WorksheetsAcademic Vocabulary
Total questions: 88
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A person who publicly supports a cause; to provide public support
a)
Advocate
b)
Allocate
c)
Attribute
d)
Constitute
e)
Evident
2.
The lawyer was an unflagging ____ of civil rights
a)
Advocate
b)
Apparent
c)
Arbitrary
d)
Contemporary
e)
Explicit
3.
Synonym: support
a)
Advocate
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Cease
d)
Crucial
e)
Evident
4.
Antonym: disapprove
a)
Advocate
b)
Attain
c)
Consist
d)
Crucial
e)
Factor
5.
To distribute resources for a particular purpose
a)
Allocate
b)
Attain
c)
Attribute
d)
Derive
e)
Initiative
6.
The government decided to ____ $50,000 for new hammers.
a)
Allocate
b)
Apparent
c)
Capacity
d)
Consist
e)
Explicit
7.
Synonym: earmark
a)
Allocate
b)
Advocate
c)
Contemporary
d)
Crucial
e)
Obtain
8.
Antonym: withhold
a)
Allocate
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Consist
d)
Derive
e)
Explicit
9.
Clearly visible OR… OR… seemingly visible or true but not necessarily so
a)
Apparent
b)
Allocate
c)
Constitute
d)
Contemporary
e)
Factor
10.
His ____ lack of concern made the detective wonder if the man was involved in the murder.
a)
Apparent
b)
Attribute
c)
Contribute
d)
Derive
e)
Relevant
11.
Synonym: supposed
a)
Apparent
b)
Advocate
c)
Contemporary
d)
Crucial
e)
Evident
12.
Antonym: obscure
a)
Apparent
b)
Capacity
c)
Consist
d)
Derive
e)
Initiative
13.
based on random choice or personal whim
a)
Arbitrary
b)
Attain
c)
Cease
d)
Emerge
e)
Retain
14.
The ____ rule set down by the teacher made all the students wonder if she was entirely sane.
a)
Arbitrary
b)
Attribute
c)
Contribute
d)
Crucial
e)
Explicit
15.
Synonym: capricious
a)
Arbitrary
b)
Apparent
c)
Consist
d)
Emerge
e)
Factor
16.
Antonym: deliberate
a)
Arbitrary
b)
Advocate
c)
Capacity
d)
Evident
e)
Obtain
17.
To succeed in achieving something you have worked for
a)
Attain
b)
Capacity
c)
Constitute
d)
Derive
e)
Explicit
18.
Students need to choose life goals and decide on the best ways to ____ those goals
a)
Attain
b)
Allocate
c)
Contemporary
d)
Crucial
e)
Initiative
19.
Synonym: obtain
a)
Attain
b)
Cease
c)
Consist
d)
Evident
e)
Relevant
20.
Antonym: forfeit
a)
Attain
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Contribute
d)
Emerge
e)
Evident
21.
To regard something as being caused by (someone or something)
a)
Attribute
b)
Advocate
c)
Arbitrary
d)
Derive
e)
Subsequent
22.
He attributed the firm's success to the new marketing campaign.
a)
Attribute
b)
Capacity
c)
Constitute
d)
Crucial
e)
Factor
23.
Synonym: associate
a)
Attribute
b)
Attain
c)
Consist
d)
Contemporary
e)
Obtain
24.
Antonym: disconnect
a)
Attribute
b)
Allocate
c)
Contribute
d)
Evident
e)
Initiative
25.
The maximum amount or a specific role one is filling
a)
Capacity
b)
Attribute
c)
Contemporary
d)
Crucial
e)
Relevant
26.
When the stadium reached ____, the guards turned everyone else away
a)
Capacity
b)
Attain
c)
Consist
d)
Emerge
e)
Explicit
27.
Synonym: scope
a)
Capacity
b)
Apparent
c)
Consist
d)
Crucial
e)
Factor
28.
Bring or come to an end
a)
Cease
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Crucial
d)
Derive
e)
Initiative
29.
The parents decided to ____ their hostilities before the divorce damaged both children.
a)
Cease
b)
Apparent
c)
Arbitrary
d)
Evident
e)
Explicit
30.
