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Vocabulary Workshop H, Unit 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(v.) to howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel

(n.) a harsh or noisy cry; a racket

a)

poltroon

b)

raillery

c)

caterwaul

d)

bellwether

2.

(n.) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped

a)

poltroon

b)

vignette

c)

morass

d)

raillery

3.

(n.) something added to something else as helpful or useful, but not essential; an assistant or helper

(adj.) added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity

a)

adjunct

b)

effete

c)

oblivious

d)

ribald

4.

(n) any system of things or people arranged or graded one above the other in order of rank, wealth, class, etc.

a)

proselyte

b)

hierarchy

c)

vignette

d)

fait accompli

5.

(adj) absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible

a)

effete

b)

noisome

c)

supine

d)

chimerical

6.

(adj.) forgetful; unaware

a)

supine

b)

effete

c)

laissez-faire

d)

oblivious

7.

(adj) lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn-out or exhausted; out-of-date

a)

hidebound

b)

ribald

c)

laissez-faire

d)

effete

8.

(n.) a short description or sketch

a)

fait accompli

b)

liturgy

c)

adjunct

d)

vignette

9.

(n.) good-humored ridicule; teasing

a)

effete

b)

ribald

c)

raillery

d)

noisome

10.

(adj.) a philosophy or practice characterized by a usually deliberate abstention from direction or inference, esp with individual freedom of choice and action

a)

laissez-faire

b)

ribald

c)

chimerical

d)

noisome

11.

(adj.) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

a)

noisome

b)

hidebound

c)

chimerical

d)

supine

12.

(n.) an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action

a)

fait accompli

b)

raillery

c)

adjunct

d)

hierarchy

13.

(n.) a convert; a disciple

a)

proselyte

b)

adjunct

c)

bellwether

d)

poltroon

14.

(n) the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse; a leader, as in a desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends

a)

poltroon

b)

raillery

c)

bellwether

d)

morass

15.

(n.) a religious service or rite

a)

hierarchy

b)

raillery

c)

liturgy

d)

vignette

16.

(adj.) irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or indecent in language

a)

effete

b)

ribald

c)

noisome

d)

supine

17.

(adj.) lying flat on one's back; listless or lethargic

a)

supine

b)

effete

c)

laissez-faire

d)

quasi

18.

(n.) a base (lowly) coward

a)

bellwether

b)

poltroon

c)

morass

d)

proselyte

19.

(adj.) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative

a)

oblivious

b)

quasi

c)

noisome

d)

hidebound

20.

(adj.) seemingly but not actually or completely

a)

quasi

b)

supine

c)

chimerical

d)

effete