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Vocabulary Group #7

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means "a gradual reduction"?

a)

lax

b)

atrophy

c)

attrition

d)

conundrum

2.

Which word means "to look very carefully; to examine"?

a)

scrutinize

b)

surmise

c)

atrophy

d)

lax

3.

Which word means "careless, negligent"?

a)

conundrum

b)

lax

c)

attrition

d)

surmise

4.

Which word means "to wither away"?

a)

attrition

b)

surmise

c)

scrutinize

d)

atrophy

5.

Which word means "a dilemma; any problem or puzzle"?

a)

conundrum

b)

attrition

c)

surmise

d)

scrutinize

6.

Which word means "to guess"?

a)

scrutinize

b)

atrophy

c)

surmise

d)

conundrum

7.

Which word is an antonym for "skim"?

a)

surmise

b)

atrophy

c)

scrutinize

d)

lax

8.

Which word is an antonym for "cautious"?

a)

scrutinize

b)

surmise

c)

atrophy

d)

lax

9.

Which word is an antonym for "enrich"?

a)

attrition

b)

conundrum

c)

atrophy

d)

surmise

10.

Which word is most closely related to this image?

a)

atrophy

b)

surmise

c)

lax

d)

scrutinize

11.

Which word is most closely related to this image?

a)

attrition

b)

atrophy

c)

conundrum

d)

lax

12.

Which word is most closely related to this image?

a)

attrition

b)

lax

c)

conundrum

d)

atrophy

13.

Which word means "a hiding place, or the objects hidden in a hiding place"?

a)

muster

b)

boon

c)

cache

d)

myriad

14.

Which word means "physically or mentally destructive"?

a)

noxious

b)

plight

c)

malice

d)

enmity

15.

Which word means "hard, difficult, tiresome"?

a)

languish

b)

incessant

c)

arduous

d)

revere

16.

Which word means "a natural ability"?

a)

edification

b)

inundate

c)

curtail

d)

aptitude

17.

Which word means "hot-tempered; quick to anger"?

a)

embroil

b)

choleric

c)

bludgeon

d)

histrionic

18.

Which word means "to make ashamed"?

a)

atone

b)

abash

c)

writhe

d)

abhor