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Vocabulary Lesson 1 Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The company bases its hiring on several ________________________, including the applicant's willingness to travel.

a)

criteria

b)

clemency

c)

candor

d)

reproach

2.

Their refusal to speak to each other _______________ the tension between them.

a)

castigated

b)

cajoled

c)

exacerbated

d)

trivialized

3.

In colonial days, thieves and other law-breakers might be publicly _______________ in the town square.

a)

expunged

b)

scrutinized

c)

chastised

d)

admonished

4.

Which word means to reduce or limit something?

a)

Cajole

b)

Refute

c)

Repudiate

d)

Curtail

5.

Despite ________________ in the board’s decision, he had never really changed his own view.

a)

refuting

b)

acquiescing

c)

scrutinizing

d)

expunging

6.

The _______________ heckler was thrown out of the play by security guards.

a)

conciliatory

b)

culpable

c)

vociferous

d)

candid

7.

His companions _______________ him of the danger of setting out alone on the mountain hike without them.

a)

repudiated

b)

cajoled

c)

condoned

d)

admonished

8.

Which word means to differ in sentiment or opinion; disagree?

a)

Refute

b)

Dissent

c)

Candor

d)

Reproach

9.

The word culpable means:

a)

showing willingness to end a disagreement, or trying to make someone less angry

b)

vehement or clamorous

c)

deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.

d)

showing sincere remorse

10.

Which word means to produce, cause, or give rise to?

a)

Acquiesce

b)

Rescind

c)

Expunge

d)

Engender

11.

The word clemency means:

a)

the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere

b)

compassion, or forgiveness in judging or punishing; leniency; mercy

c)

a standard of judgment or criticism

d)

blame or censure conveyed in disapproval: a term of reproach

12.

The old enemies now approached each other in a _______________ manner, hoping to end their long feud.

a)

conciliatory

b)

alienated

c)

viable

d)

culpable

13.

She _______________ her friends with her hostility and lies.

a)

scrutinized

b)

trivialized

c)

castigated

d)

alienated

14.

The lawyer _______________ the contract before pronouncing that everything was in order.

a)

refuted

b)

scrutinized

c)

expunged

d)

rescinded

15.

The word trivialize means:

a)

to cause to become unfriendly or averse; estrange

b)

to revoke or repeal

c)

to persuade with flattery

d)

to regard or treat as unimportant