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YELLOW Vocabulary Chapter 7 & 8

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

deliberate deceptiveness; deceit

a)

duplicity

b)

vilify

c)

clamor

d)

rescind

2.

open to more than one interpretation and often intended to mislead

a)

equivocal

b)

untenable

c)

irresolute

d)

contract

3.

all or always the same; without variety

a)

untenable

b)

clamor

c)

uniform

d)

duplicity

4.

to reduce in size; to become compressed

a)

clamor

b)

stagnant

c)

rescind

d)

contract

5.

a loud outcry; hubbub

a)

vilify

b)

clamor

c)

equivocal

d)

rescind

6.

unable to be held or defended; insupportable

a)

stagnant

b)

irresolute

c)

equivocal

d)

untenable

7.

not moving; not flowing; motionless

a)

uniform

b)

equivocal

c)

stagnant

d)

irresolute

8.

to make abusive statements about

a)

vilify

b)

duplicity

c)

stagnant

d)

rescind

9.

to repeal; to take back

a)

rescind

b)

irresolute

c)

duplicity

d)

equivocal

10.

uncertain how to think or act; undecided

a)

irresolute

b)

equivocal

c)

untenable

d)

clamor

11.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


DUPLICITY

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

12.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


EQUIVOCAL

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

13.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


UNIFORM

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

14.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


CONTRACT

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

15.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


CLAMOR

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

16.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


UNTENABLE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

17.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


STAGNANT

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

18.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


VILIFY

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

19.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


RESCIND

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

20.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


IRRESOLUTE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

21.

of doubtful authenticity; not genuine

a)

apocryphal

b)

desultory

c)

irascible

d)

garbled

22.

moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way

a)

paucity

b)

obtuse

c)

desultory

d)

loquacious

23.

very talkative

a)

loquacious

b)

opaque

c)

recapitulate

d)

affable

24.

friendly; easy to get along with

a)

affable

b)

apocryphal

c)

irascible

d)

desultory

25.

easily angered; irritable

a)

affable

b)

opaque

c)

irascible

d)

paucity

26.

difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible

a)

opaque

b)

affable

c)

apocryphal

d)

obtuse

27.

to summarize or repeat briefly

a)

recapitulate

b)

garbled

c)

paucity

d)

desultory

28.

slow to understand; dull

a)

opaque

b)

garbled

c)

obtuse

d)

loquacious

29.

a scarcity; an insufficiency

a)

paucity

b)

recapitulate

c)

loquacious

d)

affable

30.

mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or incomprehensible

a)

affable

b)

garbled

c)

obtuse

d)

irascible

31.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


APOCRYPHAL

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

32.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


DESULTORY

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

33.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


LOQUACIOUS

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

34.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


AFFABLE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

35.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


IRASCIBLE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

36.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


OPAQUE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

37.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


RECAPITULATE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

38.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


OBTUSE

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

39.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


PAUCITY

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

40.

Choose the correct part of speech for this word:


GARBLED

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective