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WorksheetsPosted Vocabulary #3
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 24mins
Innocuous means:
Hurtful
Obnoxious
Enormous and powerful
Not harmful or offensive
Infamous means:
Not harmful or offensive
Seeming reasonable or probable
Excessive pride or self-confidence
Well known for some bad quality or deed
A behemoth is:
The path followed by an object
Something enormous and powerful
A public or official announcement
A sign or warning that something is going to happen
Premeditate means:
To grow rapidly in number
To think about or plan ahead of time
To speak about someone in a critical manner
To capture the fascinated attention of
A sign or warning that something is going to happen
Trajectory
Behemoth
Portent
Proliferation
This word describes a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect
Dilapidated
Behemoth
Innocuous
Infamous
A proclamation is a:
Sign or warning that something is going to happen
Path an object follows
Public announcement about something important
Surprising fact
Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude
Hubris
Delipidated
Premeditated
Derogatory
The path followed by an object moving under the action of given forces
Behemoth
Trajectory
Portent
Revelation
Enthrall means:
To think out a plan ahead of time
To have excessive pride or self-confidence
To capture the fascinated attention of
To talk without making sense
Seeming reasonable or likely to be true
Melodramatic
Innocuous
Dilapidated
Plausible
To express grief, sorrow, or regret
Lament
Blather
Proliferate
Conspire
Excessive pride or self-confidence
Hubris
Humility
Modesty
Behemoth
A surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way
Dilapidation
Premeditation
Revelation
Proclamation
Proliferate means:
To increase in number very quickly
To be old and worn out
To think about or plan ahead of time
To speak negatively about something
A synonym for gargantuan is:
Unimportant
Insignificant
Tiny
Enormous
Joan got in trouble at work for making ______________ comments about her boss.
Derogatory
Positive
Flattering
Complimentary
Although Sarah thought her joke was _______________, her friends thought it was offensive.
Harmful
Furtive
Innocuous
Dilapidated
When Lisa forgot to do her homework, she tried to come up with a ________________ excuse her teacher would believe.
Absurd
Unrealistic
Plausible
Unlikely
The president issued a ________________ declaring a state of emergency after the devastating hurricane.
Premeditation
Dilapidation
Defamation
Proclamation
The thunder was a ________________ of the approaching storm.
Portent
Hubris
Proliferation
Defamation
My parents tore down the ____________ shed in our yard and replaced with it with a swing set.
Proliferated
Inexorable
Dilapidated
Ballistic
The 113-foot snowman is a ______________ in the center of town.
Behemoth
Trajectory
Lamentation
Defamation
Football fans are _______________ the death of the team's longtime coach.
Blathering
Lamenting
Proliferating
Emanating
The baby was ___________ by the toy keys and played with them for hours.
Bored
Disgusted
Enthralled
Uninterested
After avoiding arrest for 16 years, the _____________ criminal was finally caught by police.
Respectable
Infamous
Honorable
Trustworthy
The shuttle was on a curving __________________ towards the International Space Station.
Trajectory
Hubris
Revelation
Behemoth
After winning six gold medals, Kim's ___________ made it difficult to be around her.
Hubris
Lack of confidence
Humility
Gratitude
Although the suspect said the crime was not ____________, the police believed she had been planning it for a long time.
Dilapidated
Premeditated
Furtive
Inexorable
After finishing in last place, the runner came to the _________ that he needed to practice more before his next race.
Hubris
Defamation
Revelation
Dilapidation
As the conflict between the two countries grew, the number of weapons on each side _______________.
Dilapidated
Decreased
Emanated
Proliferated
Joe's mom goes to the grocery story every day to keep up with his ____________ appetite.
Dilapidated
Small
Tiny
Gargantuan
