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Vocabulary List 4

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Find the word that matches the following definition:

An expression of approval; praise

a)

empirical

b)

eschew

c)

approbation

d)

benighted

2.

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Provoking or causing laughter

a)

recalcitrant

b)

regurgitate

c)

ostensible

d)

risible

3.

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Existing in a state of moral, cultural, or intellectual darkness; unenlightened

a)

laudable

b)

indigent

c)

benighted

d)

iconoclast

4.

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1. To expel (partially digested food) from the stomach

2. To repeat mindlessly what one has learned

a)

regurgitate

b)

bourgeois

c)

approbation

d)

credo

5.

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Unwilling to accept another's authority; stubbornly defiant

a)

mandate

b)

recalcitrant

c)

risible

d)

empirical

6.

1. The middle class or a member of the middle class

2. Very concerned with middle-class values, such as respectability and material well being, with an inclination toward mediocrity

a)

risible

b)

empirical

c)

credo

d)

bourgeois

7.

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Only seemingly so; apparent

a)

ostensible

b)

laudable

c)

indigence

d)

mandate

8.

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To stay away from; to shun, especially on practical or moral grounds

a)

expatiate

b)

eschew

c)

iconoclast

d)

laudable

9.

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To speak or write about in great detail; to elaborate, usually used with on or upon

a)

eschew

b)

iconoclast

c)

expatiate

d)

indigent

10.

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1. An extreme level of poverty

2. Without means of support (adj.); a person who is indigent (n.)

a)

laudable

b)

risible

c)

indigent

d)

mandate

11.

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Praiseworthy

a)

empirical

b)

laudable

c)

bourgeois

d)

eschew

12.

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Based on experience or observation as opposed to theory; capable of being confirmed by observation

a)

empirical

b)

credo

c)

mandate

d)

risible

13.

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A strongly held belief; a guide to one's action

a)

approbation

b)

benighted

c)

credo

d)

eschew

14.

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One who attacks established beliefs, customs, or institutions

a)

indigence

b)

credo

c)

laudable

d)

iconoclast

15.

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1. A clear command or instruction

2. To require or order

a)

mandate

b)

laudable

c)

iconoclast

d)

ostensible