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Reading Vocab Quiz ELEVEN - BJU6

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The shade of a purple or violet form of quartz used as a gemstone.

a)

amethyst

b)

boisterously

c)

compelled

d)

contrite

e)

deft

2.

Repentant.

a)

amethyst

b)

boisterously

c)

compelled

d)

contrite

e)

deft

3.

Quick and skillful.

a)

amethyst

b)

boisterously

c)

compelled

d)

contrite

e)

deft

4.

Loud; noisy.

a)

amethyst

b)

boisterously

c)

compelled

d)

contrite

e)

deft

5.

To force someone to do something.

a)

amethyst

b)

boisterously

c)

compelled

d)

contrite

e)

deft

6.

Unable to be broken into.

a)

expediency

b)

impregnable

c)

indulged

d)

loath

e)

pestilence

7.

Effectiveness in achieving a desired end; self-serving.

a)

expediency

b)

impregnable

c)

indulged

d)

loath

e)

pestilence

8.

A plague.

a)

expediency

b)

impregnable

c)

indulged

d)

loath

e)

pestilence

9.

Unwilling.

a)

expediency

b)

impregnable

c)

indulged

d)

loath

e)

pestilence

10.

To allow oneself or someone else to have something that is desired but not needed.

a)

expediency

b)

impregnable

c)

indulged

d)

loath

e)

pestilence

11.

Interested only in the desired result of an action rather than in the correctness of the action.

a)

pragmatic

b)

privy to

c)

prominence

d)

plague

e)

petitioning

12.

To make a formal request to.

a)

pragmatic

b)

privy to

c)

prominence

d)

plague

e)

petitioning

13.

A very serious disease that spreads rapidly from person to person.

a)

pragmatic

b)

privy to

c)

prominence

d)

plague

e)

petitioning

14.

Important.

a)

pragmatic

b)

privy to

c)

prominence

d)

plague

e)

petitioning

15.

Privately.

a)

pragmatic

b)

privy to

c)

prominence

d)

plague

e)

petitioning

16.

Something that is not real; a fake.

a)

sham

b)

shrines

c)

tedious

d)

vulnerable

e)

winnowed

17.

Long and tiring.

a)

sham

b)

shrines

c)

tedious

d)

vulnerable

e)

winnowed

18.

A temple; a place of worship.

a)

sham

b)

shrines

c)

tedious

d)

vulnerable

e)

winnowed

19.

To separate the grain from the chaff.

a)

sham

b)

shrines

c)

tedious

d)

vulnerable

e)

winnowed

20.

Exposed to attack.

a)

sham

b)

shrines

c)

tedious

d)

vulnerable

e)

winnowed