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Senior Vocab Quiz 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This means strong and to the point or convincing.

a)

cognet

b)

incite

c)

cojnet

d)

intransigent

2.

It ______ Lou when his daughter did not arrive home after school.

a)

perturb

b)

perturbed

c)

purterbed

d)

perterbed

3.

The miner assayed the cave soil for diamonds and gold.

a)

assayed means to stir up or provoke

b)

assayed means to drive out

c)

assayed means to disturb

d)

assayed means to speed or be quick

4.

Most of the teachers at the school felt that Phil was a ____________ who could not be trusted.

a)

genre

b)

repertory

c)

degenerate

d)

parturient

5.

The sudden rise in the cost of fuel ___________ a high number of firings at the airline companies.

a)

engendered

b)

transfigured

c)

engenered

d)

ingenered

6.

Linguists were baffled by the newly discovered language, which did not seem to be __________ with any other they knew.

a)

innate

b)

cognate

c)

nascent

d)

cognant

7.

Building the Golden Gate Bridge ________ the landscape of San Francisco

a)

feigned

b)

engendered

c)

transfigured

d)

parturiented

8.

For such a young clarinetist, Rob has a surprisingly large _____________

a)

repertory

b)

genre

c)

degenerate

d)

repartory

9.

Bob was __________ in his opposition to changing the company's marketing policy.

a)

emblematic

b)

diabolical

c)

episodic

d)

vehement

10.

Although the prosecutor ________ that money had motivated the killer, he had no evidence to prove it.

a)

demised

b)

surmised

c)

sermized

d)

dimised

11.

Captain Redtooth spend his evenings plotting the (a)   of his hated nemesis.

12.

An exaggeration for effect is called a

(a)  

13.

In order to teach discipline, Mr. Helman asks students to write in their journal everyday. There is a method to his (a)   process.

14.

For immigrants to America, the Statue of Liberty was __________ of the freedom and prosperity of the United States.

a)

emblematic

b)

diabolical

c)

episodic

d)

methodical

15.

The dreams of many people came to _______ on the day the seniors graduated.

a)

fruition

b)

repast

c)

fruision

d)

frution

16.

Until the end of his life, Peter treasured the memory of his ____________ holidays in the mountains.

a)

bucolic

b)

agrarian

c)

idyllic

d)

idealic

17.

Another word for countryside; rural. The (a)   charm of the shepherd's little cottage made us want to stay in the country forever. Latin: RUS, RURIS

18.

In order for us to truly understand the novel, we need to know the ___________ in which it was written.

a)

context

b)

subtext

c)

pretext

d)

aperture

19.

Mr. Helman is NOT _________ about his assignments. They are clearly written and explained every week.

a)

apocryphal

b)

recondite

c)

cryptic

d)

apocrifill

20.

On a scale of 1 - 5 how well do you know the vocabulary?

a)

1 - I need to study a lot more

b)

2 - I need to study some

c)

3 - I know it pretty well

d)

4 - I'm good

e)

5 - I am amazing at vocabulary!