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Sadlier Oxford Level E Unit 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The town’s budget consists of a ____________________ amount of money; they don’t have the resources to address every pothole and cracked sidewalk within the city limit.

a)

supercilious

b)

finite

c)

invulnerable

d)

uncanny

2.

The story was told through a(n) ____________________ narrator, which gave the reader a deep understanding of every character in the novel.

a)

scrupulous

b)

malevolent

c)

nonchalant

d)

omniscient

3.

The mayoral candidate’s popularity dropped sharply after it was revealed that he was ____________________ with several known criminals.

a)

esteemed

b)

ascertained

c)

affiliated

d)

invulnerable

4.

The angry mob ____________________ on the mansion where the fugitive was hidden.

a)

dispersed

b)

skulked

c)

expunged

d)

converged

5.

Neighbors called the police after spotting a suspicious looking man____________________ around several yards in the neighborhood.

a)

dispersing

b)

converging

c)

skulking

d)

bequeathing

6.

The aging oil tycoon revealed that she would ____________________ her empire to her oldest son.

a)

esteem

b)

cogent

c)

bequeath

d)

disperse

7.

Once the police arrived, the crowd quickly ____________________ and left the scene.

a)

converged

b)

affiliated

c)

skulked

d)

dispersed

8.

The knight carried a massive shield that made him ____________________ to the volley of arrows fired upon him.

a)

malevolent

b)

scrupulous

c)

invulnerable

d)

venial

9.

It was difficult for engineers to ____________________ the extent of the damaged done to the building.

a)

ascertain

b)

attain

c)

disperse

d)

esteem

10.

Every mention of the agent’s espionage missions had been ____________________ from all government records; it was as if they never happened.

a)

ascertained

b)

converged

c)

expunged

d)

skulked

11.

Finding themselves in the middle of one of the worst disasters in history, the rescue team remained collected and ____________________ in the face of danger.

a)

venial

b)

supercilious

c)

malevolent

d)

nonchalant

12.

The doctor informed her patient that surgery would not act as a ____________________ for all of his symptoms, but rather as a first step toward returning to good health.

a)

venial

b)

skulk

c)

panacea

d)

finite

13.

After seeing firsthand the cruelty he was capable of, I knew he was a truly ____________________ person.

a)

malevolent

b)

scrupulous

c)

invulnerable

d)

omniscient

14.

The points he raised at the meeting were not ____________________ to the agenda being discussed.

a)

affiliated

b)

supercilious

c)

uncanny

d)

cogent

15.

The secretary took great pride in his job and maintained all records with ____________________ attention and accuracy.

a)

cogent

b)

uncanny

c)

scrupulous

d)

omniscient

16.

I left the store without buying a thing after the _______________________ salesman asked me if I had enough money to shop there.

a)

malevolent

b)

omniscient

c)

supercilious

d)

nonchalant

17.

Her scientific ____________________ have made her quite well-known in her field.

a)

panaceas

b)

esteems

c)

attainments

d)

finites

18.

It was _______________________ that the new student came to school that first day dressed in the same outfit I was wearing!

a)

venial

b)

cogent

c)

scrupulous

d)

uncanny

19.

He found out that what he thought would be a ________________ offense actually was not when the vice principal called him to his office.

a)

uncanny

b)

nonchalant

c)

finite

d)

venial

20.

People generally hold their elders in high ________________ because of their age and wisdom.

a)

affiliation

b)

esteem

c)

malevolence

d)

panacea