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WorksheetsThe Nature of the World Extended Vocabulary
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
in or to a foreign country or countries
a)
abroad
b)
acropolis
c)
caveat
d)
extant
e)
gait
2.
To become accustomed to new ideas or environment
a)
acclimatize
b)
adamant
c)
appalled
d)
impervious
e)
mitigate
3.
the fortified area of an ancient Greek city
a)
acropolis
b)
alight
c)
dharma
d)
eminent
e)
enabled
4.
utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals
a)
adamant
b)
acclimatize
c)
fitful
d)
iconic
e)
passive
5.
to decorate or add beauty to, to make more pleasing
a)
adorn
b)
bearing
c)
extant
d)
incidental
e)
nominal
6.
to dismount (as from a horse) or to settle after descending
a)
alight
b)
caveat
c)
correspond
d)
gait
e)
relevant
7.
something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
a)
anachronism
b)
abroad
c)
contemporary
d)
fitful
e)
habitual
8.
overcome with horror, shock, outrage, or dismay
a)
appalled
b)
contemplate
c)
fruition
d)
irrevocably
e)
satyr
9.
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself or a reference or relation (followed by "on")
a)
bearing
b)
adamant
c)
enabled
d)
inherent
e)
pending
10.
A modifying or cautionary detail to consider or a warning or admonition
a)
caveat
b)
acropolis
c)
dharma
d)
leisure
e)
sophist
11.
to view with close attention, to study thoughtfully or to think deeply about
a)
contemplate
b)
adorn
c)
utter
d)
leisure
e)
pious
12.
existing or occuring at the same time or relating to the present time; modern
a)
contemporary
b)
bearing
c)
gait
d)
impervious
e)
mitigate
13.
to be similar or analogous; be equivalent or to communicate through letters
a)
correspond
b)
alight
c)
fruition
d)
mere
e)
passive
14.
essential quality or character or doctrine presented by the Buddha
a)
dharma
b)
acropolis
c)
anachronism
d)
correspond
e)
extant
15.
high in station, rank or repute; noteworthy
a)
eminent
b)
anachronism
c)
fitful
d)
incidental
e)
spare
16.
to provide the means or opportunity; to make possible
a)
enabled
b)
acclimatize
c)
habitual
d)
irrevocably
e)
nominal
17.
currently or actually existing; not destroyed or lost
a)
extant
b)
appalled
c)
iconic
d)
mere
e)
relevant
18.
to steal something of small value
a)
filch
b)
abroad
c)
enabled
d)
mitigate
e)
privileged
19.
having erratic or irregular character
a)
fitful
b)
adamant
c)
contemplate
d)
leisure
e)
nurture
20.
attaining something desired; to achieve an accomplishment
a)
fruition
b)
alight
c)
filch
d)
gait
e)
profound
21.
a manner of walking or running
a)
gait
b)
adorn
c)
iconic
d)
irrevocably
e)
pious
22.
commonly used, followed, or observed
a)
habitual
b)
adorn
c)
contemporary
d)
nominal
e)
sober
23.
relating to some representation that stands for a virtue or belief; widely recognized as being excellent.
a)
iconic
b)
acclimatize
c)
mitigate
d)
nurture
e)
skepticism
24.
incapable of being injured or impaired; impenetrable
a)
impervious
b)
appalled
c)
extant
d)
incidental
e)
irrevocably
25.
incurred casually and in addition to the regular or main amount:
a)
incidental
b)
contemplate
c)
impervious
d)
passive
e)
stately
26.
existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element
a)
inherent
b)
abroad
c)
habitual
d)
impervious
e)
skepticism
27.
in a way that can never be reversed, undone, or canceled;
a)
irrevocably
b)
bearing
c)
inherent
d)
incidental
e)
proportionate
28.
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
a)
leisure
b)
caveat
c)
dharma
d)
pending
e)
rhetorician
29.
being nothing more nor better than
a)
mere
b)
adamant
c)
fruition
d)
pious
e)
profound
30.
to lessen in force or intensity; to make a situation more moderate
a)
mitigate
b)
contemporary
c)
enabled
d)
leisure
e)
satyr
31.
named as a matter of form; of minimal value or true only in name
a)
nominal
b)
anachronism
c)
mere
d)
nurture
e)
profound
32.
to support and encourage, as during the period of training or development;
a)
nurture
b)
acclimatize
c)
leisure
d)
privileged
e)
sophist
33.
not reacting to outside provocation; receptive to outside influences
a)
passive
b)
correspond
c)
irrevocably
d)
proportionate
e)
sober
34.
in the period before the decision or conclusion of
a)
pending
b)
appalled
c)
gait
d)
passive
e)
spare
35.
