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Lesson 5 Academic Adjectives

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Students who excel at Khan Academy are more _______ learners than those students who need a teacher's guidance.

a)

infallible

b)

egalitarian

c)

peripatetic

d)

autodidactic

2.

What word means the same as studious , self-taught , and learning on one's own?

a)

clandestine

b)

infallible

c)

autodidactic

d)

egalitarian

3.

The young man copied all his work from his classmates and received poor grades because his answers were so _________.

a)

disconcerting

b)

banal

c)

stoic

d)

clandestine

4.

What word means the same as mundane, trite, and unoriginal ?

a)

banal

b)

stoic

c)

disconcerting

d)

nebulous

5.

Frank’s wife filed for divorce after learning about his ______________ affair with their neighbor.

a)

autodidactic

b)

infallible

c)

clandestine

d)

stoic

6.

What word means the same as sneaky, secret, and hush-hush?

a)

autodidactic

b)

banal

c)

disconcerting

d)

clandestine

7.

Although the doll was beautiful, it had the __________ appearance of following me around with its eyes.

a)

disconcerting

b)

clandestine

c)

infallible

d)

nebulous

8.

What word means the same as baffle, unsettle, and worry?

a)

banal

b)

disconcerting

c)

autodidactic

d)

infallible

9.

My generation has been and remains obsessed with the problems of identity and with finding a(n) ___________ and just social system.

a)

stoic

b)

autodidactic

c)

egalitarian

d)

clandestine

10.

What word means the same as democratic, equitable, and even handed?

a)

stoic

b)

clandestine

c)

autodidactic

d)

egalitarian

11.

It was difficult for Ms. Pattillo to accept that she was not _____ and made a mistake on the math problem/

a)

stoic

b)

infallible

c)

peripatetic

d)

nebulous

12.

What word means the same as impeccable, flawless, and certain?

a)

peripatetic

b)

infallible

c)

stoic

d)

clandestine

13.

The director wanted the special effects team to create a _________ figure of a ghost passing eerily through thick forests.

a)

banal

b)

clandestine

c)

nebulous

d)

stoic

14.

What word means the same as ambiguous, murky, and shapeless?

a)

nebulous

b)

clandestine

c)

infallible

d)

disconcerting

15.

I enjoyed watching Anthony Bourdain shows about his journeys around the globe as a ___________ chef and travel guide.

a)

clandestine

b)

stoic

c)

peripatetic

d)

infallible

16.

What word means the same as nomadic, roving, and wandering?

a)

stoic

b)

clandestine

c)

infallible

d)

peripatetic

17.

Instead of breaking down in tears, her mother was very _____ when the police came to her door and told her of the accident involving her only child.

a)

infallible

b)

egalitarian

c)

stoic

d)

banal

18.

What word means the same as self-controlled, indifferent, and detached?

a)

infallible

b)

stoic

c)

nebulous

d)

clandestine