Free Printable English 11 Vocab Exam 1 (Lists 1-4)

1.

abet

a)

to treat with disrespect

b)

to give support or encourage in the committing of a misdeed

c)

to leave secretly

d)

to improve

2.

abeyance

a)

suspension; temporary inactivity

b)

a thorough washing or cleansing

c)

an old saying; proverb

d)

a shield; any protecting influence or power

3.

ablution

a)

a thorough washing; a cleansing

b)

suspension; temporary inactivity

c)

a shield; any protecting influence or power

d)

a quarrel

4.

abscond

a)

to improve

b)

to calm; relieve

c)

to accept passively

d)

to leave secretly; to flee

5.

abstruse

a)

of low condition; degraded

b)

difficult to understand; profound

c)

hard; unyielding

d)

skillful; clever

6.

acquiesce

a)

to accept passively

b)

to improve

c)

to leave secretly

d)

to calm; relieve

7.

adage

a)

suspension; temporary inactivity

b)

interest in the welfare of others

c)

a quarrel

d)

an old saying; a proverb

8.

adroit

a)

skillful; clever

b)

friendly; courteously pleasant

c)

moving from place to place

d)

hard; unyielding

9.

adversary

a)

interest in or devotion to the welfare of others

b)

a shield; any protecting influence or power

c)

an opponent; enemy

d)

a thorough washing; cleansing

10.

aegis

a)

an old saying; proverb

b)

a shield; any protecting influence or power

c)

a quarrel

d)

in literature, the use of images as symbols

11.

affable

a)

friendly; courteously pleasant

b)

of low condition; degraded

c)

skillful; clever

d)

hard; unyielding

12.

affront

a)

a shield; any protecting influence

b)

an insult; to treat with disrespect

c)

to accept passively

d)

to improve

13.

allay

a)

to accept passively

b)

to calm; relieve

c)

to give support or encouragement

d)

to treat with disrespect

14.

allegory

a)

in literature, the use of images or actions as symbols

b)

a comparison using "like" or "as"

c)

the struggle between two opposing forces

d)

the series of events in a literary work

15.

altercation

a)

interest in the welfare of others

b)

a quarrel

c)

an old saying

d)

an insult

16.

altruism

a)

suspension; temporary inactivity

b)

an old saying

c)

an opponent

d)

interest in, or devotion to, the welfare of others

17.

ameliorate

a)

to flee secretly

b)

to treat with disrespect

c)

to improve

d)

to calm; relieve

18.

abet

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

19.

abeyance

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

20.

ablution

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

21.

abscond

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

22.

abstruse

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjectve

d)

adverb

23.

acquiesce

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

24.

adage

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

25.

adroit

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

26.

adversary

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

27.

aegis

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

28.

affable

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

29.

affront

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

30.

allay

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

31.

allegory

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

32.

altercation

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

33.

altruism

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

34.

ameliorate

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

35.

submitting or yielding readily

a)

amenable

b)

analogous

c)

arable

d)

aquiline

36.

an official pardon for past offenses; an act of overlooking

a)

archetype

b)

amnesty

c)

artifice

d)

anomaly

37.

naive; innocent

a)

articulate

b)

artless

c)

arable

d)

amenable

38.

one who is skilled in a manual occupation; craftsman

a)

antipathy

b)

artisan

c)

archetype

d)

arbiter

39.

resembling in certain aspects

a)

aquiline

b)

analogous

c)

articulate

d)

archaic

40.

ill will; hostility

a)

animosity

b)

apex

c)

antithesis

d)

artifice

41.

able to speak clearly and expressively

a)

articulate

b)

amenable

c)

antithesis

d)

arable

42.

an apparently absurd or self-contradictory situation

a)

anomaly

b)

antithesis

c)

antipathy

d)

apex

43.

difficult; strenuous

a)

articulate

b)

arduous

c)

archaic

d)

aquiline

44.

warmly enthusiastic

a)

analogous

b)

aquiline

c)

arduous

d)

ardent

45.

the highest point

a)

apex

b)

antipathy

c)

amnesty

d)

apostle

46.

a model; prototype

a)

apostle

b)

archetype

c)

anomaly

d)

apex

47.

a follower; a pioneer of moral reform; a strong support

a)

arbiter

b)

apostle

c)

artisan

d)

animosity

48.

prominent and curved like an eagle's beak; hooked

a)

aquiline

b)

amenable

c)

artless

d)

arduous

49.

belonging to an earlier time; outdated

a)

amenable

b)

analogous

c)

archaic

d)

ardent

50.

fertile; capable of being cultivated

a)

amenable

b)

arable

c)

arduous

d)

ardent

51.

a judge; one who has the authority to decide a dispute

a)

artisan

b)

arbiter

c)

apostle

d)

apex

52.

amenable

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

53.

amnesty

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

54.

analogous

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

55.

animosity

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

56.

anomaly

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

57.

apex

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

58.

apostle

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

59.

aquiline

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

60.

arable

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

61.

arbiter

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

62.

archaic

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

63.

archetype

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

64.

ardent

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

65.

arduous

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

66.

articulate

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

67.

artisan

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

68.

artless

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

69.

ascetic

a)

self-denying; one who denies himself vigorously

b)

one who is skilled in a profession

c)

warmly enthusiastic

d)

fertile; capable of being cultivated

70.

askance

a)

harshness; severity

b)

sideways; mistrustfully

c)

turned to one side; slanted; tilted

d)

self-denying

71.

