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Vocab Practice Unit 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(n) a fortified place, a stronghold

a)

Bastion

b)

Atrophy

c)

Exigency

d)

Disarray

2.

What is the definition of Concord?

a)

(adj) Complete or perfect in the highest degree, (v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

b)

(n) the wasting away of a body or organ or tissue, any progressive decline or failure

c)

(n., often PL) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

d)

(n) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

3.

(adj) complete or perfect in highest degree; (v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

a)

Consummate

b)

Disarray

c)

Flotsam

4.

(n) disorder, confusing; (v) to throw into disorder

a)

Glean

b)

Atrophy

c)

Disarray

d)

Grouse

5.

What is the definition of Exigency?

a)

(adj) Contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

b)

(n) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

c)

(n) a prickly or stinging plant; (v) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

d)

(n., often PL) Urgency, pleasure, urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

6.

What are the synonym for Flotsam?

a)

Floating wreckage

b)

Monetary, financal

c)

Bland, mild, gentle, soothing

d)

Calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely

7.

(adj) Frenzied, highly agitated

a)

Frenetic

b)

Grouse

c)

Glean

d)

Flotsam

8.

(v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

a)

Flotsam

b)

Glean

c)

Incarcerate

d)

Incumbent

9.

Synonyms: Gripe, kvetch, bellyache

a)

Grouse

b)

Glean

c)

Flotsam

d)

Jocular

10.

They will __________ the convicted felon at the state penitentiary

a)

Incumbent

b)

Frenetic

c)

Incarcerate

d)

Nettle

11.

(adj) obligatory, required; (n) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

a)

Jocular

b)

Incumbent

c)

Incarcerate

d)

Mordant

12.

(adj) Humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

a)

Stratagem

b)

Netttle

c)

Mordant

d)

Jocular

13.

Her comment was so _________ that we finally understood that she was joking

a)

Mordant

b)

Ludicrous

c)

Nettle

d)

Incarcerate

14.

Antonyms: Bland, Mild Gentle, Soothing

a)

Nettle

b)

Mordant

c)

Ludicrous

d)

Pecuniary

15.

If you are pricked by a ______ aloe cream will soothe and reduce the stinging

a)

Nettle

b)

Stratagem

c)

Recumbent

16.

Synonyms: Monetary, Financial

a)

Pecuniary

b)

Stratagem

c)

Jocular

d)

Flotsam

17.

It is often said that bullies, when tested, are the most ___________ people of all

a)

incarcerate

b)

pusillanimous

c)

glean

d)

flotsam

18.

Synonyms: Prone, Prostrate, Supine, Inactive

a)

Nettle

b)

Pecuniary

c)

Recumbent

d)

Ludicrous

19.

Synonyms: ruse, trick, play, subterfuge

a)

Recumbent

b)

Stratagem

c)

Pecuniary

d)

Glean

e)

Disarray

20.

What is the Definition of Atrophy?

a)

(N) the wasting away of body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (V) to waste away

b)

(n) a fortified place, stronghold

c)

(n.,often PL.) urgency, pressure; demand, pressing need; an emergency