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Vocabulary for reading (50-70)

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gas lamps became ....... when electric lighting was invented.

a)

bizarre

b)

sordid

c)

obsolete

d)

impervious

2.

He's got a lot of money but he doesn't ....... it.

a)

petrify

b)

flaunt

c)

spurn

d)

sway

3.

Select the correct spelling.

a)

gragarious

b)

gregarius

c)

gregarious

d)

gregrarious

4.

Definition: happy to be with others; sociable

a)

gregarious

b)

docile

c)

tedious

d)

brawl

5.

His little fingers were long and (a)   /ˈslen.dɚ/

6.

It sounds a ......, but Peter used to say that it was the big secret of all the famous criminals.

a)

platitude

b)

intuitive

c)

compatible

d)

teeming

7.

Correct spelling of

a)

petify

b)

petrify

c)

patrify

d)

pertify

8.

to frighten someone a lot, especially so that they are unable to move or speak

a)

hoax

b)

petrify

c)

condemn

d)

trivial

9.

Real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced

(a)  

10.

I made an offer to help her. She (a)   my offers of help.

11.

There are lots of really ...... apartments in the city's poorer areas.

a)

teeming

b)

sordid

c)

latent

d)

versatile

12.

noticeable in a way that is unpleasant or unwanted

(a)  

13.

stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at

a)

erratic

b)

mediocre

c)

bizarre

d)

ludicrous

14.

not very good

a)

impeccable

b)

compatible

c)

latent

d)

mediocre

15.

How does glue bond with ...... substances like glass and metal?

a)

exotic

b)

gregarious

c)

impervious

d)

dominant

16.

(a)   in the poem's closing lines are the poet's own religious doubts. (adj)

17.

My grandfather used to r (a)   about his years in the navy

18.

(especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a long time

a)

chronic

b)

existing

c)

immaculate

19.

agreement between people to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone.

(a)  

20.

Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself

a)

artful

b)

flatter

c)

tangible

d)

complacent

21.

to put or keep someone in prison or in a place used as a prison

(a)  

22.

- When a vehicle or its driver accelerates, the speed of the vehicle increases

- If a person or object accelerates, he, she, or it goes faster.

- to happen or make something happen sooner or faster

(a)  

23.

/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/ more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the same type

(a)