WorksheetsAcademic Vocabulary - 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Prince Phillip had to choose: marry the woman he loved and ______ his right to the throne, or marry Lady Fiona and inherit the crown.
reprimand
upbraid
abdicate
winnow
extol
If you will not do your work of your own ______, I have no choice, but to penalize you if it is not done on time.
predilection
coercion
excursion
volition
infusion
After sitting in the sink for several days, the dirty, food-encrusted became ______.
malodorous
prevalent
imposing
perforated
emphatic
Giulia soon discovered the source of the ______ smell in the room: a week-old tuna sandwich that one of the children had hidden in the closet.
quaint
fastidious
clandestine
laconic
fetid
After making ______ remarks to the President, the reporter was not invited to return to the White House pressroom.
hospitable
itinerant
enterprising
chivalrous
irreverent
With her ______ eyesight, Krystyna spotted a trio of deer on the hillside and she reduced the speed of her car.
inferior
keen
impressionable
ductile
conspiratorial
With a(n) ______ grin, the boy quickly slipped the candy into his pocket without his mother’s knowledge.
jaundiced
nefarious
stereotypical
sentimental
impartial
Her ______ display of tears at work did not impress her new boss, who felt she should try to control her emotions.
maudlin
meritorious
precarious
plausible
schematic
Johan argued, “If you know about a crime but don’t report it, you are ______ in that crime because you allowed it to happen.”
acquitted
steadfast
tenuous
complicit
nullified
10. The authorities, fearing a ______ of their power, called for a military state in the hopes of restoring order.
subversion
premonition
predilection
infusion
inversion
