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Ridiculously Hard Vocabulary

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

AWASH

a)

What you do when your car is dirty

b)

covered or flooded with water, especially seawater or rain.

c)

An Indian term for "Thank you"

d)

This isn't even a word!

2.

DISTORTIONS

a)

Actions in a dystopian universe

b)

A kind of French pastry

c)

Giving a misleading account or impression

d)

A torte that is snorted rather than eaten

3.

ENSUING

a)

Happening as the result of something

b)

The act of suing someone for a wrong doing

c)

A new Korean brand of car

d)

Complaining when stuck in a swamp

4.

DELUGE

a)

A Winter Olympics sport

b)

A huge log

c)

A state of depression

d)

A severe flood

5.

INSTITUTING

a)

To meditate frequently

b)

To set in motion or establish

c)

A kind of indoor skiing

d)

A new kind of knitting

6.

DISCREDITED

a)

having lost one's credit card

b)

Disrespecting the credit company

c)

having lost respect or credibility

d)

When someone get's lost in a foreign city

7.

ANTI-VAXXER

a)

Someone who does not like vacuumes

b)

An anti-tank weapon

c)

An ensuing moment

d)

A person who is opposed to vaccination

8.

CONTENDS

a)

to make a claim in an argument

b)

To feel satisfied and happy

c)

The result of something that happened before

d)

to design a large building

9.

BOLSTER

a)

Former Secretary of National Security

b)

Something that gives support

c)

To attack with a pole

d)

A severe flood

10.

RETRACTED

a)

When time is drawn out

b)

To draw in or back

c)

Given the right track, again

d)

Covered with water

11.

RETROVIRUS

a)

Really cool car-virus

b)

Making the virus go backwards

c)

A kind of virus that injects it's DNA into another cell to reproduce.

d)

A kind of virus that eats itself in order to survivie

12.

WINNOW

a)

A small window

b)

A baby toad from New Zealand

c)

Blow a current of air through (grain) in order to remove the chaff.

d)

The name of the boat on Gilligan's Island

13.

PROPHYLACTIC

a)

Prevents disease

b)

Of the "Prophylactic" era of the dinosaurs

c)

A kind of alcoholic drink made in Greece

d)

Extremely elastic

14.

PROPAGANDA

a)

A dance from Latin America

b)

A decoration on an umbrella

c)

Information used to promote a political cause

d)

The debris after a deluge

15.

HAVOC

a)

A fish found in Scandanavia

b)

Something strung between trees to relax on

c)

A Russian attack helicopter

d)

Widespread destruction

16.

SUSCEPTIBLE

a)

Like "acceptible" only different

b)

The verb for arresting a suspect

c)

Likely to be harmed by a particular thing

d)

Someone who looks suspicious

17.

DISINFORMATION

a)

False information which is intended to mislead

b)

Information meant to be insulting

c)

Another way to say "THIS information"

d)

A formation of "Disin", a warrior tribe from Southeast Asia

18.

DEPLOYED

a)

Extremely tired

b)

Figuring out a trick

c)

When water washes over a boat

d)

Moved troops or equipment into position

19.

CO-OPTED

a)

when 2 doctors operate on 1 patient

b)

adopt (an idea or policy) for one's own use.

c)

when partners both opt for the same thing

d)

when a vehicle is operated by two people

20.

WREAK

a)

To smell bad

b)

Cause (a large amount of damage or harm.)

c)

Twisting a limb

d)

The sound a Blue Heron makes during mating season

21.

INSTITUTING

a)

To meditate frequently

b)

To set in motion or establish

c)

A kind of indoor skiing

d)

A new kind of knitting