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Semester 2 Vocab E.C. Activity

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tom Buchanan...what an ARROGANT jerk...

a)

Supercilious

b)

Taciturn

c)

Potable

d)

Restive

2.

Why is this math so DIFFICULT for most TO UNDERSTAND...?

a)

Esoteric

b)

Histrionic

c)

Redolent

d)

Truculent

3.

What a delicious-looking MEAL, wouldn't you agree...?

a)

Repast

b)

Esoteric

c)

Ribald

d)

Amorphous

4.

She definitely looks like she's experiencing BOREDOM or WEARINESS...

a)

Ennui

b)

Temerity

c)

Pariah

d)

Polemic

5.

What an EXTREMELY LIVELY and ENTHUSIASTIC reaction...

a)

Ebullient

b)

Restive

c)

Amorphous

d)

Garrulous

6.

To REDUCE and LESSEN waste is to...

a)

Abate

b)

Abscond

c)

Kismet

d)

Sojourn

7.

Look how GRACEFUL this ballerina is...

a)

Lithe

b)

Garrulous

c)

Strident

d)

Amorphous

8.

Look how DRIED UP and DEHYDRATED the land looks...

a)

Desiccated

b)

Superfluous

c)

Dilatory

d)

Incredulous

9.

This says perfectly. Lilly was the QUIET ONE after all...

a)

Taciturn

b)

Maudlin

c)

Derelict

d)

Ribald

10.

What an OLD, ABANDONDED building...

a)

Wraith

b)

Derelict

c)

Pariah

d)

Sycophant

11.

What an OVERLY DRAMATIC squirrel this appears to be...

a)

Histrionic

b)

Piquant

c)

Taciturn

d)

Unctuous

12.

I love pizza, but I hate when it's SUPER GREASY like this...

a)

Unctuous

b)

Itinerant

c)

Amorphous

d)

Prowess

13.

The car in the background is the PERFECT MODEL for the smaller toy...

a)

Paradigm

b)

Vestige

c)

Kismet

d)

Bedlam

14.

What a beautiful image of HUMBLE PRAYER...

a)

Supplication

b)

Potable

c)

Raze

d)

Pittance

15.

This sign says it all...

a)

Potable

b)

Pariah

c)

Ribald

d)

Piquant

16.

Some might describe the Kool-Aid man as PLUMP or BULKY, but I just see him a large, friendly guy...

a)

Corpulent

b)

Nebulous

c)

Dearth

d)

Restive

17.

What a CLOUDY, HAZY day...

a)

Nebulous

b)

Myriad

c)

Esoteric

d)

Ephemeral

18.

Sometimes these fights can get FIERCE and SAVAGELY BRUTAL...

a)

Truculent

b)

Rancor

c)

Desiccated

d)

Polemic

19.

A REPEATED COMMUTE like this FOR WORK would be impossible!

a)

Itinerant

b)

Maudlin

c)

Piquant

d)

Corpulent

20.

The ending of The Notebook always makes me TEARFUL and SENTIMENTAL...

a)

Maudlin

b)

Derelict

c)

Temerity

d)

Itinerant

21.

If the movie is TOO CRUDE or INAPPROPRIATE, it might receive this rating...

a)

Ribald

b)

Ebullient

c)

Elucidate

d)

Redolent

22.

I love the SMELL of lavender. It always REMINDS ME of my time in France...

a)

Redolent

b)

Dilatory

c)

Sycophant

d)

Ribald

23.

I bet this movie has a lot of these GHOSTLY FIGURES in it...

a)

Wraith

b)

Unctuous

c)

Bedlam

d)

Vestige

24.

I thought the purse was real. It LOOKED SO NICE but unfortunately it turned out TO BE FAKE...

a)

Meretricious

b)

Garrulous

c)

Incredulous

d)

Strident

25.

Now that's a lot of WIRES for the INTERNET TO PASS THROUGH...

a)

Conduit

b)

Lithe

c)

Elocution

d)

Corpulent

26.

