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Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 5, All Words

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 40mins

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Class
Date
1.

The word VOLATILE

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

b)

(n.) A ghost or ghostlike image of a person

c)

(adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

d)

(v.) To crouch down in fear

e)

(adj.) More than sufficient to meet a need or purpose; Abundant

2.

The word AGHAST

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(v.) To declare or state with force or confidence, to defend strongly

b)

(v.) To crouch down in fear

c)

(v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

d)

(adj.) Seeming reasonable or probable

e)

(adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

3.

The word DISDAIN

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

b)

(n.) A ghost or ghostlike image of a person

c)

(adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

d)

(n.) A statement written on a gravestone in memory of a person who died

e)

(v.) To treat as beneath oneself with hatred, to treat with contempt

4.

The word INTRIGUE

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(n.) A secret or underhanded scheme; (v.) To engage in secret or underhanded schemes, to plot; To arouse the interest or curiosity of

b)

(n.) Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;

c)

(adj.) Of or relating to standards or morality

d)

(n.) Something that follows another; A continuation of a story

e)

(adj.) Of or relating to the lower class, common and vulgar

5.

The word PRODIGAL

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

b)

(adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

c)

(n.) A person who is wastefully extravagant

d)

(n.) A commoner, a member of the lower class

e)

(n.) Nearness in space, time, or relationship; Closeness

6.

The word PLEBEIAN

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

b)

(adj.) Seeming reasonable or probable

c)

(adj.) Of or relating to the lower class, common and vulgar

d)

(n.) A secret or underhanded scheme

e)

(adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

7.

The word PULVERIZE

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

b)

(adj.) Unable to be heard; Too faint to make a sound

c)

(n.) A person who is wastefully extravagant

d)

(v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

e)

(adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

8.

The word JURISDICTION

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

b)

(v.) To treat as beneath oneself with hatred, to treat with contempt

c)

(v.) To crouch down in fear

d)

(adj.) Seeming reasonable or probable

e)

(n.) Lawful power or right to exercise official authority

9.

The word INAUDIBLE

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Unable to be heard; Too faint to make a sound

b)

(v.) To engage in secret or underhanded schemes, to plot; To arouse the interest or curiosity of

c)

(adj.) Wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property

d)

(v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

e)

(adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

10.

The word EPITAPH

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(n.) A secret or underhanded scheme

b)

(adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

c)

(v.) To declare or state with force or confidence, to defend strongly

d)

(n.) A statement written on a gravestone in memory of a person who died

e)

(adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

11.

The word AMPLE

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(n.) Something that follows another; A continuation of a story

b)

(adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

c)

(adj.) More than sufficient to meet a need or purpose; Abundant

d)

(adj.) Of or relating to standards or morality

e)

(adj.) Wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property

12.

The word FACETIOUS

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

b)

(n.) Something that follows another; A continuation of a story

c)

(adj.) More than sufficient to meet a need or purpose; Abundant

d)

(n.) Nearness in space, time, or relationship; Closeness

e)

(adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

13.

The word PLAUSIBLE

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Of or relating to the lower class, common and vulgar

b)

(adj.) More than sufficient to meet a need or purpose; Abundant

c)

(adj.) Struck with terror and amazement; Shocked

d)

(adj.) Seeming reasonable or probable

e)

(adj.) Wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property

14.

The word INDISCRIMINATE

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

b)

(n.) Nearness in space, time, or rleationship; Closeness

c)

(v.) To engage in secret or underhanded schemes, to plot; To arouse the interest or curiosity of

d)

(adj.) Done randomly without careful analysis

e)

(v.) To declare or state with force or confidence, to defend strongly

15.

The word APPARITION

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(n.) A ghost or ghostlike image of a person

b)

(adj.) Tending toward violence; Explosive

c)

(adj.) Done randomly without careful analysis

d)

(adj.) More than sufficient to meet a need or purpose; Abundant

e)

(adj.) Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; Sarcastic

16.

The word ADDENDUM

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(n.) Lawful power or right to exercise official authority

b)

(v.) To pound, crush or grind into powder or dust; To destroy or demolish by crushing

c)

(n.) a thing that is added; an appendix or addition to a book or written document

d)

(adj.) More than sufficient to meet a need or purpose; Abundant

e)

(n.) A commoner, a member of the lower class

17.

The word ASSERT

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) More than sufficient to meet a need or purpose; Abundant

b)

(v.) To crouch down in fear

c)

(v.) To declare or state with force or confidence, to defend strongly

d)

(n.) Lawful power or right to exercise official authority

e)

(adj.) Of or relating to standards or morality

18.

The word PROXIMITY

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Of or relating to standards or morality

b)

(n.) Something that follows another; A continuation of a story

c)

(n.) Nearness in space, time, or rleationship; Closeness

d)

(v.) To crouch down in fear

e)

(adj.) Done randomly without careful analysis

19.

The word ETHICAL

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(adj.) Of or relating to standards or morality

b)

(v.) To declare or state with force or confidence, to defend strongly

c)

(adj.) Of or relating to the lower class, common and vulgar

d)

(n.) A secret or underhanded scheme

e)

(adj.) Wasteful or extravagant, especially in the use of money or property

20.

The word COWER

MOST NEARLY means:

a)

(n.) Something that follows another; A continuation of a story

b)

(v.) To crouch down in fear

c)

(adj.) Seeming reasonable or probable

d)

(adj.) More than sufficient to meet a need or purpose; Abundant

e)

(n.) A ghost or ghostlike image of a person

21.

His father told several _____ stories about his son who didn't think they were funny.

a)

EPITAPH

b)

ETHICAL

c)

COWER

d)

PLEBEIAN

e)

FACETIOUS

22.

The judge decided the trial needed to be in another _____ in order to be fair, so it was moved to another city.

a)

JURISDICTION

b)

AGHAST

c)

ASSERT

d)

PULVERIZE

e)

ADDENDUM

23.

He wanted to _____ the pumpkin after Halloween, so he shot it from a catapult and it broke into a hundred pieces.

a)

PULVERIZE

b)

ADDENDUM

c)

EPITAPH

d)

INDISCRIMINATE

e)

ETHICAL

24.

The crowds were _____ when the man jumped off the bridge, but eventually saw he was tied to a bungee cord.

a)

DISDAIN

b)

ASSERT

c)

AMPLE

d)

PROXIMITY

e)

AGHAST

25.

Arlington cemetery has a tombstone _____ which states that unknown soldiers are buried here.

a)

JURISDICTION

b)

EPITAPH

c)

ASSERT

d)

AGHAST

e)

APPARITION

26.

The lion in the Wizard of Oz used to _____ every time he became afraid.

a)

COWER

b)

INDISCRIMINATE

c)

EPITAPH

d)

FACETIOUS

e)

INTRIGUE

27.

He became a _____ son who spent his inheritance on traveling and expensive food instead of investing in things he needed to get his work done.

a)

PRODIGAL

b)

PULVERIZE

c)

ASSERT

d)

PLAUSIBLE

e)

JURISDICTION

28.

In an attempt to _____ herself, she pounded her fists on the table and spoke in a loud, forceful manner about why she needed her teddy bear.

a)

ASSERT

b)

INTRIGUE

c)

ETHICAL

d)

PULVERIZE

e)

APPARITION

29.

The new auditorium has _____ space to hold every student in the school, because there are enough seats for everyone.

a)

AMPLE

b)

FACETIOUS

c)

APPARITION

d)

INTRIGUE

e)

PLEBEIAN

30.

The whole meaning of the book was changed for me after I read the ______. I had no idea that the author had based the events on actual moments from history.

a)

AGHAST

b)

PRODIGAL

c)

DISDAIN

d)

PULVERIZE

e)

ADDENDUM

31.

Donald Duck could turn _____ when his nephews would pull pranks on him. I think he is known to have a bad temper.

a)

VOLATILE

b)

EPITAPH

c)

JURISDICTION

d)

INAUDIBLE

e)

PRODIGAL

32.

They were so jealous of his ability to play basketball that they treated him with _____ even though he treated them with respect.

a)

DISDAIN

b)

ETHICAL

c)

PLAUSIBLE

d)

AGHAST

e)

ADDENDUM

33.

He continued to run a(n) _____ business which showed he was an honorable person.

a)

ETHICAL

b)

PRODIGAL

c)

PLEBEIAN

d)

ASSERT

e)

FACETIOUS

34.

People believe that they can see a(n) _____ if they go into a cemetery at night.

a)

APPARITION

b)

INAUDIBLE

c)

PULVERIZE

d)

PLAUSIBLE

e)

INDISCRIMINATE

35.

The choir's voices were _____ to us because we were sitting in the back row of the concert hall.

a)

ETHICAL

b)

INAUDIBLE

c)

PULVERIZE

d)

JURISDICTION

e)

AMPLE

36.

The Prom was held in _____ to the beach so we all jumped in and got our clothes soaking wet.

a)

COWER

b)

APPARITION

c)

PROXIMITY

d)

FACETIOUS

e)

PULVERIZE

37.

She was a woman of _____ who tried to get information for her secret plan to steal the royal crown jewels.

a)

PRODIGAL

b)

INAUDIBLE

c)

COWER

d)

AGHAST

e)

INTRIGUE

38.

