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Wordly Wise lesson 5-6

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

acrimony

a)

bitterness or sharpness of temper

b)

having mixed; indecisive

c)

a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory

d)

to bring into being, to produce

2.

affinity

a)

painfully moving, affecting, or touching

b)

never satisfied; greedy

c)

attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship

d)

to bring into being, to produce

3.

ambivalent

a)

having mixed; indecisive

b)

very thin or wasted away; scrawny

c)

attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship

d)

not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea

4.

cessation

a)

filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire

b)

a stopping, either final or temporary

c)

attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship

d)

not allowed, improper, or unlawful

5.

emaciated

a)

not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea

b)

very thin or wasted away; scrawny

c)

attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship

d)

a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory

6.

engender

a)

not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea

b)

a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory

c)

naturally living or growing in a certain area

d)

to bring into being, to produce

7.

exacerbate

a)

not allowed, improper, or unlawful

b)

to make more severe, bitter, or violent

c)

naturally living or growing in a certain area

d)

to bring into being, to produce

8.

illicit

a)

bitterness or sharpness of temper

b)

painfully moving, affecting, or touching

c)

to persuade someone to convert to a faith

d)

not allowed, improper, or unlawful

9.

inexorable

a)

not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea

b)

to bring into being, to produce

c)

painfully moving, affecting, or touching

d)

attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship

10.

insatiable

a)

having mixed; indecisive

b)

a distinct region or community enclosed within a larger territory

c)

never satisfied; greedy

d)

attraction for someone or something with which one feels a closeness or kinship

11.

ameliorate

a)

physical or mental weakness or defect

b)

to make better; to improve

c)

food and drink

d)

able to be used up and then discarded or replaced

12.

baleful

a)

a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt

b)

the expression of unacceptable views

c)

expressing hatred or evil; ominous

d)

a polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant

13.

berate

a)

to criticize vigorously

b)

to pay or compensate

c)

expressing hatred or evil; ominous

d)

very small

14.

circumvent

a)

a feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt

b)

to avoid through craftiness

c)

a lack of freedom

d)

to overlook or accept without punishment

15.

euphemism

a)

able to be used up and then discarded or replaced

b)

a polite term used to avoid directly naming something considered offensive or unpleasant

c)

a lack of freedom

d)

to criticize vigorously

16.

heresy

a)

the expression of unacceptable views

b)

to pay or compensate

c)

to avoid through craftiness

d)

physical or mental weakness or defect

17.

infirmity

a)

expressing hatred or evil; ominous

b)

to treat with scorn or irreverence

c)

to criticize vigorously

d)

physical or mental weakness or defect

18.

profane (multiple choice)

a)

to treat with scorn or irreverence

b)

not connected with religion

c)

disrespctful of sacred things

d)

to improve

19.

recompense

a)

a lack of freedom

b)

to avoid through craftiness

c)

able to be used up and then discarded or replaced

d)

to pay or compensate

20.

repast

a)

a lack of freedom

b)

the expression of unacceptable views

c)

food and drink

d)

to criticize vigorously