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
a)
pious
b)
adorn
c)
extant
d)
fitful
e)
iconic
36.
not subject to the usual rules or penalties because of some special circumstance
a)
privileged
b)
bearing
c)
irrevocably
d)
pious
e)
rhetorician
37.
having intellectual insight or being difficult to understand
a)
profound
b)
alight
c)
contemporary
d)
filch
e)
privileged
38.
having a proper relation between things as to size, quantity, etc
a)
proportionate
b)
eminent
c)
inherent
d)
relevant
e)
subtle
39.
having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
a)
relevant
b)
contemplate
c)
fitful
d)
mitigate
e)
pending
40.
An expert in the art of using words, a specialist in the effective use or language
a)
rhetorician
b)
anachronism
c)
caveat
d)
habitual
e)
nominal
41.
A woodland deity that is part human, part horse, and part goat
a)
satyr
b)
dharma
c)
fruition
d)
mere
e)
superseded
42.
doubt or unbelief with regard to a religion; more generically an attitude of doubt
a)
skepticism
b)
correspond
c)
incidental
d)
rhetorician
e)
suspect
43.
quiet or sedate; marked by seriousness
a)
sober
b)
contemporary
c)
impervious
d)
profound
e)
stately
44.
teachers in ancient Greek who specialized in a specific skill; a person whose logic relies on tricks and eloquence rather than solid reasoning
a)
sophist
b)
abroad
c)
filch
d)
fitful
e)
satyr
45.
kept in reserve or particularly lean or thin; scant
a)
spare
b)
acropolis
c)
eminent
d)
privileged
e)
sober
46.
majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance
a)
stately
b)
caveat
c)
inherent
d)
pending
e)
skepticism
47.
fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand
a)
subtle
b)
appalled
c)
iconic
d)
nurture
e)
satyr
48.
to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
a)
superseded
b)
bearing
c)
habitual
d)
mitigate
e)
relevant
49.
Oddly both to mistrust and believing something to be true
a)
suspect
b)
alight
c)
eminent
d)
nominal
e)
sophist
50.
to speak or pronounce; to carry to the farthest point or highest degree
a)
utter
b)
adamant
c)
incidental
d)
leisure
e)
passive
51.
During his travels ___, he encountered foreign ideas he had never considered before
a)
abroad
b)
dharma
c)
sober
d)
leisure
e)
spare
52.
Synonym: conform
a)
acclimatization
b)
eminent
c)
extant
d)
privileged
e)
suspect
53.
Synonym: stronghold
a)
acropolis
b)
acclimatize
c)
irrevocably
d)
pious
e)
dharma
54.
She was ___ that she would never accept his specious apology
a)
adamant
b)
anachronistic
c)
impervious
d)
relevant
e)
superseded
55.
Synonym: embellish
a)
adorn
b)
caveat
c)
habitual
d)
sober
e)
spare
56.
Synonym: disembark
a)
alight
b)
adorn
c)
contemporary
d)
correspond
e)
subtle
57.
My favorite ___ is when the Pearl Harbor memorial is clearly visible under the attacking Japanese planes in a movie about Pearl Harbor
a)
anachronism
b)
acropolis
c)
dharma
d)
nominal
e)
sophist
58.
Synonym: dismayed
a)
appalled
b)
contemplate
c)
fitful
d)
satyr
e)
sober
59.
The lawyer's ___ impressed everyone in the courtroom
a)
bearing
b)
eminent
c)
mere
d)
pious
e)
subtle
60.
Your feelings have no ____ on the current situation.
a)
bearing
b)
filch
c)
fruition
d)
sophist
e)
suspect
61.
"There's just one ____: Knowledge about how genes work is still in the scientific Stone Age" Andrea Knox.
a)
caveat
b)
adamant
c)
iconic
d)
pending
e)
satyr
62.
Synonym: ponder
a)
contemplate
b)
appalled
c)
irrevocably
d)
rhetorician
e)
suspect
63.
Aaron Burr was a ____ of Thomas Jefferson, and they often worked together
a)
contemporary
b)
anachronism
c)
correspondent
d)
eminent
e)
spare
64.
Synonym: accord
a)
correspond
b)
extant
c)
mere
d)
profound
e)
utter
65.
Synonym: prominent
a)
eminent
b)
alight
c)
inherent
d)
skepticism
e)
incidental
66.
Medical school ____ student to identify a wide range of diseases
a)
enabled
b)
abroad
c)
impervious
d)
sophist
e)
subtle
67.
Synonym: existing
a)
extant
b)
acropolis
c)
contemplate
d)
relevant
e)
superseded
68.
