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Vocabulary Lesson IV

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Expedient means

a)

acquiescent

b)

rude

c)

sufficient

d)

convenient

2.

Who is most likely to behave in a demure way?

a)

someone who does not want to appear boastful

b)

someone who does not want to appear fearful

c)

someone who does not want to appear hungry

d)

someone who does not want to appear puzzled

3.

Eddy means

a)

vortex

b)

joggle

c)

swoop

d)

brawl

4.

Reproach means

a)

criticize

b)

present

c)

duplicate

d)

summarize

5.

Wan means

a)

dry

b)

weak

c)

shifting

d)

coarse

6.

Which of the following would most likely be a matter of decorum?

a)

one Japanese business man bowing to another

b)

a guest who yawns during a meal

c)

a fabric chosen for window drapes

d)

a mother and daughter embracing each other

7.

Expostulate mean

a)

to cooperate as a traitor

b)

waste time

c)

crash together with violent impact

d)

to argue strongly against

8.

Injunction means

a)

a list or register of events

b)

a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something

c)

a statement in explanation of some action or belief

d)

a point asserted as part of an argument

9.

Din means

a)

probe

b)

recount

c)

clamor

d)

omen

10.

Deprecate means

a)

deploy

b)

deplore

c)

delay

d)

develop

11.

Clamor means

a)

roster

b)

outcry

c)

prelude

d)

influx

12.

Call a body of water ____ if it has a smooth survace and no waves. Call a person ____ if they don't tend to make waves by causing a fuss.

a)

placid

b)

pensive

c)

peremptory

d)

incredulous

13.

If something is ____, it has a slanting position or direction. In figurative use, ____ means indirect or purposely misleading.

a)

pensive

b)

oblique

c)

vex

d)

venerate

14.

Of the following, who is NOT venerable?

a)

The Pope

b)

Mother Teresa

c)

Gandhi

d)

Adolf Hitler

15.

Incredulous means

a)

being without doubt or reserve

b)

being or serving as an illustration of a type

c)

not disposed or willing to believe

d)

showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

16.

When your mother has had enough and yells, "That's it! I've had enough. No more!" You might call her statement

a)

peremptory

b)

desolate

c)

wan

d)

placid

17.

Pensive means

a)

aghast

b)

comtemplative

c)

irritate

d)

sickly

18.

Vex means to

a)

coax

b)

stun

c)

corrupt

d)

bother

19.

Which situation best uses the word importune?

a)

When you are importuning the judge to release your innocent brother

b)

When you are importuning your friend to play.

c)

When you are importuning your mother to make your favorite dinner.

d)

When you are inportuning your dog to bring back the stick.

20.

Magnanimous means

a)

formed into a whole or introduced into another entity

b)

fully ripe

c)

generous and understanding and tolerant

d)

having only a limited ability to react chemically