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Vocabulary Final Exam Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

kleptomaniac

a)

someone with an irrational urge to steal

b)

conjoined contradictory terms

c)

an expression that seeks to imitate informal speech

d)

something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast

2.

oxymoron

a)

someone with an irrational urge to steal

b)

conjoined contradictory terms

c)

an expression that seeks to imitate informal speech

d)

something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast

3.

colloquialism

a)

someone with an irrational urge to steal

b)

conjoined contradictory terms

c)

an expression that seeks to imitate informal speech

d)

something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast

4.

understatement

a)

someone with an irrational urge to steal

b)

conjoined contradictory terms

c)

an expression that seeks to imitate informal speech

d)

something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast

5.

Which word best matched the picture?

a)

choleric

b)

snivel

c)

fawning

d)

pyre

6.

Which word best matched the picture?

a)

choleric

b)

snivel

c)

fawning

d)

pyre

7.

Which word best matched the picture?

a)

choleric

b)

snivel

c)

fawning

d)

pyre

8.

Which word best matched the picture?

a)

choleric

b)

snivel

c)

fawning

d)

pyre

9.

examine carefully for accuracy

a)

scrutinize

b)

renovation

c)

submissive

d)

statue

10.

beseech

a)

abusive language used to express blame or censure

b)

ask for or request earnestly

c)

reject with contempt

d)

inappropriate to reality or facts

11.

Which word is BEST represented by the picture?

a)

fanciful

b)

array

c)

capture

d)

cesspool

12.

Which word is BEST represented by the picture?

a)

fanciful

b)

array

c)

capture

d)

cesspool

13.

Which word is BEST represented by the picture?

a)

fanciful

b)

array

c)

capture

d)

cesspool

14.

If you can predict the future, you may want to keep your ____________ powers to yourself.

a)

clairvoyant

b)

digression

c)

mundane

d)

opulent

15.

Something _________ is excessively dry and hot, in extreme need of water, like a desert, a neglected plant, or your throat after a five-kilometer run.

a)

parched

b)

pragmatic

c)

precocious

d)

prudent

16.

The adjective ________ describes a desire for seclusion or privacy.

a)

reclusive

b)

inroad

c)

recall

d)

lance

17.

infer

a)

comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable

b)

humorously vulgar

c)

characterized by directness in manner or speech

d)

conclude by reasoning

18.

frank

a)

comfort offered to one who is disappointed or miserable

b)

humorously vulgar

c)

characterized by directness in manner or speech

d)

conclude by reasoning

19.

plausible but false

a)

spurious

b)

referendum

c)

audacious

d)

retort

20.

laugh at with contempt and derision

a)

spurious

b)

referendum

c)

jeer

d)

woe