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WoW #9 Practice

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I was very happy when the __________ lady noticed my new haircut and complimented it.

a)

perceptive

b)

devious

c)

studious

d)

recession

2.

After he was finished baking, a delicious smell __________ throughout the entire house.

a)

permeated

b)

perforated

c)

interceded

d)

abscessed

3.

I will have to try on my new glasses before I decide whether or not I can __________ a difference.

a)

perceive

b)

notorious

c)

intervene

d)

intercede

4.

In order to attach the two pieces of metal together they first need to be __________ with holes.

a)

perforated

b)

perceived

c)

frivoloused

d)

intervened

5.

Although it has been a difficult school year, we are very proud of our students' __________; they never stop trying to do well, no matter how hard it gets.

a)

persistence

b)

ancestor

c)

procession

d)

abscess

6.

You shouldn't worry about __________ details when there are more important things to do.

a)

frivolous

b)

perceptive

c)

devious

d)

perforated

7.

My little sister showed how __________ she was when planned to blame the missing cookies on me.

a)

devious

b)

fictitious

c)

excessive

d)

frivolous

8.

The students showed how __________ they all had been when the entire class got A's on their big test.

a)

studious

b)

frivolous

c)

notorious

d)

permeated

9.

I won't listen to a single thing that person says, because everything that comes out of their mouth is so __________ and made up!

a)

fictitious

b)

perceptive

c)

intervening

d)

permeated

10.

I heard that the __________ bank robber has just stolen from another bank today!

a)

notorious

b)

perceptive

c)

studious

d)

frivolous

11.

I wish I could ask my __________ what life was like one-thousand years ago.

a)

ancestors

b)

recessions

c)

processions

d)

excessives

12.

After the funeral, there was a __________ heading towards the graveyard.

a)

procession

b)

excessive

c)

persistence

d)

abscess

13.

There was a large __________ and everybody was losing their jobs after the stock market crash.

a)

recession

b)

perforated

c)

devious

d)

excessive

14.

I went to the skin doctor to have a large __________ in the middle of my forehead looked at.

a)

abscess

b)

permeate

c)

procession

d)

recession

15.

My least favorite thing in the whole world is when my teachers assign __________ amounts of homework just before the weekend.

a)

excessive

b)

studious

c)

interceding

d)

perceived

16.

If the debate becomes too heated, the moderator will __________ to break up the argument.

a)

intercede

b)

perceive

c)

recession

d)

notorious

17.

It sounded like the argument was becoming serious, so I decided to __________ before a fight could break out.

a)

intervene

b)

perceive

c)

devious

d)

permeate