askew

a)

self-denying

b)

sideways; mistrustfully

c)

turned to one side; slanted; in an oblique position

d)

harsh; severe in temper

72.

asperity

a)

one who denies himself vigorously

b)

harshness; severity; sharpness of temper

c)

a slanderous remark

d)

a hobby

73.

assiduous

a)

persistently attentive; industrious

b)

favorable; fortunate

c)

sinister

d)

wasteful

74.

assuage

a)

to waste away or become useless

b)

to command

c)

to increase

d)

to ease or satisfy

75.

atavism

a)

a reversion to an earlier trait or type

b)

miserliness; greed

c)

a hobby

d)

heavy material to steady a ship

76.

attrition

a)

the act of wearing down

b)

a hobby

c)

greed

d)

retirement

77.

augment

a)

to improve

b)

to increase

c)

to decrease

d)

to ease or satisfy

78.

augury

a)

a hobby

b)

good fortune

c)

the act of foretelling the future; omen

d)

witchcraft

79.

august

a)

majestic; grand

b)

miserly; greedy

c)

highly injurious

d)

having the state or right of self-government

80.

auspicious

a)

favorable; fortunate

b)

grand; majestic

c)

greedy

d)

sinister

81.

autonomous

a)

having the state or right of self-government

b)

sinister

c)

grand; majestic

d)

attentive

82.

avarice

a)

the act of wearing down

b)

the act of foretelling the future

c)

greed; miserliness

d)

heavy material to balance a ship

83.

avocation

a)

a hobby or supplementary occupation

b)

heavy material to balance a ship

c)

commonplace

d)

the act of wearing down

84.

baleful

a)

trite; commonplace; pointless

b)

sinister; highly injurious

c)

greedy

d)

satisfying

85.

ballast

a)

heavy material to balance a ship

b)

the act of wearing down

c)

a shield

d)

a slanderous remark

86.

banal

a)

trite; commonplace; pointless

b)

odd; strange

c)

joyous; happy

d)

offensively noisy

87.

ascetic

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

88.

askance

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

89.

askew

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

90.

asperity

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

91.

assiduous

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

92.

assuage

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

93.

atavism

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

94.

attrition

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

95.

augment

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

96.

augury

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

97.

august

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

98.

auspicious

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

99.

autonomous

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

100.

avarice

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

101.

avocation

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

102.

baleful

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

103.

ballast

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

104.

banal

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

105.

baroque

a)

irregular; heavily ornamented; late Renaissance style

b)

a part of a fortification

c)

a command; an order

d)

to misrepresent or show to be false

106.

bastion

a)

irregular; heavily ornamented; late Renaissance in style

b)

a part of a fortification

c)

a command; an order

d)

to misrepresent or show to be false

107.

belie

a)

to command or order

b)

to misrepresent or show to be false

c)

to coax or wheedle

d)

to surrender

108.

berate

a)

to scold abusively

b)

to misrepresent or show to be false

c)

to order to do something

d)

to increase

109.

bibliophile

a)

a person who loves books

b)

an order or command

c)

a violent upheaval

d)

a reversion to an earlier trait or type

110.

bizarre

a)

scary

b)

rude or unpolished in manners

c)

odd; strange

d)

cowlike; patient and dull

111.

blandishment

a)

flattery; coaxing

b)

a command; an order

c)

part of a fortification

d)

a harsh, unpleasant sound

112.

blatant

a)

odd; strange

b)

offensively noisy; obvious

c)

irregular; atypical

d)

salty; distasteful

113.

blithe

a)

joyous; gay

b)

depressed

c)

arrogant; self-assertive

d)

rustic; rural

114.

boorish

a)

salty; distasteful

b)

cowlike; patient and dull

c)

rude and unpolished in manners

d)

offensively noisy; obvious

115.

bovine

a)

odd; strange

b)

offensively noisy; obvious

c)

cowlike; patient and dull

d)

salty; distasteful

116.

brackish

a)

salty; distasteful

b)

roomy; capable of holding a large amount

c)

rustic; rural

d)

arrogant; self-assertive

117.

braggadocio

a)

the act of swaggering or boasting

b)

a rural, rustic area

c)

a harsh; unpleasant sound

d)

a rhythmic flow or beat

118.

bucolic

a)

salty; distasteful

b)

rustic; rural

c)

majestic; grand

d)

persistently attentive

119.

bumptious

a)

rustic; rural

b)

arrogant; self-assertive

c)

polished; refined

d)

harsh; unpleasant

120.

burnish

a)

a harsh, unpleasant sound

b)

to polish; a gloss

c)

to light on fire

d)

to coax; to wheedle

121.

cadence

a)

a slanderous remark or criticism

b)

a rhythmic flow or beat

c)

arrogance; self-centeredness

d)

greed

122.

cajole

a)

to polish; to gloss

b)

to surrender; to yield

c)

to waste away or become useless

d)

to coax; to wheedle

123.

baroque

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

124.

bastion

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

125.

belie

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

126.

berate

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

127.

bibliophile

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

128.

bizarre

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

129.

blandishment

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

130.

blatant

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

131.

blithe

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

132.

boorish

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

133.

bovine

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

134.

brackish

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

135.

braggadocio

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

136.

bucolic

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

137.

bumptious

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

138.

burnish

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

139.

cadence

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

140.

cajole

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

English 11 Vocab Exam 1 (Lists 1-4)

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