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Vocabulary Set 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Matching Words with Definition:


EXTOL

a)

Calmness of mind or manner; self-possession

b)

Alarm or dread

c)

To praise highly; exalt

d)

Very injurious; lethal; deadly

2.

Matching Words with Definition:


COMPOSURE

a)

Very challenging; demanding

b)

Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling

c)

Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn

d)

Calmness of mind or manner; self-possession

3.

Matching Words with Definition:


VIRULENT

a)

Very injurious; lethal; deadly

b)

An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected

c)

Alarm or dread

d)

To praise highly; exalt

4.

Matching Words with Definition:


ABERRATION

a)

Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn

b)

An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected

c)

Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling

d)

Showing unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental ability

5.

Matching Words with Definition:


TREPIDATION

a)

Alarm or dread

b)

Calmness of mind or manner; self-possession

c)

Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling

d)

To praise highly; exalt

6.

Matching Words with Definition:


PRECOCIOUS

a)

Very injurious; lethal; deadly

b)

Tending to escape; hard to catch hold of or identify

c)

Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn

d)

Showing unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental ability

7.

Matching Words with Definition:


INSCRUTABLE

a)

An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected

b)

Alarm or dread

c)

Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling

d)

Very injurious; lethal; deadly

8.

Matching Words with Definition:


FORMIDABLE

a)

Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn

b)

Very challenging; demanding

c)

To praise highly; exalt

d)

Very injurious; lethal; deadly

9.

Matching Words with Definition:


CONGENITAL

a)

Referring to a condition present at birth; inborn

b)

Tending to escape; hard to catch hold of or identify

c)

Alarm or dread

d)

Very injurious; lethal; deadly

10.

Matching Words with Definition:


ELUSIVE

a)

Very challenging; demanding

b)

An oddity; something different from what is normal or expected

c)

Difficult to interpret or understand; puzzling

d)

Tending to escape; hard to catch hold of or identify

11.

Complete the Sentence:


"That little boy's good nature is _______________: he's been smiling since the day he was born.

a)

inscrutable

b)

formidable

c)

congenital

d)

composure

12.

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 ____________________."

a)

trepidation

b)

composure

c)

aberration

d)

virulent

13.

Complete the Sentence:


"Chicken eggs with two yolks are a(n) ________________, but although they are unusual, you do find one from time to time."

a)

formidable

b)

precocious

c)

aberration

d)

trepidation

14.

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."

a)

trepidation

b)

precocious

c)

elusive

d)

extol

15.

Complete the Sentence:


"Heidi adores her new job. She ___________s everything about it, from her affable coworkers to the great coffee in the lunchroom."

a)

elusive

b)

aberration

c)

virulent

d)

extol

16.

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.'"

a)

virulent

b)

elusive

c)

congenital

d)

extol

17.

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."

a)

trepidation

b)

composure

c)

elusive

d)

aberration

18.

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."

a)

virulent

b)

congenital

c)

inscrutable

d)

elusive

19.

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."

a)

virulent

b)

congenital

c)

inscrutable

d)

elusive

20.

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.

a)

elusive

b)

formidable

c)

inscrutable

d)

congenital