

c)

Having or showing good judgement

d)

Lacking common sense

15.

Define clamor.

a)

Silence in a group of people

b)

People shouting loudly and insistently

c)

The noise from a group of people crying

d)

The noise from a group of people laughing

16.

Define regale

a)

To entertain or amuse with talk

b)

To bore with a lecture

17.

Define emanate

a)

To be cold

b)

To begin an adventure

c)

To name something

d)

To issue or spread out from

18.

Define protrude.

a)

To be sunken below a surface

b)

To extend beyond or above a surface

c)

Inconspicuous

d)

To be at the surface

19.

Define eloquent

a)

Graceful in movement

b)

Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing

c)

Someone who is not good at talking

d)

Someone with a strong presence

20.

Define mute

a)

Refraining from speech

b)

Talkative

c)

A pack of hounds

d)

A clamp placed over the bridge of a stringed instrument to deaden the resonance without affecting the vibration of the strings