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Vocabulary List 4

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word fits the meaning of the following definition?

An expression of approval; praise

a)

credo

b)

benighted

c)

bourgeois

d)

approbation

2.

Which of the following words match the definition below?

Existing in a state of moral, cultural, or intellectual darkness; unenlightened

a)

bourgeois

b)

approbation

c)

benighted

d)

eschew

3.

Which definition matches the word in the sentence? The credo of the Three Musketeers was "all for one, and one for all.

a)

To stay away from

b)

very concerned with middle class values

c)

A strongly held belief

4.

Definition: The middle class or a member of the middle class. Very concerned with middle class values such as respectability and material well-being, with an inclination toward mediocrity

a)

eschew

b)

empirical

c)

bourgeois

5.

Which definition fits the underlined word in the following sentence? Modern science began with insistence upon empirical data as opposed to unsubstantiated ideas of philosophers.

a)

To stay away from; to shun

b)

Based on experience or observations as opposed to theory.

c)

To speak or write about in great detail

6.

Definition: To stay away from; to shun, especially on practical or moral grounds

a)

eschew

b)

credo

c)

expatiate

7.

Definition: To speak or write about in great detail; to elaborate, usually used with on or upon.

a)

indigence

b)

iconoclast

c)

expatiate

8.

Which definition fits the underlined word in the following sentence?

Many families reduced to indigence by the Great Depression of the 1930s traveled to California looking for work.

a)

TO speak or wirite about in great detail

b)

An extreme level of poverty

c)

One who attacks established beliefs

9.

Definition: One who attacks established beliefs, customs, or institutions

a)

laudable

b)

mandate

c)

iconoclast

10.

Which definition fits the underlined word in the following sentence?

The parents' efforts to save the publicly funded nursery from being closed were laudable but marked by conflicts from the start.

a)

An extreme level of poverty

b)

mandate

c)

Praiseworthy

11.

Definition: One who attacks established beliefs, customs, or institutions

a)

iconoclast

b)

mandate

c)

ostensible

12.

Which definition fits the vocabulary word in the sentence below?

The 'Brexit" vote of 2016 gave a clear mandate for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

a)

Praisworthy

b)

A clear command or instruction

c)

To elaborate

13.

Definition: Unwilling to accept another's authority; stubbornly defiant

a)

recalcitrant

b)

ostensible

c)

regurgitate

14.

Which definition below fits the underlined word in the following sentence?

His ostensible reason for stopping at the cafe was to socialize, but he was really trailing someone in his roe as a private detective.l

a)

to expel (partially digested food) from the stomach

b)

Provoking or causing laughter

c)

Only seemingly so; apparent

15.

Which definition fits the underlined word in the following sentence?

Some birds feed their young by regurgitating food into their offspring's beaks.

a)

A strongly held belief

b)

To expel (partially digested food) from the stomach

c)

Provoking or causing laughter

16.

Which definition fits the underlined word in the sentence below?

The actor declaimed King Lear's speeches in so pompous a manner that the effect was risible rather than moving.

a)

A clear command or instruction

b)

To require or order

c)

Provoking or causing laughter