Synonym: Stop
a)
Cease
b)
Allocate
c)
Constitute
d)
Contribute
e)
Retain
31.
Antonym: Commense
a)
Cease
b)
Attain
c)
Emerge
d)
Factor
e)
Obtain
32.
To be composed or made up of
a)
Consist
b)
Advocate
c)
Contemporary
d)
Explicit
e)
Initiative
33.
The new art show will ____ of three statues, a dozen paintings and a few pencil drawings
a)
Consist
b)
Attribute
c)
Crucial
d)
Derive
e)
Subsequent
34.
These few belongings ____ my entire estate, as small as it is.
a)
Constitute
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Cease
d)
Evident
e)
Relevant
35.
To make up a whole from smaller parts
a)
Constitute
b)
Attain
c)
Contemporary
d)
Emerge
e)
Subsequent
36.
Synonym: compose
a)
Constitute
b)
Allocate
c)
Attain
d)
Factor
e)
Derive
37.
Antonym: disperse
a)
Constitute
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Consist
d)
Emerge
e)
Retain
38.
If Nannie Helen Burroughs had been a ____ of Martin Luther King, her name would be as famous as his
a)
Contemporary
b)
Advocate
c)
Crucial
d)
Explicit
e)
Initiative
39.
Happening or existing at the same time
a)
Contemporary
b)
Capacity
c)
Derive
d)
Evident
e)
Relevant
40.
Synonym: simultaneously
a)
Contemporary
b)
Apparent
c)
Cease
d)
Emerge
e)
Subsequent
41.
Antonym: antiquated
a)
Contemporary
b)
Allocate
c)
Consist
d)
Factor
e)
Retain
42.
To give in order to help achieve or provide something; to cause to bring about
a)
Contribute
b)
Attain
c)
Cease
d)
Crucial
e)
Obtain
43.
Carbon emissions ____ to the gasses that are warming our planet.
a)
Contribute
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Contemporary
d)
Factor
e)
Relevant
44.
Synonym: provide
a)
Contribute
b)
Allocate
c)
Arbitrary
d)
Emerge
e)
Derive
45.
Antonym: refrain
a)
Contribute
b)
Attribute
c)
Constitute
d)
Evident
e)
Initiative
46.
decisive or critical, especially in the success or failure of something
a)
Crucial
b)
Advocate
c)
Derive
d)
Explicit
e)
Constitute
47.
His decision to study for the SAT a year in advance was ____ to his ultimate success.
a)
Crucial
b)
Capacity
c)
Constitute
d)
Emerge
e)
Subsequent
48.
Synonym: pivotol
a)
Crucial
b)
Attain
c)
Contemporary
d)
Factor
e)
Initiative
49.
Antonym: trivial
a)
Crucial
b)
Apparent
c)
Consist
d)
Evident
e)
Retain
50.
Obtained from a specific source
a)
Derive
b)
Apparent
c)
Attain
d)
Crucial
e)
Relevant
51.
The children can ____ great comfort from the fact their parents loved them.
a)
Derive
b)
Attribute
c)
Cease
d)
Explicit
e)
Obtain
52.
Synonym: originated
a)
Derive
b)
Attain
c)
Crucial
d)
Emerge
e)
Initiative
53.
Antonym: forfeit
a)
Derive
b)
Advocate
c)
Cease
d)
Explicit
e)
Constitute
54.
To move into view or to come out from something; to become more apparent or important
a)
Emerge
b)
Capacity
c)
Constitute
d)
Derive
e)
Retain
55.
Chicago has _____ as the clear favorite in these finals
a)
Emerge
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Consist
d)
Evident
e)
Derive
56.
Synonym: appear
a)
Emerge
b)
Allocate
c)
Consist
d)
Initiative
e)
Subsequent
57.
Antonym: decrease
a)
Emerge
b)
Capacity
c)
Contemporary
d)
Explicit
e)
Initiative
58.
Plain, obvious; clearly seen or understood
a)
Evident
b)
Attribute
c)
Cease
d)
Emerge
e)
Retain
59.
She devoured the dinner with ____ enjoyment.
a)
Evident
b)
Attribute
c)
Contribute
d)
Derive
e)
Subsequent
60.
