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Wordly Wise Book 10 List 5

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

acrimony

a)

rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

b)

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

c)

Bitterness or sharpness of temper, manner, or speech; hostility.

d)

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

2.

affinity

a)

the state or quality of being infinite.

b)

Attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship.

c)

a number greater than any assignable quantity or countable number (symbol ∞).

d)

scold or reprimand severely or angrily

3.

ambivalent

a)

Having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone; indecisive

b)

careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk

c)

the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

d)

someone to whom private matters are told

4.

cessation

a)

Express strong disapproval of

b)

A stopping, either final or temporary.

c)

Showing courteous regard for people's feelings

d)

Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits

5.

Emaciated

a)

Free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberated.

b)

Very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny.

c)

To release from parental care and responsibility and make sui juris.

d)

Appropriate fraudulently to one's own use

6.

Enclave

a)

Praise, glorify, or honor

b)

Unnecessary and unwarranted

c)

A distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory.

d)

A state of deep-seated ill-will

7.

Engender

a)

Shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way

b)

Understanding and entering into another's feelings

c)

Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

d)

To bring into being, to produce.

8.

Exacerbate

a)

Added to an existing or usual amount or number; additional.

b)

To make more severe, bitter, or violent.

c)

Quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness

d)

An item in addition to what is usual or strictly necessary.

9.

Illicit

a)

To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.)

b)

Not allowed, improper, or unlawful.

c)

To generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.

d)

To draw out, bring out, bring forth

10.

Indigenous

a)

A cruel and oppressive dictator

b)

Treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame or to lose one's dignity.

c)

Naturally living or growing in a certain area; native.

d)

Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits

11.

Inexorable

a)

Not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless.

b)

Too bad to be justified or tolerated.

c)

Impossible to excuse or justify inexcusable rudeness.

d)

Praise, glorify, or honor

12.

Infatuated

a)

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh.

b)

Filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire.

c)

a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.

d)

Make up something artificial or untrue

13.

Insatiable

a)

As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

b)

Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

c)

Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

d)

Never satisfied; greedy.

14.

Poignant

a)

As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

b)

Painfully moving, affecting, or touching.

c)

(of a remark or look) expressing criticism in a direct and unambiguous way.

d)

Having a sharpened or tapered tip or end.

15.

Proselytize

a)

Denoting an artificial body part, such as a limb, a heart, or a lung.

b)

Secret and sly

c)

To convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause.

d)

An artificial body part; a prosthesis.