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Vocabulary, 2/9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Accost

a)

to confront verbally

b)

disdainfully proud

c)

price

d)

one who flatters for self-gain

2.

Banal

a)

to belittle

b)

dull; commonplace

c)

large number

d)

disgusting

3.

Circumvent

a)

to belittle

b)

to circle

c)

to air out

d)

to get around

4.

Defunct

a)

broken

b)

overjoyed

c)

no longer used or existing

d)

disdainfully proud

5.

Illicit

a)

narcotics

b)

to request information

c)

forbidden

d)

a feeling of sympathy

6.

Myriad

a)

overjoyed

b)

consisting of a very great number

c)

wedded

d)

merry; joyful

7.

Repulse

a)

to disgust

b)

to determine the number of heartbeats

c)

to take one's pulse again

d)

to belittle

8.

Abhor

a)

to seize by force

b)

to cast one out

c)

to hate; detest

d)

to create

9.

Tome

a)

a flatterer

b)

a monster

c)

very thin soup

d)

a large book

10.

Behemoth

a)

an outcast

b)

something tremendous in size or power

c)

a hardship

d)

a ranting speech

11.

Arid

a)

hardship; threat

b)

flowery

c)

breezy

d)

excessively dry

12.

Engender

a)

to create; generate

b)

to throw out

c)

to name

d)

to incline toward

13.

Munificence

a)

payment

b)

generosity

c)

grandness

d)

large in size

14.

Plethora

a)

microscopic

b)

lovely floral arrangement

c)

hardship

d)

in abundance; excess

15.

Taciturn

a)

switching directions

b)

quiet; not inclined to talk

c)

flattering in hope of gaining favors

d)

distress caused by feeling guilty

16.

Pernicious

a)

extremely destructive or harmful

b)

large in size

c)

hilarious

d)

unpleasant to the taste buds

17.

Sycophant

a)

a runny nose

b)

an unwell loxodonta

c)

a water source

d)

one who flatters for self-gain

18.

Elated

a)

rising higher

b)

overjoyed

c)

delayed

d)

loud

19.

Maelstrom

a)

a storm that's a boy

b)

a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

c)

the exciting part in a book or movie

d)

a cookie with raisins

20.

Wane

a)

precipitation

b)

to leave quickly

c)

to be cast into despair

d)

to decrease in size; to dwindle