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Vocab 2/16

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abdicate means

a)

to show support

b)

to give up a position of leadership

c)

to absolve of responsibility

d)

to seize power

2.

Carouse means

a)

to eat without silverware

b)

to dehydrate

c)

to gather

d)

to party; celebrate

3.

Desiccated means

a)

destroyed

b)

angered

c)

dried up

d)

drove insane

4.

Egregious means

a)

extremely bad

b)

very expensive

c)

excessively noisy

d)

famished

5.

Garrulous means

a)

unable to be understood

b)

vast; expansive

c)

very talkative

d)

excessively loud

6.

Indigent means

a)

native to that land

b)

unable to be understood

c)

very poor

d)

powerful

7.

Nefarious means

a)

secretive

b)

pertaining to the moon

c)

slippery

d)

heinously villainous

8.

Zephyr means

a)

a fast-moving train

b)

a gentle breeze

c)

any rabid animal

d)

a swiftly-moving stream

9.

Transient means

a)

see-through

b)

secretive

c)

consecrated

d)

passing through briefly

10.

Ennui means

a)

boredom

b)

movie star

c)

trickery

d)

evening

11.

Surreptitious means

a)

repetitious

b)

secretive

c)

sticky and sweet

d)

boring

12.

Hallowed means

a)

hollowed out; empty

b)

difficult to pronounce

c)

impossible to understand

d)

revered; holy; consecrated

13.

Toady means

a)

heinously ugly

b)

having warts

c)

Froggy's friend

d)

one who flatters; a sycophant

14.

Pariah means

a)

indigent

b)

a terrible situation

c)

an outcast

d)

Mariah Carey's father

15.

Haughty means

a)

very warm

b)

very attractive

c)

disdainfully proud

d)

disdainfully cruel

16.

Pernicious means

a)

extremely spicy

b)

extremely destructive or harmful

c)

sycophantic

d)

flattery for self-gain

17.

Behemoth means

a)

a deserted building

b)

a cave troll

c)

something of tremendous power or size

d)

a destructive fire

18.

Munificence means

a)

sweet-tasting

b)

brightness

c)

largeness in size

d)

generosity

19.

Abhor means

a)

to detest

b)

to run toward

c)

to run from

d)

to create

20.

Tome means

a)

a mysterious package

b)

a measure of fruit

c)

a hardship

d)

a large book