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10th Grade Vocab Test #1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Extremely, sometimes excessively, careful about small details; precise

a)

Heresy

b)

Gregarious

c)

Meticulous

d)

Extraneous

2.

Lacking social graces; tactless

a)

Diffident

b)

Insipid

c)

Rancor

d)

Gauche

3.

Complete disorder

a)

Clement

b)

Rancor

c)

Copious

d)

Chaos

4.

Merciful; lenient

a)

Adamant

b)

Augment

c)

Furtive

d)

Clement

5.

A strong defense or fort

a)

Jettison

b)

Bastion

c)

Avarice

d)

Libation

6.

Prejudiced; hostile

a)

Furtive

b)

Jaundiced

c)

Candid

d)

Avarice

7.

Extremely thin; wasted away

a)

Jaundiced

b)

Avarice

c)

Castigate

d)

Emaciated

8.

A hated, repellant person or thing; a formal curse

a)

Ostracize

b)

Bigot

c)

Mercenary

d)

Anathema

9.

Unrelenting; unavoidable

a)

Extraneous

b)

Ostensible

c)

Inexorable

d)

Irascible

10.

A worn-out idea or overused expression

a)

Cliche

b)

Gauche

c)

Copious

d)

Coerce

11.

To enlarge; to increase in amount or intensity

a)

Adamant

b)

Divulge

c)

Augment

d)

Appease

12.

Special words or phrases used by a specific group of people

a)

Rancor

b)

Appease

c)

Argot

d)

Heresy

13.

Harsh sounding; grating

a)

Jettison

b)

Strident

c)

Diffident

d)

Bastion

14.

To erase or eliminate

a)

Divulge

b)

Expunge

c)

Avarice

d)

Copious

15.

Public shame, disgrace, or dishonor

a)

Dogmatic

b)

Ignominy

c)

Libation

d)

Insipid

16.

A professional soldier hired by a foreign army

a)

Mercenary

b)

Bigot

c)

Temerity

d)

Anathema

17.

Outspoken; blunt

a)

Jaundiced

b)

Clement

c)

Banter

d)

Candid

18.

To assist or encourage, especially in wrongdoing

a)

Abet

b)

Appease

c)

Augment

d)

Opus

19.

To tell; to reveal (as a secret)

a)

Gauche

b)

Avarice

c)

Divulge

d)

Docile

20.

Made up of dissimilar parts; being many colors

a)

Docile

b)

Cliche

c)

Heresy

d)

Motley

21.

Recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger

a)

Temerity

b)

Negligence

c)

Ignominy

d)

Insipid

22.

The crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine

a)

Coerce

b)

Argot

c)

Appease

d)

Heresy

23.

Greed; desire for wealth

a)

Expunge

b)

Furtive

c)

Adamant

d)

Avarice

24.

Lacking in self-confidence; shy

a)

Gauche

b)

Diffident

c)

Insipid

d)

Strident

25.

Inequality; difference

a)

Avarice

b)

Disparity

c)

Inexorable

d)

Jaundiced