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12th grade vocab words lesson 8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

DEF: to disapprove angrily; to protest

a)

entreat

b)

pander

c)

contrive

d)

inveigh

e)

allay

2.

REVIEW WORD DEF: shocking; explicit

a)

lurid

b)

sectarian

c)

churlish

d)

otiose

e)

recalcitrant

3.

DEF: to corrupt morally; to contaminate

a)

expiate

b)

vitiate

c)

ameliorate

d)

lionize

e)

prognosticate

4.

DEF: roughness or harshness; severity

a)

catharsis

b)

exegesis

c)

asperity

d)

consternation

e)

accoutrement

5.

DEF: to make better; to improve

a)

expurgate

b)

ameliorate

c)

desiccate

d)

arrogate

e)

truncate

6.

DEF: childish; juvenile

a)

puerile

b)

vitriolic

c)

antediluvian

d)

unimpeachable

e)

profligate

7.

REVIEW WORD DEF: to alienate

a)

venerate

b)

entreat

c)

estrange

d)

inundate

e)

comprise

8.

DEF: to relieve; to alleviate

a)

allay

b)

prognosticate

c)

pander

d)

inveigh

e)

promulgate

9.

REVIEW WORD DEF: disrespect

a)

peregrination

b)

asperity

c)

gibberish

d)

exegesis

e)

flippancy

10.

DEF: useless; futile

a)

incumbent

b)

aleatory

c)

recalcitrant

d)

otiose

e)

coeval

11.

DEF: an explanation of a text; a critical interpretation

a)

exegesis

b)

peregrination

c)

consternation

d)

nexus

e)

accoutrement

12.

DEF: unquestionable; beyond doubt

a)

eidetic

b)

inimical

c)

unimpeachable

d)

puerile

e)

antediluvian

13.

DEF: dependent on luck or chance

a)

dilatory

b)

recalcitrant

c)

eidetic

d)

churlish

e)

aleatory

14.

DEF: wasteful and immoral

a)

profligate

b)

sectarian

c)

innocuous

d)

unimpeachable

e)

dilatory

15.

REVIEW WORD DEF: to predict

a)

inundate

b)

venerate

c)

expiate

d)

prognosticate

e)

estrange

16.

DEF: to exploit the weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others

a)

vacillate

b)

pander

c)

desiccate

d)

inveigh

e)

truncate

17.

DEF: stubbornly resistant; showing opposition

a)

cogent

b)

profligate

c)

recalcitrant

d)

livid

e)

otiose

18.

DEF: rejection; refusal to acknowledge

a)

preamble

b)

exegesis

c)

imbroglio

d)

consternation

e)

renunciation

19.

DEF: to assign great social importance to; to treat as a celebrity

a)

vitiate

b)

pander

c)

allay

d)

lionize

e)

ameliorate

20.

REVIEW WORD DEF: unfriendly; hostile; injurious

a)

coeval

b)

sectarian

c)

inimical

d)

convoluted

e)

stringent