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WorksheetsHonors Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
After battles, some soldiers try and add (a) to their days by telling jokes around the campfire.
Old Mrs. Jenkins had a tendency to (a) when telling the children the stories of her own childhood. They begin to fidget and squirm impatiently as she speaks.
The boss is too concerned about (a) issues at work to realize that the company is losing money and that the employees are not productive.
When writing argumentative essays, students should (a) their claims through the use of relevant examples and credible evidence.
The parents set up (a) cameras throughout the house to monitor their children’s new nanny.
Both Jimmy and Hortense are star athletes. The coach tends to ___________ before each game before deciding which of his talented quarterbacks will start.
Meander
Substantiate
Vacillate
Dearth
Due to ____________ rainfall, the Amazon rainforest ha a rich variety of plants and trees.
Eloquent
Copious
Unobtrusive
Peripheral
Many young people have a ____________ of knowledge about managing their finances, and end up wasting lots of money when they first begin to earn an income.
Jargon
Peripheral
Levity
Dearth
The preacher was admired and respected among his congregation due to his humble yet ____________ sermons.
Eloquent
Peripheral
Copious
Unobtrusive
Karen didn’t understand the documents, which were filled with legal ____________, so she refused to sign them until her lawyer could be present.
Dearth
Levity
Vacillate
Jargon
Copious means
Of little importance; irrelevant
Stirring; extremely expressive and persuasive
Plentiful; abundant
Not noticeable; inconspicuous
Dearth means
An abundance; a surplus
A powerful speech
A shortage; a scarcity
An intruder
Eloquent means
Not noticeable; inconspicuous
Stirring; extremely expressive and persuasive
Of little importance; irrelevant
Plentiful; abundant
Jargon means
Lightheartedness; silliness; humor
A collection of evidence or proof
A shortage; a scarcity
Technical language of people, often in the same profession
Levity means
A shortage; a scarcity
Seriousness; gravity
Lightheartedness; silliness; humor
A hesitation; an ability to choose between two options
Meander means
To hesitate; to go back and forth from once choice to another
To prove; to confirm
To speak expressively and persuasively
To wander; to move along a winding course
Peripheral means
Of little importance; irrelevant
Not noticeable; inconspicuous
Stirring; extremely expressive and persuasive
Plentiful; abundant
Substantiate means
To have a shortage; to have a scarcity of something
To wander; to move along a winding course
To hesitate; to move back and forth from one choice to another
To prove; to claim
Unobtrusive means
Plentiful; abundant
Not noticeable; inconspicuous
Stirring; extremely expressive and persuasive
Of little importance; irrelevant
Vacillate means
To hesitate; to go back and forth from one choice to another
To have plenty; to experience an abundance of something
To be of little importance; to be irrelevant
To wander; to move along a winding course
