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Vocabulary 9-List C

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Having mixed feeling or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

a)

shrill

b)

ambivalence

c)

wrapper

d)

trifle

2.
to give up a position
a)
abate
b)
abdicate
c)
aberration
d)
adversity
3.
Sometimes Gary acts like a ________________ in class, but he is actually a very intelligent student.
a)
bewilder
b)
buffoon
c)
void
d)
wayward
4.

The accountant was____________ about how much money the company had lost due to Covid-19.

a)

Ambivalent

b)

Candid

c)

Complacent

d)

Lucrative

5.

Outspoken; blunt; honest; truthful; direct

a)

Endurance

b)

Candid

c)

Cultural

d)

Magnificent

6.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

If you are __________ of the rules and still choose to disobey them, you will definitely get in trouble.

a)

cognizant

b)

perspective

c)

authority

d)

controversy

7.
being aware
a)
cognizant
b)
imperious
c)
abjure
d)
preposterous
8.

To compel or force someone to do something.

a)

appease

b)

conventional

c)

coerce

d)

belated

9.

You're playing football. You get tackled and it knocks you out. Somehow, despite the probable concussion, your vocabulary is as on point as ever. "That hit was probably __________ to my health," you think as you climb back onto your feet.

a)

Ignominious

b)

Resplendent

c)

Deleterious

d)

Sanguine

10.

Causing harm or damage

a)

deleterious

b)

beseech

c)

succumb

d)

contend

11.
The strong smell seemed to _____________ from the overflowing trash can filled with old garbage.
a)
Emanate
b)
Fervent
c)
Dire
d)
Impunity
12.

(verb) come forth

a)

compelling

b)

compulsion

c)

lapse

d)

emanate

13.

She changes her mind as often as she changes underwear. She is so __________.

a)

falliable

b)

poised

c)

tactful

d)

fickle

14.

Changing frequently (loyalties, interests, affection)

a)

peculiar

b)

fickle

c)

excruciating

d)

hostel

15.
causing fear, because of skill or strength
a)
formidable
b)
victuals
c)
plunder
d)
sage
16.
His next opponent was known as strong and ____  in the ring, and known for his right jab.
a)
Pacify 
b)
Formidable 
c)
Tenuous 
d)
Innate
17.
gratuity
a)
a main dish
b)
a drink
c)
money left for the waiter or waitress as a tip
d)
food prepared without meat
18.
Complete the sentence: After dinner, we left ______ for our server.
a)
gratuity
b)
gratitude
c)
gratification
d)
graceful
19.

speech or lecture, berate; a long bombastic

a)

harangue

b)

glutton

c)

harrowing

d)

grandiose

20.
Sorry, I was listening to you at first. But then you went on that tangent about how I need to clean my room more often to show I'm a productive member of society and I tuned you out. That was quite the
a)
harangue
b)
ruse
c)
rant 
d)
trek
21.

(adj) to be jolly; fond of joking or jesting

a)

Supple

b)

Harrowing

c)

Perverse

d)

Jocular

22.

I don't think I've ever seen Mohamed in a bad mood. He's always very _______________.

a)

consistent

b)

jocular

c)

unflagging

d)

scenario

23.

lacerate

a)

to tear jaggedly

b)

useless; pointless

c)

an aristocrat

24.

The pedal ______________ the rider's leg when the bicycle flipped over.

a)

gait

b)

berated

c)

lacerated

d)

carped

25.

a pattern or prayer or worship

a)

opulent

b)

liturgy

c)

lethargy

d)

modus operandi

e)

synergy

26.
If you have a nickel and 2 pennies, you have a _______________ sum of money. 
a)
opulent
b)
luxurious
c)
meager
d)
imprints
27.

(of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality

a)

Conquest

b)

Amass

c)

Meager

d)

Hover

28.

quick in movement; agile

a)

nimble

b)

retrieve

c)

sinister

d)

jovial

29.

Erica and Alice invited the new student to sit with them so she wouldn't feel like a ___.

a)

adroit

b)

lapse

c)

prodigy

d)

pariah

30.

pariah

a)

eats too much

b)

stop; cease

c)

outcast

d)

detailed

31.

She told everyone she saw that her new kitten was the ____________________ of cuteness.

a)

jeopardy

b)

duplicity

c)

cursory

d)

quintessence

32.
(n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
a)
quintessence
b)
cursory
c)
grimace
d)
adroit
33.

To cause continuing anger or irritation.

a)

rebuke

b)

rankle

c)

confiscate

d)

depict

34.

The siren sound ............ my dog.

a)

rankled

b)

belligerent

c)

acrid

35.

the act of economically punishing another nation

a)

quota

b)

sanction

c)

tariff

d)

trade barrier

36.
(v) To set off or apart, separate; segregate (as a jury); to go off by oneself.
a)
Exemplary
b)
Sequester
c)
Bedraggled
d)
Opaque
37.

Definition: to swarm, brim or overflow.


Healthy ponds often _____________ with fish, insects and frogs.


Synonyms abound, be prolific, overrun

Antonyms lack, need

a)

reception

b)

rubble

c)

teem

d)

tract

38.
The women were not impressed by the man's __ compliments to their hair, shoes, and makeup as he tried to sell them his product.
a)
unctuous
b)
intercede
c)
coalition
d)
approbation
39.
Excessively flattering and nice
a)
Unctuous
b)
Heinous
40.

A person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment.

a)

corpse

b)

vagrant

c)

shrine

d)

typhoon

41.
(adj) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence)
a)
inimical
b)
winsome
c)
absolve
d)
caricature
42.

What is the definition of innate?

a)

to have committed a crime

b)

putting in effort to achieve success

c)

something that is very detailed

d)

coming naturally, inherent, or from birth

43.

DEFINITION: to overwhelm; to fill beyond capacity

a)

arrogate

b)

revere

c)

estrange

d)

inundate

e)

desiccate

44.

What is the definition of "prattle"?

a)

talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

b)

enquire too inquisitively into a person’s private affairs

c)

tear (something) into pieces

d)

a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules

45.

A feeling of uneasiness, as in a guilty conscience

a)

Qualm

b)

Famine

c)

Looting

d)

Chattel

46.

What is the best synonym for *qualm*?

a)

Excitement

b)

Regret

c)

Confidence

d)

Joy

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