Surprisingly, it is highly _____ that a person who is not part of the popular crowd will become the next Homecoming queen.

a)

JURISDICTION

b)

ADDENDUM

c)

AMPLE

d)

PLAUSIBLE

e)

PROXIMITY

39.

The jury selection was _____ because they wanted a fair trial.

a)

APPARITION

b)

EPITAPH

c)

PROXIMITY

d)

PLAUSIBLE

e)

INDISCRIMINATE

40.

We couldn't take the new kid out into town because he acted like a(n) _____ when he was around people by saying inappropriate things.

a)

ETHICAL

b)

VOLATILE

c)

PLEBEIAN

d)

PULVERIZE

e)

AMPLE

41.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word ASSERT?

a)

nearness; closeness; adjacency

b)

ghost; phantom; specter; chimera

c)

unstable; erratic; explosive; unsteady

d)

inscription; commemoration; memorial

e)

insist; affirm; declare; proclaim

42.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word INDISCRIMINATE?

a)

random; haphazard; aimless; chaotic

b)

scheme; plot; conspiracy; trickery

c)

hatred; contempt; dislike; antipathy

d)

kidding; sarcastic; witty; comical

e)

smash; crush; demolish; grind

43.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word ETHICAL?

a)

moral; conscientious; virtuous; honorable

b)

nearness; closeness; adjacency

c)

insist; affirm; declare; proclaim

d)

reasonable; believable; possible; likely

e)

smash; crush; demolish; grind

44.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word EPITAPH?

a)

nearness; closeness; adjacency

b)

smash; crush; demolish; grind

c)

wasteful; lavish; extravagant; excessive

d)

follow-up; continuation; progression; aftermath

e)

inscription; commemoration; memorial

45.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word PRODIGAL?

a)

wasteful; lavish; extravagant; excessive

b)

kidding; sarcastic; witty; comical

c)

smash; crush; demolish; grind

d)

unstable; erratic; explosive; unsteady

e)

horrified; shocked; frightened; terrified

46.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word JURISDICTION?

a)

nearness; closeness; adjacency

b)

hatred; contempt; dislike; antipathy

c)

sufficient; plenty; adequate; enough

d)

flinch; shrink; cringe; hide

e)

authority; control; range; confines

47.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word FACETIOUS?

a)

kidding; sarcastic; witty; comical

b)

ghost; phantom; specter; chimera

c)

flinch; shrink; cringe; hide

d)

wasteful; lavish; extravagant; excessive

e)

moral; conscientious; virtuous; honorable

48.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word INAUDIBLE?

a)

wasteful; lavish; extravagant; excessive

b)

moral; conscientious; virtuous; honorable

c)

faint; soft; muted; whispered

d)

ghost; phantom; specter; chimera

e)

smash; crush; demolish; grind

49.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word PLAUSIBLE?

a)

follow-up; continuation; progression; aftermath

b)

moral; conscientious; virtuous; honorable

c)

commonplace; lower-class; vulgar; unrefined

d)

reasonable; believable; possible; likely

e)

kidding; sarcastic; witty; comical

50.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word APPARITION?

a)

ghost; phantom; specter; chimera

b)

random; haphazard; aimless; chaotic

c)

nearness; closeness; adjacency

d)

reasonable; believable; possible; likely

e)

follow-up; continuation; progression; aftermath

51.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word VOLATILE?

a)

sufficient; plenty; adequate; enough

b)

authority; control; range; confines

c)

commonplace; lower-class; vulgar; unrefined

d)

unstable; erratic; explosive; unsteady

e)

follow-up; continuation; progression; aftermath

52.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word AMPLE?

a)

authority; control; range; confines

b)

sufficient; plenty; adequate; enough

c)

smash; crush; demolish; grind

d)

horrified; shocked; frightened; terrified

e)

unstable; erratic; explosive; unsteady

53.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word PULVERIZE?

a)

smash; crush; demolish; grind

b)

insist; affirm; declare; proclaim

c)

hatred; contempt; dislike; antipathy

d)

kidding; sarcastic; witty; comical

e)

nearness; closeness; adjacency

54.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word PLEBEIAN?

a)

reasonable; believable; possible; likely

b)

commonplace; lower-class; vulgar; unrefined

c)

ghost; phantom; specter; chimera

d)

insist; affirm; declare; proclaim

e)

nearness; closeness; adjacency

55.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word COWER?

a)

smash; crush; demolish; grind

b)

follow-up; continuation; progression; aftermath

c)

insist; affirm; declare; proclaim

d)

kidding; sarcastic; witty; comical

e)

flinch; shrink; cringe; hide

56.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word DISDAIN?

a)

insist; affirm; declare; proclaim

b)

flinch; shrink; cringe; hide

c)

sufficient; plenty; adequate; enough

d)

horrified; shocked; frightened; terrified

e)

hatred; contempt; dislike; antipathy

57.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word PROXIMITY?

