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Grammar Practice Vocabulary #4

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define deride

a)

to express contempt for; to ridicule

b)

to express respect for

c)

to express dissatisfaction with

d)

to express dislike for

2.

Define odious

a)

very pleasant

b)

extremely unpleasant

c)

charming and agreeable

d)

barely disliked

3.

Define nemesis

a)

someone's best helper

b)

something in one's way

c)

the inescapable agent of one's downfall

d)

something hard to overcome

4.

Define reek

a)

a slightly bad smell

b)

a sweet smell

c)

a unidentified smell

d)

a foul smell

5.

Define waft

a)

to pass gently through the air

b)

to breathe in sharply

c)

to flow down to the ground

d)

to make gentle waves in wather

6.

Define putrescent

a)

smelling sweetly

b)

undergoing the process of decay; rotting

c)

undergoing the process of birth

d)

smelling unpleasant

7.

Define misdeed.

a)

an honorable or legal act

b)

a noncrime

c)

a wicked or illegal act

d)

a perceived wrongdoing

8.

Define culpability

a)

innocence

b)

needing to take action

c)

a criminal charge

d)

blame

9.

Define sycophant

a)

an arrogant follower

b)

a parasite who hangs on to others for personal advantage

c)

one who doesn't like to spend time with others

d)

a servile self-seeking flatterer; a brownnoser

10.

Define cohort

a)

a group of people banded together or treated as a group

b)

a small group of people with no common characteristics

c)

individuals in a large area

d)

a companion or colleague

11.

Define ominously

a)

in a way that suggests something good is going to happen

b)

in a way that suggests something bad is going to happen

c)

something that has an unthreatening manner

d)

presaging events to come

12.

Define bravado

a)

the quality of being fool-hardy

b)

a shy and quiet trait

c)

a show of boldness intended to impress to intimidate

d)

modesty and reserved personality

13.

Define infuriate

a)

to make someone extremely angry

b)

to soothe an upset person

c)

to make someone laugh loudly

d)

to be slightly annoying