WorksheetsVocab Unit 1 review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is an antonym for approbation?
condemnation
intensify
pause
rise
What is a definition for hackneyed?
worthy
used so often as to lack freshness or originality
a combination or union
causing shock, horror, or revulsion
What word best completes the sentence?
She will (a) in the dispute between the two children, and soon they will be playing happily again.
Choose the right word to complete the sentence:
I enjoy science-fiction movies, as they provide a short but exciting (umbrage, hiatus) from the problems of life.
(a)
What's a synonym for unctuous?
pretend
perk
fawning
affect
Which is NOT a synonym for petulant?
irritable
testy
upset
naive
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
How can you accuse me of employing (umbrage, innuendo) when I am saying in the plainest possible language that I think you're a crook.
(a)
What is the definition for transcend?
delight
to rise above or beyond
amiable
pause
What is a definition for lurid?
Causing shock, horror or revulsion
to plead on behalf of someone else
wearied, worn out
decline or decay
Which word best completes the sentence?
Who would have thought he would take (prerogative, umbrage) at an email from a friend who only wanted to help?
(a)
What is an antonym for meritorious?
squelch
reprehensible
protest
continuation
What is a synonym for expostulate?
corruption
sanction
evoke
protest
What is the definition for simulate?
irritation
broad-minded
imitate
placid
Which word best completes the sentence?
They try to "prove" the (umbrage, decadence) of modern youth by emphasizing everything that is bad and ignoring whatever is good.
(a)
What is the meaning of jaded in the following sentence from David Copperfield?
"I had had a hard day's work, and was pretty well jaded when I came climbing out, at last, upon the level of Blackheath. It cost me some trouble to find out Salem House, but I found it..."
invigorated
anxious
exhausted
disappointed
