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ECPE Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the ___ of the drought there were crop failures and the country now faces famine.

a)

wake

b)

series

c)

repercussion

d)

stride

2.

Plans to build a new elementary school are ___.

a)

elevated

b)

interlocking

c)

fortified

d)

underway

3.

He got the job even though his skills were ___ to those of the other applicants.

a)

insignificant

b)

inferior

c)

indifferent

d)

imperfect

4.

Economic growth will continue to be slow for the ___ future.

a)

plausible

b)

foreseeable

c)

conceivable

d)

consecutive

5.

The thought of snakes and spiders ___ him

a)

decomposed

b)

despised

c)

detached

d)

disgusted

6.

Vacation policies continue to be a source of ___ between management and the workers.

a)

disturbance

b)

resistance

c)

contraction

d)

friction

7.

The drop in profits can be ___ to the rising cost of raw materials.

a)

excused

b)

deduced

c)

derived

d)

attributed

8.

You can definitely ___ Sarah to get the job done.

a)

look at

b)

count on

c)

figure out

d)

regard to

9.

When choosing the new chairperson, ___ that the past three have all come from the accounting department.

a)

see to it

b)

look out for

c)

keep in mind

d)

ask around

10.

After sleeping in the car his suit was badly ___.

a)

cropped

b)

wrinkled

c)

withered

d)

creased

11.

Even though Bob and Jim are good friends, they’re ___ when they play soccer.

a)

rivals

b)

contrasts

c)

counterparts

d)

aggregates

12.

I can tolerate olive oil, but I just ___ olives.

a)

distort

b)

perjure

c)

abhor

d)

feign

13.

There wasn't a ___ of truth in his statement to the police.

a)

spot

b)

knot

c)

lump

d)

grain

14.

To lose weight, he is on a ___ -calorie diet

a)

contracted

b)

declined

c)

diminished

d)

reduced

15.

The government ___ the use of seat belts in all cars

a)

prevails

b)

provokes

c)

mediates

d)

mandates

16.

Now that Ron has changed schools he's really beginning to ___

a)

flourish

b)

harvest

c)

plow

d)

accumulate

17.

Donna lost her purse and was ___ searching for it everywhere

a)

unspeakably

b)

glaringly

c)

obscurely

d)

frantically

18.

The ___ customer upset many of the restaurant’s staff.

a)

intuitive

b)

prodigious

c)

belligerent

d)

abundant

19.

The police had to ___ to force to maintain public order.

a)

resort

b)

employ

c)

exert

d)

retaliate

20.

The professor ___ his students so much that they were scared to ask him any questions

a)

apprehended

b)

intimidated

c)

articulated

d)

collaborated

21.

I think Kim would be great for the job. Her work record is ___

a)

impeccable

b)

enriched

c)

rudimentary

d)

tarnished

22.

Because he could be fired if the soccer team loses, the manager is in a very ___ position.

a)

pertinent

b)

precipitous

c)

precarious

d)

petty

23.

Linda ___ in school because she studies a great deal.

a)

supersedes

b)

surpasses

c)

excels

d)

ensues

24.

The lecturer restated his main point, ___ that the current approach has been a failure.

a)

namely

b)

largely

c)

incidentally

d)

exclusively

25.

___ on the top of the cliff, the climbers enjoyed the view before beginning their descent.

a)

Nestled

b)

Pierced

c)

Stared

d)

Perched

26.

When I returned from my vacation, I found a huge ___ of work to do

a)

postscript

b)

outreach

c)

backlog

d)

upkeep

27.

John will likely ___ as head of the department when the semester end

a)

resign

b)

conclude

c)

install

d)

expire

28.

The ___ of the proposal argue that it will raise people's living standards and benefit almost everyone

a)

proprietors

b)

detractors

c)

proponents

d)

rivals

29.

In the last century, we ___ on a new era of peace and prosperity

a)

embarked

b)

encroached

c)

trespassed

d)

wandered

30.

Due to time ___, we’ll have to end the meeting at three o’cloc

a)

processes

b)

functions

c)

boundaries

d)

constraints

31.

The crowd was ordered to ___.

a)

diverse

b)

disperse

c)

deviate

d)

divert

32.

With a bit of ___ Mark might agree to take on the project.

a)

coaxing

b)

taunting

c)

vexing

d)

dusting

33.

The company that Joan works for is ___ with an automotive company, so she can get a discount on a new ca

a)

correlated

b)

parallel

c)

affiliated

d)

accounted

34.

She still had ___ doubts about the wisdom of the plan.

a)

lingering

b)

strenuous

c)

pervasive

d)

prominen

35.

Due to time ___, we’ll have to end the meeting at three o’cloc

a)

processes

b)

functions

c)

boundaries

d)

constraints

36.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were ___ by the hotel’s dirty rooms.

a)

deducted

b)

admonished

c)

appalled

d)

dispelled

37.

The two surfaces can be stuck together with this powerful ___.

a)

adhesive

b)

contaminan

c)

delegate

d)

equation

38.

She saved a lot of money through ___ financial planning.

a)

impudent

b)

prudent

c)

precarious

d)

conducive

39.

I asked Joe if he’d told me everything, but he wouldn’t give me ___ answer

a)

a subconscious

b)

a straightforward

c)

an unstructured

d)

an unmistakable

40.

There are good environmental reasons why we must ___ our use of pesticides.

a)

contravene

b)

prevail

c)

curb

d)

dispense