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Vocab Review #3 (English III) Fall 2021

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If something is considered of little worth or importance, it is ____.

a)

Emergent

b)

Inconsequential

c)

Decimate

d)

Capacious

2.

If astronomers forecast a tremendous meteor shower, it might turn out to be no more than space junk, too (a)   to record.

3.

Truly, your ____ , or ability to bounce back, is not just admirable, but foolhardy, some might say; who else could have survived an attack by a rabid toucan and then gone on to become a world-renowned bird breeder?

a)

Animosity

b)

Precipice

c)

Antipathy

d)

Resilience

4.

Runners who fall during a marathon only to pop back up and dash through the finish line show some serious (a)   .

5.

Assume something or present it as a fact and you ____ it.

a)

Decimate

b)

Emerge

c)

Odious

d)

Postulate

6.

Physicists (a)   the existence of parallel universes, which is a little mind-blowing.

7.

Animosity means:

a)

Impeity

b)

Hostility

c)

Intesity

d)

Humanity

8.

If your (supposed) best buddy embarrasses you in front of a big crowd, your friendship could turn into (a)   .

9.

To ____ is to kill in large numbers

a)

Postulate

b)

Precipate

c)

Anitpathy

d)

Decimate

10.

Decimate means to:

a)

Placate

b)

Exacerbate

c)

Annihilate

d)

Simulate

11.

Modern usage gives the word (a)   its "drastically reduced" meaning, but the verb can also be used to mean "to wipe out" or "to eliminate."

12.

Antipathy means:

a)

Pretense

b)

Doubt

c)

Privilege

d)

Dislike

13.

An (a)   is a deep-seated dislike of something or someone.

14.

If you have an ____ talent for science, your teacher might bump you up to an advanced science class.

a)

Decimate

b)

Emergent

c)

Odious

d)

Capacious

15.

(a)   is an adjective that describes something that is emerging, or suddenly coming into existence.

16.

The opposite of capacious is:

a)

brittle

b)

little

c)

tall

d)

old

17.

When something is really big and holds a lot it is (a)   .

18.

If something is ____, it's hateful.

a)

Capacious

b)

Odious

c)

Antipathy

d)

Inconsequential

19.

If you become a historian of slavery, you'll learn all the details of that (a)   trade.

20.

Cartoon characters often end up on a ____ , the edge of a steep cliff, where their chubby toes curl and cling as they totter and eventually fall, making a hole in the ground below and getting up again.

a)

Capacious

b)

Odious

c)

Antipathy

d)

Precipice

21.

Which word best describes this image?

(a)  

22.

in-kon-si-kwen-shuhl

(a)  

23.

ri-zil-yuhns

(a)  

24.

pos-chuh-leyt

(a)  

25.

an-uh-mos-i-tee

(a)  

26.

des-uh-meyt

(a)  

27.

an-tip-uh-thee

(a)  

28.

ih-mur-juhnt

(a)  

29.

kuh-pey-shuhs

(a)  

30.

oh-dee-uhs

(a)  

31.

pres-uh-pis

(a)