Worksheets"The Teacher Who Changed My Life"--Vocab Review
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a person who has to leave his or her country to find safety
a)
refugee
b)
consolation
c)
survey
d)
occupy
2.
After the bombing campaign began, ___-s began steadily filling up camps set up by the Red Cross across the border.
a)
refugee
b)
avidly
c)
vocation
d)
balky
3.
straightforward; matter of fact
a)
no-nonsense
b)
bellow
c)
emphatically
d)
underdog
4.
A/An ___ teacher will not listen to your excuses as to why you can't turn in your assignment on time.
a)
no-nonsense
b)
balky
c)
prickly
d)
survey
5.
small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids and hit-and-run attacks
a)
guerrillas
b)
monument
c)
bounty
d)
prickly
6.
____ for the opposition attacked the military checkpoint before retreating back into the jungle.
a)
guerrillas
b)
vocation
c)
stern
d)
underdog
7.
stout or overweight
a)
portly
b)
formidable
c)
bounty
d)
hone
8.
Have you ever noticed how ___ Santa Claus is? That can't be healthy, can it?
a)
portly
b)
facility
c)
spy
d)
void
9.
a style of government characterized by absolute authority of a single leader
a)
authoritarian
b)
bounty
c)
no-nonsense
d)
origins
10.
~ countries like Saudi Arabia are known for abusing human rights.
a)
authoritarian
b)
portly
c)
isolated
d)
void
11.
to feel bitter or upset; to take offense at
a)
resent
b)
survey
c)
bribe
d)
portly
12.
Students might ____ having to do too much homework.
a)
resent
b)
underdog
c)
consolation
d)
isolated
13.
easily annoyed, impatient, and direct in personal style
a)
prickly
b)
look askance at
c)
isolated
d)
bribe
14.
Ever since Coco's boyfriend dumped her, she has seemed ____ and unapproachable.
a)
prickly
b)
tact
c)
underdog
d)
a testament to
15.
unfriendliness; hatred
a)
hostility
b)
resent
c)
balky
d)
layabout
16.
North Korea is known for expressing ____ toward its neighbor South Korea.
a)
hostility
b)
layabout
c)
avidly
d)
spy
17.
to grasp and hold tightly
a)
clutch
b)
retarded
c)
void
d)
bounty
18.
___-ing the bat sweatily with both hands, Kiki swung--and hit a home run!
a)
clutch
b)
isolated
c)
retarded
d)
monument
19.
relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development
a)
retarded
b)
occupy
c)
monument
d)
mentor
20.
It's not nice to make fun of ____ people.
a)
retarded
b)
tact
c)
resent
d)
stern
21.
a place where a particular activity happens (e.g., the health center)
a)
facility
b)
catalyst
c)
survey
d)
no-nonsense
22.
Some airports have ___-ies where you can take a shower or nap.
a)
facility
b)
bribe
c)
mentor
d)
tact
23.
viewed with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval
a)
look askance at
b)
spy
c)
hone
d)
refugee
24.
Teachers ___ students yammering during a lesson.
a)
look askance at
b)
no-nonsense
c)
facility
d)
consolation
25.
a wise and trusted guide and advisor
a)
mentor
b)
would-be
c)
authoritarian
d)
refugee
26.
Miss Hurd is Nicholas Gage's ____.
a)
mentor
b)
underdog
c)
stern
d)
bounty
27.
a person (real or imagined) who gives you inspiration
a)
muse
b)
void
c)
catalyst
d)
clutch
28.
Juliet is Romeo's ____; she inspires him to write poetry.
a)
muse
b)
impoverished
c)
layabout
d)
authoritarian
29.
inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable
a)
formidable
b)
occupy
c)
muse
d)
clutch
30.
Vampires can be ____ opponents. The only way to kill one is with a stake through the heart.
a)
formidable
b)
authoritarian
c)
origins
d)
spy
31.
lazy person who avoid doing work
a)
layabout
b)
impoverished
c)
resent
d)
avidly
32.
Your team members might not like you if you're a/an ___.
a)
layabout
b)
refugee
c)
bellow
d)
formidable
33.
to shout in a deep voice
a)
bellow
b)
refugee
c)
hostility
d)
emphatically
34.
If the AC is on, your parents might ____ at you to close the window.
a)
bellow
b)
spy
c)
look askance at
d)
would-be
35.
wanting or trying to be
a)
would-be
b)
balky
c)
a testament to
d)
bellow
36.
Thankfully, the president's bodyguards stopped the ___ assassin before he could get too close.
a)
would-be
b)
origins
c)
vocation
d)
guerrillas
37.
to improve, practice, or make perfect a skill or ability
a)
hone
b)
stern
c)
retarded
d)
origins
38.
You can ____ your video game skills by staying up all night playing.
a)
hone
b)
muse
c)
mentor
d)
retarded
39.
one who is expected to lose
a)
underdog
b)
authoritarian
c)
balky
d)
vocation
40.
Taiwan is a/an ___ in the international community.
a)
underdog
b)
stern
c)
isolated
d)
resent
41.
very poor; without money
a)
impoverished
b)
mentor
c)
spy
d)
avidly
42.
