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Voc.com HS List 1 Academic Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _________________ parents kept their children indoors as neighborhood crime increased.

a)

ambiguous

b)

fleeting

c)

apprehensive

d)

nonchalant

2.

Our internet was so slow we had to get an extender in order to ____________ our poor home wi-fi.

a)

befall

b)

relegate

c)

feign

d)

bolster

3.

Who ever thought the policeman’s mentoring would have such a positive and _______________ influence on the troubled young man?

a)

skeptical

b)

fleeting

c)

profound

d)

assessment

4.

After Stella was attacked, she was so upset that she wasn’t able to give a ____________ description of her attacker.

a)

coherent

b)

antagonize

c)

anomaly

d)

nonchalant

5.

After the lead actors had been repeatedly late for rehearsal, the director decided to_____________ them to the chorus and replace them with their understudies

a)

attribute

b)

bolster

c)

relegate

d)

converse

6.

Jake never plans anything because he is extremely ___________________.

a)

meticulous

b)

ambiguous

c)

befall

d)

spontaneous

7.

Once the most ________________ bird in the world, the passenger pigeon had become extinct by 1914.

a)

feign

b)

astute

c)

abundant

d)

incremental

8.

The teachers worked together to create a math _______________ for the 8th grade.

a)

correlate

b)

discrepancy

c)

attribute

d)

assessment

9.

The police were confused by the _______________ between the testimonies of the two witnesses who saw the same event.

a)

anomaly

b)

discrepancy

c)

proliferate

d)

astute

10.

As cell phones become more and more multi-functional, their use continues to ________________ and you see them and hear them just about everywhere you go

a)

feign

b)

proliferate

c)

befall

d)

meticulous

11.

Over the years, scientists have proven that smoking does indeed ______________ with lung cancer.

a)

correlate

b)

differentiate

c)

relevant

d)

antagonize

12.

It was quite an __________ when the temperature reached 101 degrees in December in Alaska.

a)

antagonize

b)

anomaly

c)

assessment

d)

astute

13.

Ted could not conquer his paranoia and constantly waited for something bad to _________________ him.

a)

apprehensive

b)

feign

c)

befall

d)

correlate

14.

Although James is always stressed out about something, he comes across as _________________ and without worries

a)

nonchalant

b)

skeptical

c)

incremental

d)

fleeting

15.

______________ and perceptive, the chess player seemed to always know what move his opponent would make next.

a)

skeptical

b)

apprehensive

c)

astute

d)

abundant

16.

I _____________ sleep when Mom checks up on me after bedtime, then I go back to playing video games when she leaves.

a)

befall

b)

correlate

c)

feign

d)

relegate

17.

For a moment, Ann caught a ___________ glimpse of a falling star.

a)

meticulous

b)

spontaneous

c)

differentiate

d)

fleeting

18.

Because Haley is a _____________ cleaner, every inch of her house is spotless.

a)

spontaneous

b)

meticulous

c)

nonchalant

d)

coherent

19.

Our doctor will tell you that obesity and a lack of exercise _________________ with health problems.

a)

relegate

b)

antagonize

c)

correlate

d)

feign

20.

Many employees were ____________ of the company’s new “family friendly” policies since they had never cared much for family in the past.

a)

differentiate

b)

anomaly

c)

fleeting

d)

skeptical