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1st 50 words Vocab

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

placid

a)

full; abundant

b)

hinder; obstruct

c)

calm; peaceful

d)

an excess amount

2.

abhor

a)

to set fire to or ignite

b)

to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

c)

storage area for a plane

d)

to desist, go without or withdraw

3.

What is a bigot?

a)

a person who hates deeply

b)

a person who crouches or shrinks away from in fear or shame

c)

a person who creates unity within a group

d)

an intolerant person who is prejudiced or biased

4.

What is a tangent?

a)

going off of the main subject

b)

a noisy attacking speech

c)

a humiliating or degrading act

d)

something that can be touched

5.

What does it mean to be abrasive?

a)

to be sweet and kind

b)

to be rough or harsh

c)

to be arrogant or full of pride

d)

to be thorough and detailed

6.

What is a talisman?

4 lines
7.

bilk

a)

to cause drama

b)

to nag and complain

c)

to cheat or to defraud

d)

to shun or eschew

8.

What does it mean for something to be tangible?

a)

to take away

b)

to NOT stay on the topic

c)

to taste really sour

d)

to be able to be touched

9.

swelling, fluttering; waving

a)

blighted

b)

basic

c)

bilk

d)

billowing

10.

noxious

a)

damaged and/or destroyed

b)

harmful; poisonois; lethal

c)

annoying and/or irritating

d)

complex or difficult

11.

harangue

a)

noisy attacking speech

b)

a gorilla in the wild

c)

a storage area for a plane

d)

to humiliate or degrade

12.

enfranchise

a)

a chain of businesses

b)

to give voting rights

c)

to work really hard to get to the top

d)

to be arrogant to another person

13.

What is a covert operation?

a)

an obstructed mission

b)

a medical surgery

c)

complex, difficult to solve

d)

undercover, secret

14.

Absolution

a)

to forgive, to pardon

b)

to hold accountable for crime

c)

to condemn or judge

d)

to incriminate

15.

Enigma

a)

A mystery or puzzle

b)

an easily solvable riddle

c)

An obvious situation

d)

A maze

16.

What is a labyrinth?

a)

a mythical creature

b)

a twisting plot

c)

a crossword puzzle

d)

a maze or a complex tunnel

17.

labyrinthine

a)

a maze or a tunnel

b)

a mythical creature

c)

simple and easy

d)

complicated, highly convuluted

18.

harbinger

a)

an indicator or warning

b)

a really hysterical joke

c)

going off on the main subject

d)

a comedian

19.

laceration

a)

an operation on the skin

b)

a cut or an injury to the skin

c)

a believable act

d)

a scar that has healed

20.

kindle

a)

to be really nice and kind

b)

to cuddle or snuggle

c)

to ignite or start a fire

d)

to read a book

21.

plausible

a)

can be believed, reasonable

b)

impossible to believe

c)

to give praise

d)

gaudy or tacky

22.

obdurate

a)

obvious

b)

ridiculous

c)

compliant

d)

stubborn

23.

creditable

a)

financially stable

b)

a loan from a bank

c)

believable

d)

worthy of praise

24.

plaintiff

a)

defendant

b)

petitioner (court of law)

c)

criminal

d)

judge

25.

tardy

a)

to be on time and quick

b)

prompt

c)

to show up late or to be delayed

d)

of little value; gaudy

26.

to give strong praise

a)

to boo on stage

b)

plaudit

c)

to reason

d)

to believe

27.

Counterfeit

a)

real genuine

b)

fake or false

c)

accredited

d)

authorized

28.

What does it mean to cower?

a)

to forgive

b)

to climb really high

c)

to cover up and hide

d)

to back down in fear, recoil

29.

Replete

a)

to empty

b)

to run out of suppies

c)

to completely fill or supply

d)

to do something again

30.

blatant

a)

explosive

b)

obvious

c)

secretive

d)

rude

31.

tawdry

a)

gaudy or no value

b)

not prompt, late

c)

delayed

d)

expensive

32.

remuneration

a)

humiliation, degradation

b)

payment for work

c)

repeated offense

d)

postponement

33.

credible

a)

praiseworthy

b)

financially stable

c)

believable

d)

valuable

34.

abasement

a)

humiliation, degrading

b)

stubborn, rude

c)

the bottom floor of a dwelling

d)

to promote

35.

blasphemous

a)

narrowminded

b)

complicated

c)

humilation

d)

sacrilegious

36.

enhance

a)

to break

b)

to improve

c)

to hinder

d)

to give praise

37.

hamper

a)

to hinder

b)

to fear

c)

to cover

d)

to launder

38.

abrogated

a)

to offend

b)

to deny

c)

to irrigate

d)

to give payment

39.

to engender

a)

to solve

b)

male or female

c)

to defraud

d)

to cause

40.

nuance

a)

inconvenient

b)

convenient

c)

subtle

d)

circumstantial

41.

If something is knotty it is...

a)

negative

b)

shameful

c)

difficult

d)

complex

42.

reprehensible

a)

inconsolable

b)

shameful

c)

uncontrolable

d)

replenishable

43.

Nullify

a)

to be fake or false

b)

to make fun of

c)

to lie or defraud

d)

to make unimportant