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Week Four Vocab

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(of a person) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.

a)

Amenable

b)

Contingency

c)

Recondite

d)

Encumber

2.

having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.

a)

Modicum

b)

Astute

c)

Turgid

d)

Punctilious

3.

sharing a common border; touching.

a)

Contingency

b)

Expostulate

c)

Contiguous

d)

Ignominy

4.

a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.

a)

Turgid

b)

Amenable

c)

Dilatory

d)

Contingency

5.

slow to act.

a)

Amenable

b)

Punctilious

c)

Dilatory

d)

Modicum

6.

restrict or burden (someone or something) in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.

a)

Astute

b)

Recondite

c)

Expostulate

d)

Encumber

7.

express strong disapproval or disagreement.

a)

Expostulate

b)

Ignominy

c)

Flout

d)

Transient

8.

openly disregard (a rule, law or convention).

a)

Modicum

b)

Flout

c)

Contingency

d)

Contiguous

9.

public shame or disgrace.

a)

Astute

b)

Turgid

c)

Inadvertent

d)

Ignominy

10.

not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.

a)

Punctilious

b)

Dilatory

c)

Inadvertent

d)

Transient

11.

a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something considered desirable or valuable.

a)

Modicum

b)

Turgid

c)

Recondite

d)

Inadvertent

12.

showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

a)

Modicum

b)

Contingency

c)

Amenable

d)

Punctilious

13.

(of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.

a)

Inadvertent

b)

Recondite

c)

Encumber

d)

Expostulate

14.

lasting only for a short time; impermanent.

a)

Transient

b)

Turgid

c)

Dilatory

d)

Astute

15.

swollen and distended or congested.

a)

Expostulate

b)

Ignominy

c)

Turgid

d)

Amenable