Debates often lead to CONTROVERSIAL ARGUMENTS...

a)

Polemic

b)

Conduit

c)

Dearth

d)

Abate

27.

During the Great Depression, there was a big LACK OF jobs...

a)

Dearth

b)

Wraith

c)

Pittance

d)

Sojourn

28.

What a lovely SHORT VACATION this looks to be...

a)

Conduit

b)

Kismet

c)

Repast

d)

Sojourn

29.

Leslie Jones looks awfully SKEPTICAL and DISBELIEVING here...

a)

Lithe

b)

Incredulous

c)

Nebulous

d)

Supplication

30.

Holden Caulfield was a character GIVEN TO RAMBLING and (seemingly) POINTLESS TALKING...

a)

Garrulous

b)

Restive

c)

Esoteric

d)

Unctuous

31.

Now that's some BITTER RESENTMENT and ILL-WILL if I've ever seen it...

a)

Rancor

b)

Kismet

c)

Temerity

d)

Subterfuge

32.

In other words, be BRIEF and TERSE with it...

a)

Laconic

b)

Unctuous

c)

Amorphous

d)

Desiccated

33.

What a HARSH and GRATING sound...

a)

Strident

b)

Polemic

c)

Potable

d)

Alacrity

34.

What a DELICIOUS, SHARP FLAVOR...

a)

Piquant

b)

Acerbic

c)

Myriad

d)

Ribald

35.

Some would say Cinderella and Prince Charming's love was MEANT TO BE...

a)

Kismet

b)

Ephemeral

c)

Impervious

d)

Supercilious

36.

It helps when the teacher CLARIFIES or EXPLAINS his subject well...

a)

Elucidate

b)

Purloin

c)

Ennui

d)

Abate

37.

You certainly have to be SKILLFUL and ADROIT to do this...

a)

Deft

b)

Ribald

c)

Derelict

d)

Piquant

38.

Utter PANDEMONIUM and COMMOTION!

a)

Bedlam

b)

Kismet

c)

Derelict

d)

Potable

39.

NOT MUCH going on in that BRAIN up there...

a)

Vacuous

b)

Incredulous

c)

Sycophant

d)

Garrulous

40.

Fossils: a sign of what ONCE WAS but IS NO MORE...

a)

Vestige

b)

Conduit

c)

Laconic

d)

Elocution

41.

PUBLIC SPEAKING gives people a chance to PRACTICE their...

a)

Elocution

b)

Dearth

c)

Conduit

d)

Subterfuge

42.

Another name for this movie, OUTCAST, could have been...

a)

Pariah

b)

Ephemeral

c)

Pittance

d)

Alacrity

43.

Getting paid AN INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT never feels good...

a)

Pittance

b)

Alacrity

c)

Abscond

d)

Paradigm

44.

TOO MANY cooks in the kitchen is BEYOND NECESSARY...

a)

Superfluous

b)

Dearth

c)

Dilatory

d)

Strident

45.

What a fun way to CUT THE LAWN and make it FLAT WITH THE GROUND...

a)

Raze

b)

Temerity

c)

Elude

d)

Abate

46.

Behaving with TRICKERY and DECEPTION...

a)

Subterfuge

b)

Sojourn

c)

Vestige

d)

Elocution

47.

As the Grinch says, "The AUDACITY!"...

a)

Temerity

b)

Paradigm

c)

Lithe

d)

Truculent

48.

What a STUBBORN, IMPATIENT young girl...

a)

Restive

b)

Prowess

c)

Laconic

d)

Incredulous

49.

If you've got SKILLS, you've got this...

a)

Prowess

b)

Rancor

c)

Abscond

d)

Superfluous

50.

Without glasses for those who need them, images can often be SHAPELESS & WITHOUT ANY DISTINCT FORM...

a)

Amorphous

b)

Maudlin

c)

Subterfuge

d)

Bedlam