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Vocab 1 REVIEW 2021-2022

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Murray Pick's hollow laugh had no mirth in it.

a)

NOUN

b)

VERB

c)

ADJECTIVE

d)

ADVERB

2.

She is still mourning her husband, who died last year.

a)

ADVERB

b)

ADJECTIVE

c)

VERB

d)

NOUN

3.

Most of the article is just a calumnious personal attack.

a)

ADVERB

b)

NOUN

c)

ADJECTIVE

d)

VERB

4.

They live frugally, and are only prodigal in powder and human life.

a)

ADJECTIVE

b)

NOUN

c)

VERB

d)

ADVERB

5.

I could hear a desperate cry echoing from the abysmal reaches of the cave.

a)

NOUN

b)

ADJECTIVE

c)

VERB

d)

ADVERB

6.

Their hands were cleaner but their thoughts were more impious , for they pretended to divine inspiration.

a)

NOUN

b)

VERB

c)

ADJECTIVE

d)

ADVERB

7.

He looked old and grizzled.

a)

ADJECTIVE

b)

NOUN

c)

VERB

d)

ADVERB

8.

She walked through the city with its drab, grey buildings and felt depressed.

a)

NOUN

b)

VERB

c)

ADVERB

d)

ADJECTIVE

9.

His poetry is highly commended by other writers.

a)

NOUN

b)

VERB

c)

ADJECTIVE

d)

ADVERB

10.

The government's action here is highly commendable.

a)

ADJECTIVE

b)

NOUN

c)

VERB

d)

ADVERB

11.

Hillary has always been the quintessence of high fashion, so I was taken aback when I saw her wearing an old, saggy pair of jeans and a ragged T-shirt.

a)

NOUN

b)

VERB

c)

ADJECTIVE

d)

ADVERB

12.

William Shakespeare: " With (a)   and laughter let old wrinkles come."

13.

“There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country, and there squandered his wealth in wild living.

(a)  

14.

Many people experience grief and a sense of loss after the death of a loved one. But the ways in which they experience and express these feelings may differ across cultures. Culture is the mix of beliefs, values, behaviors, traditions, and rituals that members of a cultural group share. Each culture has its own rituals that influence the expression of grief. Carrying out these practices offers a sense of stability and security. Rituals can also help people who are dying and bring comfort to the loved ones who are preparing for their loss.

(a)  

15.

“This man bore no resemblance to the bearded, (a)   Akeley of the snapshot; but was a younger and more urban person, fashionably dressed, and wearing only a small, dark moustache.”

— H.P. Lovecraft

16.

"My idea is this, that when you only love a little you’re naturally not jealous-or are only jealous also a little, so that it doesn’t matter. But when you love in a deeper and intenser way, then you’re in the very same proportion jealous; your jealousy has intensity and, no doubt, ferocity. When however you love in the most (a)   and unutterable way of all – whey then you’re beyond everything, and nothing can pull you down."

— Henry James (The Golden Bowl)

17.

"I love my job. I love the pay!

~I love it more and more each day.

~I love my boss, he is the best!

~I love his boss and all the rest.


~I love my office and its location. I hate to have to go on vacation.

~I love my furniture, (a)   and grey, and piles of paper that grow each day!

— Dr. Seuss

18.



(a)  

19.



(a)  

20.

"For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and (a)   of their lives."

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

21.

"It is a fact verified and recorded in many histories that soul capable of the greatest good is also capable of the greatest evil. Who is there more (a)   than backsliding priest? Who more carnal than a recent virgin? This, however, may be a matter of appearance."

— John Steinbeck (Tortilla Flat)

22.

Synonyms for: Mirth

a)

melancholy

b)

cheerfulness

c)

gloom

d)

hilarity

23.

Antonyms for: Mirth

a)

melancholy

b)

cheerfulness

c)

gloom

d)

hilarity

24.

Synonyms for: Commendable

a)

Despicable

b)

Dishonorable

c)

Noteworthy

d)

Distinctive

25.

Antonyms for: Commendable

a)

Despicable

b)

Dishonorable

c)

Noteworthy

d)

Distinctive

26.

Antonyms for: Calumnious

a)

Complimentary

b)

Derogatory

c)

Favorable

d)

Slanderous

27.

Antonyms for: Drab

a)

Alluring

b)

Enchanting

c)

Dull

d)

Barren

28.

Synonyms for: Abysmal

a)

Immeasurable

b)

superficial

c)

Unfathomable

d)

Infinite

29.

Synonyms for: Impious

a)

Profane

b)

Devout

c)

Pagan

d)

Miscreant

30.

Synonyms for: Mourn

a)

Grieve

b)

Beam

c)

Lament

d)

Cheer

31.

Synonyms for: Grizzled

a)

silvery

b)

motley

c)

streaked

d)

chromatic

32.

Mark all that apply for Quintessence

a)

Ideal

b)

Model

c)

Standard

d)

It's a noun.

33.

Antonyms for: Prodigal

a)

spendthrift

b)

judicious

c)

imprudent

d)

sensible

34.

a)

: sprinkled or streaked with gray: GRAYING

b)

: characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure

c)

: having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward, or inward

35.

Mirth

a)

: a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality

b)

: gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter

c)

: characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure

36.

Prodigal

a)

: one who has returned after an absence

b)

: characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure

c)

: the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form

37.

Your commitment to the cause is highly commendable.

a)

: a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality

b)

: deserving of praise.

c)

: extremely poor or bad

38.

They were living in abysmal poverty.

a)

: extremely poor or bad

b)

: having immense or fathomless extension downward, backward, or inward

c)

: a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality

39.

Maybe I'm making this sound drabber than it was in reality.

a)

: gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter

b)

: to feel or express deep sadness or sorrow

c)

: a dull, lifeless, or faded appearance or quality

40.

The quintessence of music is the melody.

a)

: lacking in reverence or proper respect

b)

: the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form

c)

: (of a statement) false and defamatory; slanderous.

41.

His lack of protocol in the church caused him to gain a reputation for being impious.

a)

: extremely poor or bad

b)

: gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter

c)

: lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents)