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AWP Ch 1-4

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All teachers probably wish that they were ___________, thinking they would be able to get so much more done.

a)

voracious

b)

misanthrope

c)

indefatigable

d)

effervescent

2.

The doctor's voice was _______ when explaining the bad news about the patient's blood work.

a)

voracious

b)

progeny

c)

dispassionate

d)

effervescent

3.

Sally is in the way to stardom. When her play opened last night, the critics raved about her _________ charm.

a)

voracious

b)

progeny

c)

indefatigable

d)

effervescent

4.

Many parents work more that one job in order to provide for the ________.

a)

voracious

b)

progeny

c)

indefatigable

d)

effervescent

5.

Jenny has a _______ appetite for news.

a)

voracious

b)

progeny

c)

indefatigable

d)

effervescent

6.

Not influenced by emotions, impartial

a)

morose

b)

misanthrope

c)

nonchalance

d)

stoic

7.

A person who hates or distrusts humankind, antisocial

a)

morose

b)

misanthrope

c)

nonchalance

d)

stoic

8.

Gloomy or ill tempered

a)

morose

b)

misanthrope

c)

nonchalance

d)

stoic

9.

Rudely abrupt, curt, blunt

a)

dispassionate

b)

indefatigable

c)

nonchalance

d)

brusque

10.

New, untried, inexperienced

a)

unassailable

b)

fledgling

c)

hackneyed

d)

proximity

11.

Nonstop, constant, without stopping

a)

incessant

b)

supplant

c)

proximity

d)

hackneyed

12.

Riches, luxury, great wealth

a)

hackneyed

b)

sagacious

c)

incessant

d)

opulence

13.

A preference or great liking for

a)

affinity

b)

opulence

c)

incessant

d)

voluminous

14.

When a teacher is out sick it is imperative that the school _______ the teacher for the day.

a)

affinity

b)

unassailable

c)

supplant

d)

hackneyed

15.

Bradley's claim that their house is the oldest in town is _______. They had a deed dated 1804.

a)

unassailable

b)

proximity

c)

sagacious

d)

opulence

16.

Often when you are faced with a difficult situation, the most _______ response is to do nothing right away, but wait to see what happens.

a)

voluminous

b)

sagacious

c)

opulence

d)

unassailable

17.

Denise chose a wedding dress in a "Southern belle" style, with a long, ______ skirt.

a)

sagacious

b)

supplant

c)

voluminous

d)

unassailable

18.

Which word means "unhurt"?

a)

torpor

b)

clemency

c)

unscathed

d)

frivolous

19.

I appreciate _____ in a speech. My attention span is short.

a)

torpor

b)

heist

c)

clemency

d)

brevity

20.

"Heist" is another word for....

a)

burglary

b)

purjury

c)

progeny

d)

gluttony

21.

Which of these might cause a baby to be "querulous"?

a)

hunger

b)

pain

c)

a dirty or wet diaper

d)

all of these

22.

I love to work on the farm, but after a long hard week, I need a ___________ on the weekend.

a)

reproach

b)

respite

c)

clemency

d)

lampoon

23.

When I had the flu, the chills and aching bones were accompanied by a feeling of ____________, and all I wanted to do was sleep.

a)

clemency

b)

unscathed

c)

brevity

d)

torpor

24.

Every President of the United States gets ________ by late night talk show hosts and comedians.

a)

lampooned

b)

brevity

c)

unscathed

d)

reproach

25.

When the murderer was given the death penalty, he begged the judge for ______, but the judge did not change his sentence.

a)

torpor

b)

clemency

c)

unscathed

d)

reproach

26.

Testing is so stressful. After it is over, my teacher does something ______like has a party in class and lets us relax.

a)

lampoon

b)

reproach

c)

frivolous

d)

querulous

27.

My mother voiced her _______at me for breaking my curfew and scratching her car when I took it out last weekend.

a)

torpor

b)

heist

c)

reproach

d)

brevity

28.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

querulous

b)

queerolous

c)

querolous

d)

querulus