WorksheetsVocabulary List 4
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which word fits the meaning of the following definition?
An expression of approval; praise
credo
benighted
bourgeois
approbation
Which of the following words match the definition below?
Existing in a state of moral, cultural, or intellectual darkness; unenlightened
bourgeois
approbation
benighted
eschew
Which definition matches the word in the sentence? The credo of the Three Musketeers was "all for one, and one for all.
To stay away from
very concerned with middle class values
A strongly held belief
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
eschew
empirical
bourgeois
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.
To stay away from; to shun
Based on experience or observations as opposed to theory.
To speak or write about in great detail
Definition: To stay away from; to shun, especially on practical or moral grounds
eschew
credo
expatiate
Definition: To speak or write about in great detail; to elaborate, usually used with on or upon.
indigence
iconoclast
expatiate
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.
TO speak or wirite about in great detail
An extreme level of poverty
One who attacks established beliefs
Definition: One who attacks established beliefs, customs, or institutions
laudable
mandate
iconoclast
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.
An extreme level of poverty
mandate
Praiseworthy
Definition: One who attacks established beliefs, customs, or institutions
iconoclast
mandate
ostensible
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.
Praisworthy
A clear command or instruction
To elaborate
Definition: Unwilling to accept another's authority; stubbornly defiant
recalcitrant
ostensible
regurgitate
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
to expel (partially digested food) from the stomach
Provoking or causing laughter
Only seemingly so; apparent
Which definition fits the underlined word in the following sentence?
Some birds feed their young by regurgitating food into their offspring's beaks.
A strongly held belief
To expel (partially digested food) from the stomach
Provoking or causing laughter
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 clear command or instruction
To require or order
Provoking or causing laughter