There are only two ____ copies of the book that haven't been destroyed by time.
a)
extant
b)
bearing
c)
nominal
d)
privileged
e)
superseded
69.
Synonym: pilfer
a)
filch
b)
bearing
c)
incidental
d)
skepticism
e)
spare
70.
Synonym: sporadic
a)
fitful
b)
abroad
c)
mitigate
d)
pious
e)
utter
71.
After years of hard work, she finally brought her idea to ____.
a)
fruition
b)
contemplate
c)
nurture
d)
sober
e)
correspondance
72.
Synonym: stride
a)
gait
b)
acclimatize
c)
iconic
d)
rhetorician
e)
caveat
73.
Synonym: customary
a)
habitual
b)
correspond
c)
leisure
d)
profound
e)
sophist
74.
Dolly Parton is not only a singing idol but her advocacy for reading and health is as ____ as her songs.
a)
iconic
b)
superseded
c)
fruition
d)
passive
e)
incidental
75.
Synonym: immune
a)
impervious
b)
adorn
c)
eminent
d)
extant
e)
stately
76.
The ____ expenses turned about to cost more than that major expenses including hotel and air fare.
a)
incidental
b)
adamant
c)
habitual
d)
sophist
e)
profound
77.
Synonym: essential
a)
inherent
b)
contemplate
c)
irrevocably
d)
nominal
e)
suspect
78.
Synonym: inexorably
a)
irrevocably
b)
caveat
c)
nurture
d)
proportionate
e)
bearing
79.
Synonym: liberty
a)
leisure
b)
contemporary
c)
mere
d)
stately
e)
anachronism
80.
Because he is a ____ child, he didn't understand the cause of the fight
a)
mere
b)
adorn
c)
passive
d)
spare
e)
utter
81.
The defendant hoped his poverty would ____ the punishment he would face in court.
a)
mitigate
b)
acclimatize
c)
gait
d)
inherent
e)
superseded
82.
There was a ___ treaty between the two nations, but it did nothing to mitigate the hostilities
a)
nominal
b)
eminent
c)
iconic
d)
subtle
e)
extant
83.
Synonym: support
a)
nurture
b)
appalled
c)
pending
d)
skepticism
e)
subtle
84.
Synonym: compliant
a)
passive
b)
acropolis
c)
mitigate
d)
relevant
e)
suspect
85.
____ the completion of the audit, no one is allowed to take money from the account
a)
Pending
b)
Mitigating
c)
Privileging
d)
Acclimatizing
e)
Sparing
86.
Synonym: reverent
a)
pious
b)
correspond
c)
impervious
d)
proportionate
e)
spare
87.
Synonym: empowered
a)
privileged
b)
filched
c)
fitful
d)
incidental
e)
Skeptical
88.
Synonym: weighty
a)
profound
b)
anachronism
c)
pious
d)
sophist
e)
utter
89.
His preferences and desires were not ____ with his low salary.
a)
proportionate
b)
adamant
c)
profound
d)
sober
e)
superseded
90.
Synonym: apt
a)
relevant
b)
enabled
c)
fruition
d)
rhetorician
e)
sophist
91.
The politician was a cruel tyrant, but he earned reelection by being a brilliant ____.
a)
rhetorician
b)
filch
c)
relevant
d)
skepticism
e)
suspect
92.
Synonym: leeriness
a)
skepticism
b)
alight
c)
iconic
d)
spare
e)
fruition
93.
A funeral is generally a ____ event, but some families prefer to celebrate.
a)
sober
b)
acropolis
c)
correspond
d)
filch
e)
pending
94.
He condemned the speaker as a mere ____ who cared more about giving an impressive speech than a true one.
a)
sophist
b)
bearing
c)
inherent
d)
privileged
e)
utter
95.
Synonym: dignified
a)
stately
b)
appalled
c)
nurture
d)
rhetorician
e)
utter
96.
The ___ play of colors wasn't evident until one studied the painting
a)
subtle
b)
anachronist
c)
mere
d)
sober
e)
contemporary
97.
Synonym: Replace
a)
superseded
b)
acclimatize
c)
inherent
d)
skepticism
e)
stately
98.
I ____ his motives because he has always seemed particularly selfish
a)
suspect
b)
enabled
c)
habitual
d)
filched
e)
enabled
99.
The woman ____ her coworker was jealous and that caused his poor behavior
a)
suspected
b)
caveat
c)
nurtured
d)
extant
e)
profoundly
100.
Synonym: complete
a)
utter
b)
adorn
c)
nurture
d)
proportionate
e)
fruition
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