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Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

But there's reason to imagine a future in which the telephonic ___________ renews.

a)

hearth

b)

posterity

c)

felicity

2.

As with most of his books, this one is written with clarity and _____________ of style.

a)

felicity

b)

posterity

c)

despondency

3.

Their recollections were recorded for ______________.

a)

posterity

b)

felicity

c)

hearth

4.

There is growing ________________ at the way the war is progressing.

a)

felicity

b)

precipice

c)

despondency

5.

We stood at the edge of the ______________ and looked down at the sea.

a)

despondency

b)

catastrophe

c)

precipice

6.

The emigration of scientists is a ______________ for the country.

a)

despondency

b)

felicity

c)

catastrophe

7.

Convoys of _____________ carried the product to the coast.

a)

hamster

b)

teamster

c)

master

8.

A fino that has aged longer than 15 years is a nutty, amber-hued ________________ .

a)

amontillado

b)

palazzo

c)

catacombs

9.

She’s never quite found her __________ on television.

a)

niche

b)

nitre

c)

catacombs

10.

He was seeking ______________ for the crime committed against him.

a)

retribution

b)

contribution

c)

restriction

11.

People who call themselves' cataphiles' visit the ____________ illegally and occasionally hold underground parties.

a)

catacomb

b)

cemetery

c)

monastery

12.

He'd had the ______________ to sell her apartment just before the housing market collapsed.

a)

foresight

b)

far sighted

c)

hindsight

13.

She was capable of great _________________ and hypocrisy.

a)

dissimulation

b)

vexed

c)

sagacity

14.

Her air of kindness and __________ tempts people to confide in him.

a)

sagacity

b)

distinctness

c)

hindsight

15.

Economists argue over the ___________ question of how to reduce spending.

a)

vexed

b)

awe

c)

sagacity

16.

________________of assets is arguably the most significant crime associated with bankruptcy.

a)

concealment

b)

dissimulation

c)

suavity

17.

His hawkish charm lent him an air of retro-cool ___________ .

a)

arrogance

b)

suavity

c)

hypocrisy

18.

Yet the sudden spike and the ___________ of attacks in broad daylight have sparked concern among authorities.

a)

audacity

b)

authenticity

c)

felicity

19.

Talk of tougher laws was met with ___________.

a)

derision

b)

confusion

c)

serenity

20.

More research is needed to determine precisely the contribution of perceptual and articulatory factors in different aspects of _______________ .

a)

distinctness

b)

concealment

c)

audacity