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Vocab 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

These words are verbs.

a)

venture, tenacious, preposterous

b)

tantalize, rectify, reprimand

c)

shoddy, semblance, relinquish

d)

superfluous, stagnant, venture

2.

These words are adjectives.

a)

precipice, preposterous, tantalize

b)

rectify, shoddy, tenacious

c)

pugnacious, sardonic, stagnant

d)

reprimand, relinquish, semblance

3.

These words are nouns

a)

venture, vagrant, precipice

b)

semblance, sardonic, pugnacious

c)

tantalize, shoddy, rectify

d)

superfluous, preposterous, tenacious

4.

Which word describes this image?

a)

venture

b)

precipice

c)

superfluous

d)

pugnacious

5.

This water is

a)

tenacious

b)

stagnant

c)

shoddy

d)

rectify

6.

This man is standing on the _________

a)

semblance

b)

vagrant

c)

pugnacious

d)

precipice

7.

___________ means to torment or tease (someone) with the sight or promise of something that is unobtainable.

a)

tantalize

b)

semblance

c)

rectify

d)

reprimand

8.

______________ is the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

a)

shoddy

b)

venture

c)

semblance

d)

stagnant

9.

________________ is contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous

a)

semblance

b)

relinquish

c)

preposterous

d)

tenacious

10.

To ______________ means to voluntarily give up or let go off.

a)

relinquish

b)

vagrant

c)

pugnacious

d)

shoddy

11.

If you hand in (a)   work, you grade will definitely suffer.

12.

The millionaire business man dressed like a (a)   in order to see how his employees would treat a homeless person.

13.

Being very clear and concise with language can (a)   most possible misunderstandings.

14.

If I miss breakfast, I can become quite (a)   by lunchtime.

15.

After being late for work five times, I was given a sharp (a)   .

16.

No one is more (a)   than a parent digging up background information on a child's new best friend.

17.

Whick word describes this guy?

a)

shoddy

b)

preposterous

c)

pugnacious

d)

venture

18.

What is the tone of this cartoon?

a)

rectiy

b)

vagrant

c)

superfluous

d)

sardonic

19.

As punishment for trying to steal from the gods, the god Tantalus was made to stand in a pool of water, right under the branches of a fruit tree. However, when he tried to reach for a fruit, the branches would go higher and out of reach, while when he tried to drink a sip of water, the waters of the pool would recede.


This is the origin of the word ________

a)

tenacious

b)

tantalize

c)

perposterous

d)

semblance

20.

Throughout the pandemic, schools are trying to maintain some ________ of normality.

a)

semblance

b)

repimand

c)

sardonic

d)

precipice