WorksheetsVocabulary Set 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Matching Words with Definition:
EXTOL
Calmness of mind or manner; self-possession
Alarm or dread
To praise highly; exalt
Very injurious; lethal; deadly
Matching Words with Definition:
COMPOSURE
Very challenging; demanding
Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling
Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn
Calmness of mind or manner; self-possession
Matching Words with Definition:
VIRULENT
Very injurious; lethal; deadly
An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected
Alarm or dread
To praise highly; exalt
Matching Words with Definition:
ABERRATION
Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn
An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected
Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling
Showing unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental ability
Matching Words with Definition:
TREPIDATION
Alarm or dread
Calmness of mind or manner; self-possession
Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling
To praise highly; exalt
Matching Words with Definition:
PRECOCIOUS
Very injurious; lethal; deadly
Tending to escape; hard to catch hold of or identify
Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn
Showing unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental ability
Matching Words with Definition:
INSCRUTABLE
An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected
Alarm or dread
Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling
Very injurious; lethal; deadly
Matching Words with Definition:
FORMIDABLE
Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn
Very challenging; demanding
To praise highly; exalt
Very injurious; lethal; deadly
Matching Words with Definition:
CONGENITAL
Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn
Tending to escape; hard to catch hold of or identify
Alarm or dread
Very injurious; lethal; deadly
Matching Words with Definition:
ELUSIVE
Very challenging; demanding
An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected
Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling
Tending to escape; hard to catch hold of or identify
Complete the Sentence:
"That little boy's good nature is _______________: he's been smiling since the day he was born.
inscrutable
formidable
congenital
composure
Complete the Sentence:
"Jian had a terrifying experience during the blackout - he was stuck in an elevator for seven hours. Now he never enters an elevator without ____________________."
trepidation
composure
aberration
virulent
Complete the Sentence:
"Chicken eggs with two yolks are a(n) ________________, but although they are unusual, you do find one from time to time."
formidable
precocious
aberration
trepidation
Complete the Sentence:
"One of Mrs. Thompson's first-graders is so _______________ that she is reading at a high school level and actually helps teach the other children."
trepidation
precocious
elusive
extol
Complete the Sentence:
"Heidi adores her new job. She ___________s everything about it, from her affable coworkers to the great coffee in the lunchroom."
elusive
aberration
virulent
extol
Complete the Sentence:
"After an hour of angry, _________ criticism from the audience, the company president stalked out of the stockholders' meeting. 'I quit,' he said. 'Let someone else take all this abuse.'"
virulent
elusive
congenital
extol
Complete the Sentence:
"Wendy's friends vowed to maintain their _____________ at her funeral, no matter how much they might break down and cry later in private."
trepidation
composure
elusive
aberration
Complete the Sentence:
"Jermain was trying write a song, but the melody remained ____________. Bits of it drifted into his mind but proved to be evanescent, fading away before he could write them down."
virulent
congenital
inscrutable
elusive
Complete the Sentence:
"As the great detective peered through his magnifying glass at the fingerprint, his expression was ________________. No one could tell what he might be thinking."
virulent
congenital
inscrutable
elusive
Complete the Sentence:
"Keeping up with housework, raising children, holding a job, and maintaining friendships is a(n) ______________ task, yet many people somehow manage to do it all with only brief respites from all their responsibilities.
elusive
formidable
inscrutable
congenital