a)

random; haphazard; aimless; chaotic

b)

nearness; closeness; adjacency

c)

sufficient; plenty; adequate; enough

d)

faint; soft; muted; whispered

e)

inscription; commemoration; memorial

58.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word AGHAST?

a)

horrified; shocked; frightened; terrified

b)

random; haphazard; aimless; chaotic

c)

insist; affirm; declare; proclaim

d)

flinch; shrink; cringe; hide

e)

follow-up; continuation; progression; aftermath

59.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word INTRIGUE?

a)

inscription; commemoration; memorial

b)

scheme; plot; conspiracy; trickery

c)

kidding; sarcastic; witty; comical

d)

flinch; shrink; cringe; hide

e)

random; haphazard; aimless; chaotic

60.

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word ADDENDUM?

a)

ghost; phantom; specter; chimera

b)

smash; crush; demolish; grind

c)

attachment, appendix, annex

d)

hatred; contempt; dislike; antipathy

e)

nearness; closeness; adjacency

61.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

distance; remoteness; expanse; farness

a)

PROXIMITY

b)

EPITAPH

c)

PRODIGAL

d)

ETHICAL

e)

APPARITION

62.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

deny; reject; veto; refute

a)

INDISCRIMINATE

b)

FACETIOUS

c)

PLAUSIBLE

d)

VOLATILE

e)

ASSERT

63.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

fair play; honesty; openness

a)

INTRIGUE

b)

ASSERT

c)

PULVERIZE

d)

PRODIGAL

e)

AMPLE

64.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

corrupt; dishonest; immoral; unprincipled

a)

PRODIGAL

b)

VOLATILE

c)

INAUDIBLE

d)

APPARITION

e)

ETHICAL

65.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

admiration; respect; reverence; veneration

a)

FACETIOUS

b)

PLEBEIAN

c)

JURISDICTION

d)

APPARITION

e)

DISDAIN

66.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

build; construct; repair; restore

a)

ETHICAL

b)

PROXIMITY

c)

FACETIOUS

d)

PULVERIZE

e)

AMPLE

67.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

unlikely; far-fetched; improbable; doubtful

a)

PLEBEIAN

b)

JURISDICTION

c)

FACETIOUS

d)

PLAUSIBLE

e)

ADDENDUM

68.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

formal; serious; humorless; somber

a)

ADDENDUM

b)

FACETIOUS

c)

INAUDIBLE

d)

COWER

e)

PLAUSIBLE

69.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

forgetable, fleeting, momentary, living words

a)

EPITAPH

b)

DISDAIN

c)

INAUDIBLE

d)

PRODIGAL

e)

JURISDICTION

70.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

loud; noisy; easily heard; blaring

a)

INAUDIBLE

b)

AGHAST

c)

VOLATILE

d)

DISDAIN

e)

PULVERIZE

71.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

intimidate; stand tall; terrify; scare

a)

APPARITION

b)

DISDAIN

c)

SEQUEL

d)

COWER

e)

ETHICAL

72.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

undisturbed; unsurprised; poised; composed

a)

COWER

b)

PULVERIZE

c)

AGHAST

d)

ASSERT

e)

INDISCRIMINATE

73.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

prelude; prologue; foreword; overture

a)

APPARITION

b)

JURISDICTION

c)

PROXIMITY

d)

INTRIGUE

e)

ADDENDUM

74.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

aristocratic; elite; refined; noble

a)

PRODIGAL

b)

COWER

c)

PROXIMITY

d)

ETHICAL

e)

PLEBEIAN

75.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

inadequate; insufficient; not enough; meager

a)

PLEBEIAN

b)

INAUDIBLE

c)

ETHICAL

d)

PROXIMITY

e)

AMPLE

76.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

reality; actuality; real body

a)

VOLATILE

b)

PLEBEIAN

c)

PRODIGAL

d)

EPITAPH

e)

APPARITION

77.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

selective; judicious; choosy; picky

a)

INTRIGUE

b)

INDISCRIMINATE

c)

EPITAPH

d)

COWER

e)

ADDENDUM

78.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

servitude; slavery; bondage

a)

JURISDICTION

b)

EPITAPH

c)

INTRIGUE

d)

DISDAIN

e)

ASSERT

79.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

stable; steady; unreactive; dormant

a)

JURISDICTION

b)

VOLATILE

c)

ADDENDUM

d)

PULVERIZE

e)

PROXIMITY

80.

Which word MOST NEARLY serves as an antonym for the following:

economical; thrifty; stingy; penny-pinching

a)

VOLATILE

b)

PRODIGAL

c)

JURISDICTION

d)

AMPLE

e)

INDISCRIMINATE

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