WorksheetsHS Vocabulary 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Decorum
A protein that produces an immune response
Propriety in manners and conduct
Crouch or curl up
Without or almost without hope
Usurp
Seize and take control without authority
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating
A single complete act of breathing in and out
Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
Lugubrious
Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
Excessively mournful
Cleverly amusing in tone
Bellicose
Harmful to living things
Having a bad disposition; surly
Shrewdness shown by keen insight
Having or showing a ready disposition to fight
Belie
Devoid of intelligence
Showing modest reserve
Tending to vanish like vapor
Be in contradiction with
Antebellum
Belonging to a period before a war
The use of tricks to deceive someone
Weaken physically, mentally, or morally
Grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
Expurgate
Weaken physically, mentally, or morally
Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
Revoke formally
Having a bad disposition; surly
Gauche
An Argentinian from the Pampas
Lacking social polish
Generally incompetent and ineffectual
Overbearing pride or presumption
Feckless
Overbearing pride or presumption
Lacking social polish
Generally incompetent and ineffectual
Devoid of intelligence
Evanescent
Grant freedom to, as from slavery or servitude
Shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
Tending to vanish like vapor
Showing modest reserve
