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WorksheetsVocabulary 1-3 Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
usurp means to:
Come down
take over
flesh out
bring forth
eminent means:
lacking importance
fairly large
standing above others in quality or position
devoid of any qualifications
exorcise means to:
direct energy into useful activities
seize and take control without authority
expel through adjurations or prayers
inflame anew, as of fire
gluttony means:
The quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
any spatial attributes, especially as defined by outline
habitual eating to excess
slowness as a consequence of not getting around it
condone means to:
lower the value of something
excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
make impure
perform an act, usually with negative connotation
terminate means to:
express respect or esteem for
be fully aware of
think about carefully
be the last or concluding part of
irate means:
infurated
indisposed
independent
insurmountable
trite means:
common place
nonchalant
noncommittal
halfhearted
cherubic means:
not likely to be rewarded
marked by care and persistent effort
having a sweet nature befitting an angel
being of striking patience
Which of the following people is fabricating something?
a boy who washes dishes after dinner
a woman who trains to be marine biologist
a girl who lies about having met a popular celebrity
a businessman who is constantly late for work
altercation means:
repetition
pleasure
symptom
squabble
marauder means:
practitioner
emigrant
cipher
looter
rift means:
bad luck
falling out
back door
way of life
abridge means to:
trace the shape of
be a precursor of
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
sink below the surface
dissent means to:
question and examine thoroughly and closely
make more concise
be of different opinions
become joined or linked together
surmount means to:
get over
dole out
dish out
give up
spurious means:
medicore
unfavorable
brutal
false
The word FEINT
MOST NEARLY means:
(n.) Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw
(adj.) Highly profitable
(n.) A movement made in order to deceive an adversary; (v.) To make a deceptive action
(v.) To conquer
The word COMELY
MOST NEARLY means:
(adj.) Pleasing to the sight
(n.) A resident of another country; (adj.) Being from or characteristic of another place or part of the world, foreign
(v.) To increase or spread at a rapid rate
(n.) Forcible ejection
The word JEER
MOST NEARLY means:
(n.) A scoffing or taunting remark; (v.) To taunt or mock derisively
(adj.) Pleasing to the sight
(adj.) Showing neither fear nor indecision; resolute
(v.) To suspend until a later stated time
The word TANTALIZE
MOST NEARLY means:
(adj.) Showing neither fear nor indecision; resolute
(v.) To remunerate, repay for services rendered
(v.) To tease
(n.) Feed for livestock, especially coarsely chopped hay or straw
The word SUBJUGATE
MOST NEARLY means:
(v.) To conquer
(adj.) Brief and to the point; effectively concise
(v.) To suspend until a later stated time
(n.) A movement made in order to deceive an adversary; (v.) To make a deceptive action
The word SULLY
MOST NEARLY means:
To soil, stain, defile, or taint
Forcible ejection
to provide with defensive works, to strengthen
A resident of another country; (adj.) Being from or characteristic of another place or part of the world, foreign
The word ADJOURN
MOST NEARLY means:
To tease
To increase or spread at a rapid rate
To provide with defensive works, to strengthen
To suspend until a later stated time
The word ERRATIC
MOST NEARLY means:
(adj.) Irregular
(v.) To soil, stain, defile, or taint
(n.) Forcible ejection
(n.) A scoffing or taunting remark; (v.) To taunt or mock derisively
The word EXPULSION
MOST NEARLY means:
(adj.) Undecipherable
(n.) Forcible ejection
(v.) To provide with defensive works, to strengthen
(adj.) Irregular
The word MEDIOCRE
MOST NEARLY means:
(adj.) Loose in morals and conduct
(v.) To tease
(adj.) Ordinary
(v.) To provide with defensive works, to strengthen
fortify means to:
make strong or stronger
attack brutally and fiercely
cause injuries or bodily harm
bring shame or dishonor
illegible means:
irreducible
intractable
uneven
unreadable
dissolute means:
immoral
additional
satisfied
reluctant
