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Gift of the Magi Vocabulary Practice

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bill was so ____________ that he gave the jacket he was wearing to an elderly homeless man.

a)

imputation

b)

inconsequential

c)

generous

d)

parsimony

2.

According to my parents, listening to music is an _______ pursuit because music is unimportant and will get me nowhere.

a)

ecstatic

b)

gradual

c)

imputation

d)

inconsequential

3.

Since I began working at this new law firm, I am no longer poor. I have become extremely _______ because they pay me $200 an hour.

a)

prosperous

b)

parsimony

c)

prudence

d)

predominant

4.

Falling in love takes time. You should take things one day at a time as you _______ get to know the person instead of rushing things.

a)

generously

b)

inconsequentially

c)

ecstatically

d)

gradually

5.

If you are _______ about something you'll probably have a huge smile on your face.

a)

agile

b)

ecstatic

c)

prudence

d)

assertion

6.

Out of thirty students in this class, twenty-five wear Air Jordans, which means that Jordans are the ________ shoe warn by my students.

a)

ransack

b)

falter

c)

predominant

d)

parsimony

7.

I always tell students not to stand around and _____ violence when two other students are arguing because their urgings just make things worse.

a)

agile

b)

ravage

c)

instigate

d)

vestibule

8.

When I made a big mistake in my presentation in front of the class, I wished I could _____ into thin air.

a)

vanish

b)

depreciate

c)

ravage

d)

truant

9.

Clipping coupons and reusing the same sheet of tinfoil over and over are two examples of my grandmother's growing ________.

a)

parsimony

b)

imputation

c)

depreciate

d)

mammoth

10.

Yesterday, a _______ blizzard covered the town with two feet of snow.

a)

gradual

b)

inconsequential

c)

mammoth

d)

instigate

11.

As soon as you drive a car off the lot it _________ in value so drastically that if you take it back the next day, you won't even get back 80% of what you paid for it.

a)

truants

b)

vanishes

c)

depreciates

d)

instigates

12.

Jeremy, who is playing video games at home when he should be in math class, is a ___________.

a)

truant

b)

instigate

c)

falter

d)

ravage

13.

Sarah glared at me, her eyes filled with the ______ that I had cheated her of her rightful place on the dance team.

a)

inconsequential

b)

instigate

c)

truant

d)

imputation

14.

It was raining. I stepped into the __________ to get out of the torrent.

a)

covet

b)

ransack

c)

agile

d)

vestibule

15.

The winning contestant on American Ninja Warrior is very _________.

a)

covet

b)

assertion

c)

falter

d)

agile

16.

The shoppers __________ the display of jeans. I had to refold all of them.

a)

faltered

b)

ransacked

c)

coveted

d)

vanished