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Vocabulary 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you are _________________ and work hard on your assignments, you will get good grades.

a)

superficial

b)

diligent

c)

virulent

d)

lucid

2.

Her smug and _____________________ attitude was extremely off-putting.

a)

incessant

b)

provocative

c)

laudable

d)

complacent

3.

The guests were disappointed with the _______________________ accommodations considering the room was advertised as a luxury suite.

a)

austere

b)

aesthetic

c)

virulent

d)

superficial

4.

I carefully _________________d the chess board before making my next move.

a)

repudiate

b)

augment

c)

scrutinize

d)

squander

5.

Waste not want not; if you ____________________ your money you will not be able to afford the necessities.

a)

deter

b)

deride

c)

extol

d)

squander

6.

Her ______________________ commentary after watching the debate made her hatred for the candidate very obvious.

a)

superficial

b)

lucid

c)

virulent

d)

incessant

7.

Using this new computer program will help ____________________ the grading of papers and make it easier and faster to return assignments to students.

a)

expedite

b)

extol

c)

deter

d)

augment

8.

He was so full of ___________________ I never knew if was telling the truth.

a)

heresy

b)

gravity

c)

guile

d)

euphony

9.

The politician's _____________________ was well known as he was caught having many affairs.

a)

euphony

b)

depravity

c)

gravity

d)

banal

10.

Do not repeat words in your writing because it becomes _____________________.

a)

austere

b)

insipid

c)

provocative

d)

redundant

11.

The family ____________________d the will. Their rejection was based on the fact their mother suffered from dementia when it was written.

a)

repudiate

b)

contempt

c)

augment

d)

squander

12.

The movie trailer was very_______________, so we were all excited to seeing the film.

a)

banal

b)

provocative

c)

complacent

d)

lucid

13.

Luckily the wound was _____________________ and did not require stitches.

a)

complacent

b)

virulent

c)

diligent

d)

superficial

14.

The depraved politician deserved his ___________________ reputation for being caught lying about his taxes.

a)

guile

b)

repudiate

c)

discord

d)

infamous

15.

Being compared to the ___________________ Son from the Bible is not a compliment because he was overly extravagant and wasted all of the money his father gave him.

a)

Prodigal

b)

Complacent

c)

Insipid

d)

Banal