Refugees often leave their countries of origins ___ , sometimes with just the clothes on their backs.
a)
impoverished
b)
balky
c)
avidly
d)
would-be
43.
beginnings; how something/someone came to be
a)
origins
b)
retarded
c)
consolation
d)
tact
44.
Scientists agree that the ___ of the universe are mysterious.
a)
origins
b)
consolation
c)
ecstatic
d)
formidable
45.
strict
a)
stern
b)
hostility
c)
bellow
d)
guerrillas
46.
After I got caught jaywalking, the police officer gave me a/an ____ warning.
a)
stern
b)
refugee
c)
layabout
d)
retarded
47.
to take over and set up (e.g., protesters at a public square)
a)
occupy
b)
facility
c)
would-be
d)
hostility
48.
During the Sunflower thing a few years ago, students protesters decided to ____ the legislature.
a)
occupy
b)
origins
c)
formidable
d)
isolated
49.
a keen sense for what is appropriate or tasteful in delicate situations; personal diplomacy
a)
tact
b)
bribe
c)
clutch
d)
impoverished
50.
Teachers need to use ___ when dealing with emotionally unstable teenagers.
a)
tact
b)
bribes
c)
prickly
d)
catalyst
51.
extremely happy
a)
ecstatic
b)
no-nonsense
c)
bounty
d)
authoritarian
52.
Coco was ____ when she found out she had won the Nobel Prize.
a)
ecstatic
b)
vocation
c)
would-be
d)
prickly
53.
separated from others
a)
isolated
b)
void
c)
bribe
d)
facility
54.
Easter Island is one of the most ___ places on earth.
a)
isolated
b)
emphatically
c)
ecstatic
d)
a testament to
55.
to make illegal payments to officials in exchange for favors or influence
a)
bribe
b)
bounty
c)
hone
d)
monument
56.
Corrupt politicians are happy to accept ___-s from crooked businessmen.
a)
bribe
b)
guerrillas
c)
underdog
d)
balky
57.
occupation; job
a)
vocation
b)
ecstatic
c)
tact
d)
bellow
58.
Kiki is considering app development as a possible ____.
a)
vocation
b)
avidly
c)
facility
d)
catalyst
59.
to see or spot
a)
spy
b)
hostility
c)
clutch
d)
no-nonsense
60.
I ___ with my little eye something that is blue.
a)
spy
b)
formidable
c)
origins
d)
look askance at
61.
stubbornly refusing to act; stopping short and refusing to go on
a)
balky
b)
bounty
c)
portly
d)
mentor
62.
Donkeys are ___ animals. They don't always cooperate when you want them to.
a)
balky
b)
portly
c)
mentor
d)
survey
63.
eagerly; intently
a)
avidly
b)
clutch
c)
impoverished
d)
vocation
64.
Students who ____ read fiction have better overall EQ as a result.
a)
avidly
b)
mentor
c)
no-nonsense
d)
facility
65.
means of reminding us of a person or event
a)
monument
b)
emphatically
c)
occupy
d)
bribe
66.
There is a debate in Taiwanese society about whether to take down ____-s related to Chian Kai-shek around the island.
a)
monument
b)
hone
c)
muse
d)
layabout
67.
emptiness; a lack of something (e.g., love)
a)
void
b)
hone
c)
catalyst
d)
hostility
68.
Astronauts try to avoid getting lost in the ____ of space.
a)
void
b)
retarded
c)
occupy
d)
stern
69.
to observe a scene or situation before deciding what to do
a)
survey
b)
a testament to
c)
emphatically
d)
ecstatic
70.
The army general ___-ed the battlefield before making a plan of attack.
a)
survey
b)
bellow
c)
formidable
d)
resent
71.
an act of comforting
a)
consolation
b)
look askance at
c)
hostility
d)
void
72.
Don't cry, Kiki. If it's any ____ , I got an F on my literary analysis, too.
a)
consolation
b)
guerrillas
c)
refugee
d)
muse
73.
overflowing abundance (e.g., a harvest)
a)
bounty
b)
a testament to
c)
authoritarian
d)
muse
74.
Native Indians used to live off nature's ____.
a)
bounty
b)
resent
c)
bribe
d)
retarded
75.
a sign of; a tribute or monument to
a)
a testament to
b)
isolated
c)
a survey to
d)
impoverished
76.
The fact that Coco finished the race with a broken leg is ___ her grit and determination.
a)
a testament to
b)
would-be
c)
guerrillas
d)
ecstatic
77.
something that brings about a change in something else
a)
catalyst
b)
muse
c)
refugee
d)
occupy
78.
Getting an F on the first literary analysis was just the ~ Coco needed to go on to becoming a professor of literature.
a)
catalyst
b)
ecstatic
c)
void
d)
hone
79.
done with emphasis or stress
a)
emphatically
b)
survey
c)
a testament to
d)
ecstatic
80.
Kiki's parents ~ disagreed with his decision to get a tattoo on his neck.
a)
emphatically
b)
catalyst
c)
monument
d)
consolation
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