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Vocabulary Unit 12 - Quiz (20 Words)

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a strong movement to advance a cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously

a)

crusade

b)

deface

c)

nauseate

d)

pivotal

2.

to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of; to damage the value, influence, or effect of; to face down, outshine

a)

recipient

b)

deface

c)

crusade

d)

nauseate

3.

to make sick to the stomach; to fill with disgust

a)

pivotal

b)

recipient

c)

nauseate

d)

crusade

4.

vitally important, essential

a)

deface

b)

nauseate

c)

recipient

d)

pivotal

5.

one who receives; receiving; able or willing to receive

a)

recipient

b)

nauseate

c)

deface

d)

crusade

6.

Which word best completes the sentence? The __________ for women's right to vote lasted more than 70 years.

a)

pivotal

b)

recipient

c)

crusade

d)

deface

7.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The principal threatened to expel any student who __________ school property.

a)

pivotal

b)

recipient

c)

defaces

d)

nauseates

8.

Which word best completes the sentence? Eric's terrible driving around the curvy mountainside __________ Joy to the point he had to pull over so she could vomit.

a)

crusade

b)

defaced

c)

pivotal

d)

nauseated

9.

Which word best completes the sentence? The eyewitness's testimony proved to be the __________ point of the case leading to a guilty verdict.

a)

pivotal

b)

crusade

c)

recipient

d)

deface

10.

Which word best completes the sentence? Dr. Seuss was the __________ of a special Pulitzer Prize for his contribution to the education and entertainment of America's children.

a)

recipient

b)

pivotal

c)

crusade

d)

nauseate

11.

Which word is a SYNONYM for nauseate?

a)

sicken

b)

disperse

c)

assemble

d)

deface

12.

Which word is a SYNONYM for recipient?

a)

kindness

b)

receiver

c)

pivotal

d)

meaningless

13.

Which word is a SYNONYM for pivotal?

a)

crucial

b)

minor

c)

understudy

d)

crusade

14.

Which word is an ANTONYM for caustic?

a)

mild

b)

messy

c)

burning

d)

fallacy

15.

Which word is an ANTONYM for teem?

a)

welcome

b)

in short supply of

c)

crowded

d)

embargo

16.

able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting, sarcastic

a)

caustic

b)

embargo

c)

ruse

d)

fallacy

17.

an order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods; any restraint or hindrance; to forbid to enter or leave port; to forbid trade with

a)

teem

b)

fallacy

c)

caustic

d)

embargo

18.

a false notion or belief; an error in thinking

a)

fallacy

b)

ruse

c)

teem

d)

caustic

19.

an action designed to confuse or mislead, a trick

a)

fallacy

b)

embargo

c)

ruse

d)

teem

20.

to give as a gift; to provide with lodgings

a)

bestow

b)

tenet

c)

levity

d)

tractible

21.

to become filled to overflowing; to be present in large quantities

a)

caustic

b)

embargo

c)

teem

d)

fallacy

22.

Which word best completes the sentence? The battery acid was so __________ that it ate away at the floor and left a gapping hole through which you could see the road.

a)

fallacy

b)

ruse

c)

caustic

d)

nauseate

23.

Which word best completes the sentence? For many years the United States and Cuba had a trade __________; Cuba could not send products to the U.S. nor could they receive products from the U.S.

a)

embargo

b)

recipient

c)

ruse

d)

crusade

24.

Which word best completes the sentence? The __________ that the Earth was flat was disproved when the Spanish sailed around the world.

a)

caustic

b)

fallacy

c)

crusade

d)

teem

25.

Which word best completes the sentence? Billy Bob set up an elaborate __________ in order to surprise his wife Jenny with a birthday party.

a)

teem

b)

crusade

c)

ruse

d)

recipient

26.

Which word best completes the sentence? The wildlife preserve stocked the stream with trout in hopes that it would be __________ with fish in time for the tourist fishing season.

a)

defacing

b)

nauseating

c)

caustic

d)

teeming

27.

a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect; buoyancy, lightness in weight

a)

voracious

b)

levity

c)

bestow

d)

tenet

28.

an opinion, belief, or principle held to be true

a)

bestow

b)

tenet

c)

levity

d)

tractable

29.

easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable

a)

voracious

b)

bestow

c)

tractable

d)

levity

30.

having a huge appetite, greedy, ravenous; excessively eager

a)

voracious

b)

bestow

c)

tenet

d)

tractable

31.

Which word best completes the sentence? In the fairytale "Sleeping Beauty," fairies __________ gifts of beauty and grace upon the infant princess.

a)

embargo

b)

crusade

c)

bestow

d)

teem

32.

Which word best completes the sentence? The TV host uses __________ to make fun of people who have been in the news.

a)

tenet

b)

embargo

c)

levity

d)

deface

33.

Which word best completes the sentence? One of the basic __________ of a good boss is that employees should be rewarded for their good work.

a)

ruses

b)

fallacies

c)

levities

d)

tenets

34.

Which word best completes the sentence? As a teenager, Jimbob had such a __________ appetite that thirty minutes after eating a large dinner, he would be looking in the refrigerator for more to eat.

a)

pivotal

b)

teeming

c)

voracious

d)

caustic

35.

Which word best completes the sentence? Milk cows are __________ and will follow the farmer into the barn without much force.

a)

tractable

b)

pivotal

c)

caustic

d)

voracious

36.

to resign, formally give up an office or a duty; to disown, discard

a)

capacious

b)

abdicate

c)

mendicant

d)

negate

37.

able to hold much, roomy

a)

ungainly

b)

abdicate

c)

mendicant

d)

capacious

38.

to nullify, deny, bring to nothing

a)

capacious

b)

mendicant

c)

negate

d)

abdicate

39.

clumsy, awkward; unwieldy

a)

ungainly

b)

abdicate

c)

capacious

d)

mendicant

40.

beggar; depending on begging for a living

a)

mendicant

b)

negate

c)

ungainly

d)

abdicate

41.

Which word best completes the sentence? The Duke of Windsor __________ the English throne, deciding his love for a poor girl was more important than his duty.

a)

crusader

b)

defaced

c)

teemed

d)

abdicated

42.

Which word best completes the sentence? In New York City, a __________ apartment is extremely expensive because of all the extra space.

a)

capacious

b)

tractable

c)

mendicant

d)

caustic

43.

Which word best completes the sentence? My grandfather lived a __________ existence after illness forced him to rely on the kindness of relatives to survive.

a)

caustic

b)

tractable

c)

mendicant

d)

voracious

44.

Which word best completes the sentence? Pure oxygen can often __________ the effects of breathing in poisonous gas.

a)

teem

b)

negate

c)

abdicate

d)

crusade

45.

Which word best completes the sentence? The freshman quarterback began the season as an __________ recruit, but by the last game, he performed like a professional athlete.

a)

recipient

b)

voracious

c)

caustic

d)

ungainly