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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In a thousand years, archaeologists will be digging through the -----------------------------of what was once San Francisco.

a)

premises

b)

ruins

c)

peruse

d)

platitude

2.

I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather --------------------- about life in the army.

a)

abound

b)

posit

c)

dictate

d)

reminisce

3.

It is a ---------------------but effective device for raising water from a well.

a)

incisive

b)

postulated

c)

primitive

d)

subdued

4.

We should therefore seek evidence for long-distance exchange as indications of a political ---------------------- and the growth of centralized political organization.

a)

conviction

b)

subduction

c)

alliance

d)

demise

5.

n the wake of the Los Angeles riots, it would be foolish to ignore Galbraith's -------------------- warnings.

a)

prescient

b)

imminent

c)

abound

d)

inherited

6.

This bird is-------------------- of most species here in that it does not build a nest

a)

primitive

b)

atypical

c)

amble

d)

bolstered

7.

Parents should avoid hanging a dark cloud by communicating that life is dangerous and that failure is--------------------.

a)

imminent

b)

posited

c)

darned

d)

bolstered

8.

The most powerful ------------------we have is our skilled, dedicated workforce.

a)

patriotism

b)

asset

c)

conviction

d)

impatience

9.

Under these circumstances, his intervention could not possibly be perceived as an unambiguously ------------------------ and non-partisan gesture.

a)

frayed

b)

patriotic

c)

unambitious

d)

unsettling

10.

When the long-delayed -------------------- of the dinosaurs finally occurred, the crash was spectacular.

a)

convention

b)

demand

c)

demise

d)

alliance

11.

Smoke ----------------------- out of the grass next to the first few Hueys.

a)

condemned

b)

swirled

c)

reproached

d)

inherited

12.

The motives were above ---------------------- since a large sum was raised for deserving charities every year.

a)

platitude

b)

impatience

c)

reproach

d)

discharge

13.

1- To be concerned about someone or something. Typically used in the negative to convey the opposite is the definition of ----------------------

a)

mind you

b)

care a fig for

c)

in vain

d)

juggling income and expenditure

14.

according to everything heard or read is the definition of -----------------------

a)

in power

b)

mind you

c)

breaking even

d)

by all accounts

15.

the synonym of boosted , aided , supported is

a)

dictated

b)

demanded

c)

posited

d)

bolstered