Synonym: obvious
a)
Evident
b)
Allocate
c)
Arbitrary
d)
Initiative
e)
Constitute
61.
Antonym: dubious
a)
Evident
b)
Attain
c)
Crucial
d)
Obtain
e)
Relevant
62.
Stated in detail; clear; leaving no room for doubt
a)
Explicit
b)
Apparent
c)
Capacity
d)
Emerge
e)
Evident
63.
The manager's instructions were so ____ that even a monkey could have followed them.
a)
Explicit
b)
Capacity
c)
Contemporary
d)
Obtain
e)
Retain
64.
Synonym: direct
a)
Explicit
b)
Advocate
c)
Consist
d)
Relevant
e)
Derive
65.
Antonym: ambiguous
a)
Explicit
b)
Cease
c)
Constitute
d)
Initiative
e)
Subsequent
66.
a circumstance, fact or influence that contributes to a result
a)
Factor
b)
Cease
c)
Derive
d)
Evident
e)
Retain
67.
The gene is only one ____ in whether someone develops diabetes
a)
Factor
b)
Allocate
c)
Emerge
d)
Initiative
e)
Attribute
68.
Synonym: element
a)
Factor
b)
Advocate
c)
Capacity
d)
Obtain
e)
Relevant
69.
The ability to begin independently; a strategy that represents a new approach to resolving a difficulty
a)
Initiative
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Contribute
d)
Factor
e)
Constitute
70.
The research subjects lost all ____ when they found they failed no matter how they approached the problem.
a)
Initiative
b)
Apparent
c)
Contemporary
d)
Obtain
e)
Attribute
71.
Synonym: enterprise
a)
Initiative
b)
Attain
c)
Crucial
d)
Evident
e)
Subsequent
72.
Antonym: procrastination
a)
Initiative
b)
Allocate
c)
Constitute
d)
Relevant
e)
Attribute
73.
To acquire or secure something
a)
Obtain
b)
Attribute
c)
Cease
d)
Factor
e)
Retain
74.
Scholarships allow any student to ____ an advanced degree.
a)
Obtain
b)
Advocate
c)
Constitute
d)
Emerge
e)
Initiative
75.
Synonym: procure
a)
Obtain
b)
Capacity
c)
Derive
d)
Explicit
e)
Relevant
76.
Antonym: release
a)
Obtain
b)
Attribute
c)
Cease
d)
Factor
e)
Subsequent
77.
Closely related to or appropriate for the topic at hand
a)
Relevant
b)
Arbitrary
c)
Constitute
d)
Initiative
e)
Retain
78.
What students find ____ and what adults do will vary because they have different perspectives
a)
Relevant
b)
Allocate
c)
Capacity
d)
Emerge
e)
Retain
79.
Synonym: pertinent
a)
Relevant
b)
Apparent
c)
Contribute
d)
Obtain
e)
Subsequent
80.
Antonym: immaterial
a)
Relevant
b)
Capacity
c)
Derive
d)
Initiative
e)
Constitute
81.
to gain or keep possession of; to absorb
a)
Retain
b)
Advocate
c)
Constitute
d)
Explicit
e)
Relevant
82.
A defendant will always ____ his basic human rights
a)
Retain
b)
Allocate
c)
Contribute
d)
Emerge
e)
Obtain
83.
Synonym: maintain
a)
Retain
b)
Attribute
c)
Cease
d)
Factor
e)
Subsequent
84.
Antonym: relinquish
a)
Retain
b)
Apparent
c)
Constitute
d)
Initiative
e)
Relevant
85.
Coming after something in time; to follow
a)
Subsequent
b)
Advocate
c)
Emerge
d)
Evident
e)
Obtain
86.
The theory was developed ____ to the discovery of DNA's double helix structure.
a)
Subsequent
b)
Cease
c)
Contemporary
d)
Factor
e)
Retain
87.
Synonym: following
a)
Subsequent
b)
Attribute
c)
Contribute
d)
Explicit
e)
Derive
88.
Antonym: preceding
a)
Subsequent
b)
Apparent
c)
Attribute
d)
Obtain
e)
Relevant
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