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MP Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Perils: "Putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire." Peril means...

a)

danger

b)

security

c)

adventure

2.

Presumptuous: "The soldier regarded him in the way that middle age is wont to regard presumptuous." Presumptuous means...

a)

overconfident

b)

preppy

c)

modest

3.

Keenly: "If you could have another three wishes," said the old man, eyeing him keenly, "would you have them?" Keenly means...

a)

angrily

b)

casually

c)

intensely

4.

Credulity: "His father, smiling shamefacedly at his own credulity, held up the talisman." Credulity means...

a)

belief

b)

ignorance

c)

foolishness

5.

Interposed: "Her husband interposed. 'There, there, mother,' he said, hastily." Interposed means...

a)

interrupted

b)

pointed

c)

avoided

6.

Compensation: "They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son's services, they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation." Compensation means...

a)

penalty

b)

handout

c)

payment

7.

Apathetically: "A minute or two afterward the old woman came silently and apathetically beside him."

a)

unemotionally

b)

interestingly

c)

knowingly

8.

To presume is to SUPPOSE OR ASSUME something based on probability. Presume is the root wood for the term...

a)

keenly

b)

perils

c)

credulity

d)

presumptuous

9.

To be keen is to be INTERESTED or ATTRACTED to something. Keen is the root word for the term...

a)

credulity

b)

keenly

c)

compensation

d)

apathetically

10.

Apathy is a LACK OF INTEREST, ENTHUSIASM, OR CONCERN. Apathy is the root word for the term...

a)

apathetically

b)

interposed

c)

keenly

d)

compensation

11.

To compensate someone is to PAY THEM FOR THEIR WORK OR TROUBLES. Compensate is the root word for the term...

a)

interposed

b)

apathetically

c)

keenly

d)

compensation

12.

When you assume that you already know something beforehand, you are being...

a)

keen

b)

presumptuous

c)

apathetic

13.

In Spanish, "peligroso" means dangerous. This English word has the same meaning and a similar spelling.

a)

apathetically

b)

perils

c)

keenly

14.

When her favorite actor was on screen, the girl watched the show...

a)

keenly

b)

apathetically

c)

perils

15.

The Latin root "cred" means believe. This word means belief or believability.

a)

keenly

b)

credulity

c)

presumptuous

16.

The root "inter" means between. This word is used when you move between people or speak between parts of an argument.

a)

keenly

b)

interpose

c)

compensation

17.

If you mother asks you to a birthday party that you don't want to attend, you will sing the birthday song _______.

a)

credulity

b)

keenly

c)

apathetically

18.

When the boy had to mow and weed the neighbor's lawn, he expected some kind of _________ for his hard work.

a)

compensation

b)

interposed

c)

perils

19.

"A know-it-all" is very ____________ and thinks she is always right about what will happen.

a)

keenly

b)

apathetically

c)

presumptuous

20.

The movie reviewers disliked the WWI film because the battle scenes were unrealistic and had no ____________.

a)

apathetically

b)

credulity

c)

perils