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Voc 2C Sentences

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which sentence uses the word correctly?

a)

The vandals left a path of wanton destruction.

b)

The vandals wanton destruction.

c)

The vandals left wanton a path of destruction.

2.

Which sentence uses the word correctly?

a)

Americans uphold venerate the ideals of the Bill of Rights.

b)

Venerate Americans uphold the ideals of the Bill of Rights.

c)

Americans venerate the ideals of the Bill of Rights.

3.

Which sentence uses the word properly?

a)

We got a glut of great advice yesterday.

b)

We glut a lot of great advice yesterday.

c)

We got a lot of glut advice yesterday.

4.

Which sentence uses the word properly?

a)

Her frugal living habits enabled her to frugal a lot of money.

b)

Her living habits enabled her to save frugal a lot of money.

c)

Her frugal living habits enabled her to save a lot of money.

5.

That a person accused of a crime may be poor does not _____ his or her right to an attorney.

a)

invalidate

b)

gratify

c)

niche

d)

venerate

6.

We admired the _____ immigrant who set up a small shop and developed it into a large and prosperous business.

a)

wanton

b)

rote

c)

enterprising

d)

irascible

7.

Isn't it strange for an _____ music lover to show no interest in the orchestra?

a)

avowed

b)

naïve

c)

oblique

d)

ramshackle

8.

Whenever my supervisor gets into one her ______ moods, I know that I'm in for some high drama before the day is out.

a)

gratifying

b)

irascible

c)

kindred

d)

ramshackle

9.

They claimed to have "buried the hatchet", but I fear this is just a brief _____.

a)

glut

b)

niche

c)

armistice

d)

invalidate

10.

Which sentence uses the word properly?

a)

His excuses were so ramshackle that they fell apart under questioning.

b)

His ramshackles were so flimsy that they fell apart under questioning.

c)

His excuses ramshackle under questioning.

11.

The job of a mediator is to help ______ parties find a basis for settling their differences.

a)

naïve

b)

venerated

c)

rote

d)

estranged

12.

Can anyone be so _____ as to believe that all famous people who endorse products on YouTube actually use those products?

a)

frugal

b)

naïve

c)

enterprising

d)

avowed

13.

I am willing to forgive, but I don't know if I can ever _____ the memory of your dishonesty from my mind.

a)

obliterate

b)

ransack

c)

venerate

d)

estrange

14.

Which sentence uses the word properly?

a)

Each week we kindred with souls at our book club.

b)

Each week we meet with kindred souls at our book club.

c)

Each kindred meet with souls at our book club.

15.

Huns smashed monuments and ______ Roman cities as they attempted to force the emperor to pay a ransom.

a)

wanton

b)

ransacked

c)

gratified

d)

avowed

16.

He found a comfortable ______ for himself at a bank and worked there for forty happy years.

a)

niche

b)

enterprising

c)

wanton

d)

armistice

17.

The beginning of commercial television in the 1940s marked a revolutionary _____ in the history of media.

a)

kindred

b)

oblique

c)

armistice

d)

epoch

18.

Which sentence uses the word properly?

a)

Nothing is more gratifying than to face a problem squarely, analyze it clearly, and resolve it completely.

b)

Nothing is more gratify than to face a problem squarely, analyze it clearly, and resolve it completely.

c)

Nothing is more gratitude than to face a problem squarely, analyze it clearly, and resolve it completely.

19.

A _____ recital of a rules is not as important as believing in the ideas behind them.

a)

rote

b)

obliterate

c)

enterprising

d)

frugal

20.

Which one uses the word correctly?

a)

We set off in an oblique direction across the field.

b)

We obliqued across the field.

c)

We set off in across the oblique.

d)

I