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Vocabulary 9-LIST B

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
having to do with artistic beauty
a)
aesthetic
b)
cantankerous
c)
enigma
d)
maverick
2.
Although she never went to art school, her photography showed true ___ quality.
a)
aesthetic
b)
maverick
c)
enigma
d)
belligerent
3.
bold
a)
brusque
b)
brazen
c)
boisterous
d)
asylum
4.
surrender
a)
abdicate
b)
capitulate
c)
camraderie
d)
arid
5.

convergence

a)

leave

b)

landmass

c)

joining

d)

hoists

6.

convergence

a)

leave

b)

landmass

c)

joining

d)

hoists

7.

We must ______________ the excess deer population

a)

Bias

b)

Miasma

c)

Cull

d)

Hedonistic

8.

to select and remove members of a group

a)

cull

b)

insinuate

c)

vagrant

d)

precede

9.

Which word means something that becomes a disaster, defeat or failure?

a)

vex

b)

debacle

c)

adept

d)

incredulous

10.

Which vocabulary word is a synonym for these words?

collapse, fiasco, havoc

a)

adept

b)

incredulous

c)

debacle

d)

vex

11.

weakened by old age or illness

a)

decrepit

b)

anti-climatic

c)

synonymous

d)

oblivious

12.
v. to fool, deceive; to mislead utterly
a)
bumbling
b)
abominable
c)
delude
d)
memento
13.

lasting a very short time

a)

ephemeral

b)

naive

c)

chastise

14.
short lived / temporary
a)
preliminaries 
b)
tangible 
c)
ephemeral 
d)
wraithlike 
15.
The student became very embarrassed and his face became __ as his teacher called him out for cheating.
a)
disseminate
b)
dowdy
c)
florid
d)
specious
16.

intricate, ornate

a)

ravage

b)

saunter

c)

florid

d)

provinicial

17.

a trick that is used to attract attention or business

a)

gimmick

b)

gemmeck

c)

gimbick

d)

gimech

18.

Melissa suggested having a buy one get one free sale as a ____________ to get rid of all the brown slime.

a)

eligible

b)

infallible

c)

gimmick

d)

perceptive

19.

The elderly librarian cannot understand why students prefer to _____ their facts from computers instead of from books.

a)

glean

b)

allude

c)

elite

20.

Which word means "to gather information in pieces"?

a)

chafe

b)

imbibe

c)

glean

21.

Having or showing arrogant superiority

a)

hedonist

b)

hypothesis

c)

hackneyed

d)

haughty

22.

How ___________ of you to think I am nothing without you.

a)

hedonist

b)

hypothesis

c)

hackneyed

d)

haughty

23.
to attribute to someone
a)
integrity
b)
ephemeral
c)
haughty
d)
impute
24.

(adj) Without fear; brave.

a)

inert

b)

intrepid

c)

jingoism

d)

laudable

25.
fearless; bold
a)
plethora
b)
intrepid
c)
reproach
d)
succinct
26.

to wish to inflict harm on someone else; evilness

a)

inventive

b)

malevolence

c)

classic

d)

contradictory

27.

ordinary, common

a)

querulous

b)

mundane

c)

ostentatious

d)

collaborate

28.

emotionally unstable; affected with strong feelings of fear or worry

a)

arduous

b)

covert

c)

neurotic

d)

insatiable

29.

Threatening; suggesting evil or harm

a)

assuage

b)

placidly

c)

carnage

d)

ominous

30.

When someone says something bold or forward without the right or permission to do so.

a)

Remote

b)

Presumptuous

c)

Malicious

d)

Defiant

31.

Which word is synonymous with the following:

widespread, unrestrained, extravagant

a)

rampant

b)

suppress

c)

inopportune

d)

destitute

32.
The definition for "safeguard"
a)
To have too much of something
b)
To protect someone or something from danger
c)
What people used for braces 100 years ago
d)
A brand that sells really soft tissue paper
33.

What does the word supple mean in the sentence below?


Mara's fingers were fast and supple as they flew across the piano keys.

a)

highly trained

b)

moving and bending with ease

c)

quickly changing

d)

sore after exercising

34.

The following is the definition for which word?


noun - a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence

a)

grating

b)

pluck

c)

ambitious

d)

torrent

e)

dawdle

35.

Which of the following words matches this definition: to use or handle effectively.

a)

wield

b)

reprieve

c)

discard

d)

relinquish

36.

Definition: to argue or dispute.


The fierce rivalry between the two teams can cause fans to __________________ on game days.


Synonyms dispute, fight, brawl

Antonyms agree, give in

a)

tract

b)

vice versa

c)

vie

d)

wrangle