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Sadlier Level D Unit 1 List B

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An opening, gap, rupture; a violation or infraction

a)

Open

b)

Breach

c)

Brigand

2.

Careful; cautious

a)

Circumspect

b)

To tread lightly

c)

Deadlock

3.

A standstill resulting form the opposition of two equal forces or factions

a)

Deadlock

b)

Efface

c)

Spasmodic

4.

Lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years

a)

Perennial

b)

Annual

c)

Muddle

5.

scattered fragments, wreckage

a)

Debris

b)

Diffuse

c)

Efface

6.

To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

a)

Efface

b)

Muddle

c)

Diffuse

7.

Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas

a)

Predispose

b)

Salvage

c)

Opinionated

8.

To let go; give up

a)

Disheartened

b)

Relinquished

c)

Spurious

9.

To save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

a)

Unbridled

b)

Salvage

c)

Muddle

10.
to bring to a standstill
a)
deadlock
b)
diffuse
c)
commandeer
d)
salvage
11.

Sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

a)

Efface

b)

Spasmodic

c)

Spurious

12.
During a severe earthquake even the sturdiest buildings may topple, sending  all kinds of _____ crashing to the ground.
a)
debris
b)
muddle
c)
breach
d)
dilemma
13.

Which vocabulary word applies to a baseball game that is tied 4 to 4 after fifteen innings?

a)

spurious

b)

deadlock

c)

opinionated

d)

effaced

14.
Although the Vice President presides over the U.S. Senate, he or she has the right to cast what will be the deciding vote only in the case of a _____.
a)
brigand
b)
breach
c)
perennial
d)
deadlock
15.
to keep oneself from being noticed
a)
commandeer
b)
efface
c)
admonish
d)
muddle
16.
A highly acclaimed, long-running TV sitcom may be a(n) _____ nominee for an Emmy.
a)
perennial
b)
spurious
c)
opinionated
d)
diffuse
17.

SYNONYM for debris

a)

rubble

b)

cleanliness

c)

neatness

d)

deadlock

18.
Only time and tender loving care can _____ the effects of war on the imagination of a young child.
a)
commandeer
b)
predispose
c)
efface
d)
admonish
19.

SYNONYM for efface

a)

requisition

b)

erase

c)

reprimand

d)

predicament

20.

Which vocab word would fit in this sentence: "My dad is so ___ that he will never listen to anyone else's side of the story"?

a)

deadlocked

b)

opinionated

c)

effaced

d)

breached