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Vocab Unit 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Inclined to mislead or deceive

a)

Travesty

b)

Mendacious

c)

Atrophy

d)

Myopic

2.

Nearsighted, lacking a broad view

a)

Myopic

b)

Pejorative

c)

Macabre

d)

Foster

3.

To nurture or encourage

a)

Malleable

b)

Dissemble

c)

Foster

d)

Atrophy

4.

To disguise, to give

a false impression

a)

Travesty

b)

Dissemble

c)

Atrophy

d)

Affluent

5.

Prosperous, wealthy

a)

Ephemeral

b)

Myopic

c)

Malleable

d)

Affluent

6.

Lasting only a short time

a)

Ephemeral

b)

Plagiarism

c)

Pejorative

d)

Triskaidekaphobia

7.

Tending to make worse, derogatory

a)

Foible

b)

Affluent

c)

Pejorative

d)

Exhume

8.

Gruesome, grisly

a)

Macabre

b)

Foible

c)

Malleable

d)

Ephemeral

9.

A minor flaw, a weak point

a)

Travesty

b)

Foible

c)

Malleable

d)

Atrophy

10.

Fear of the Number 13

a)

Arithmophobia

b)

Numerophobia

c)

Triskaidekaphobia

d)

Didaskaleinophobia

11.

To deteriorate, to waste away

a)

Mendacious

b)

Foster

c)

Foible

d)

Atrophy

12.

A grossly inferior imitation

a)

Macabre

b)

Travesty

c)

Exhume

d)

Myopic

13.

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own

a)

Affluent

b)

Pejorative

c)

Foible

d)

Plagiarism

14.

To bring to light, to unearth

a)

Exhume

b)

Dissemble

c)

Atrophy

d)

Ephemeral

15.

Easily shaped or formed.

a)

Foible

b)

Foster

c)

Malleable

d)

Pejorative