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English 11 Vocab Review Lists 1-5

Total questions: 200

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

abet

a)

to treat with disrespect

b)

to give support or encourage in the committing of a misdeed

c)

to leave secretly

d)

to improve

2.

abeyance

a)

suspension; temporary inactivity

b)

a thorough washing or cleansing

c)

an old saying; proverb

d)

a shield; any protecting influence or power

3.

abject

a)

friendly; courteously pleasant

b)

skillful; clever

c)

hard; unyielding

d)

of low condition; degraded

4.

ablution

a)

a thorough washing; a cleansing

b)

suspension; temporary inactivity

c)

a shield; any protecting influence or power

d)

a quarrel

5.

abscond

a)

to improve

b)

to calm; relieve

c)

to accept passively

d)

to leave secretly; to flee

6.

abstruse

a)

of low condition; degraded

b)

difficult to understand; profound

c)

hard; unyielding

d)

skillful; clever

7.

acquiesce

a)

to accept passively

b)

to improve

c)

to leave secretly

d)

to calm; relieve

8.

adage

a)

suspension; temporary inactivity

b)

interest in the welfare of others

c)

a quarrel

d)

an old saying; a proverb

9.

adamant

a)

skillful; clever

b)

hard; unyielding

c)

moving from place to place

d)

friendly; courteously pleasant

10.

adroit

a)

skillful; clever

b)

friendly; courteously pleasant

c)

moving from place to place

d)

hard; unyielding

11.

adversary

a)

interest in or devotion to the welfare of others

b)

a shield; any protecting influence or power

c)

an opponent; enemy

d)

a thorough washing; cleansing

12.

aegis

a)

an old saying; proverb

b)

a shield; any protecting influence or power

c)

a quarrel

d)

in literature, the use of images as symbols

13.

affable

a)

friendly; courteously pleasant

b)

of low condition; degraded

c)

skillful; clever

d)

hard; unyielding

14.

affront

a)

a shield; any protecting influence

b)

an insult; to treat with disrespect

c)

to accept passively

d)

to improve

15.

allay

a)

to accept passively

b)

to calm; relieve

c)

to give support or encouragement

d)

to treat with disrespect

16.

altercation

a)

interest in the welfare of others

b)

a quarrel

c)

an old saying

d)

an insult

17.

altruism

a)

suspension; temporary inactivity

b)

an old saying

c)

an opponent

d)

interest in, or devotion to, the welfare of others

18.

ambulant

a)

moving from place to place; capable of walking

b)

friendly; courteously pleasant

c)

hard; unyielding

d)

difficult to understand; profound

19.

ameliorate

a)

to flee secretly

b)

to treat with disrespect

c)

to improve

d)

to calm; relieve

20.

abet

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

21.

abeyance

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

22.

abject

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

23.

ablution

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

24.

abscond

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

25.

abstruse

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjectve

d)

adverb

26.

acquiesce

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

27.

adage

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

28.

adamant

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

29.

adroit

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

30.

adversary

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

31.

aegis

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

32.

affable

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

33.

affront

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

34.

allay

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

35.

allegory

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

36.

altercation

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

37.

altruism

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

38.

ambulant

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

39.

ameliorate

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

40.

allegory

a)

in literature, the use of images or actions as symbols

b)

a comparison using "like" or "as"

c)

the struggle between two opposing forces

d)

the series of events in a literary work

41.

submitting or yielding readily

a)

amenable

b)

analogous

c)

arable

d)

aquiline

42.

an official pardon for past offenses; an act of overlooking

a)

archetype

b)

amnesty

c)

artifice

d)

anomaly

43.

naive; innocent

a)

articulate

b)

artless

c)

arable

d)

amenable

44.

one who is skilled in a manual occupation; craftsman

a)

antipathy

b)

artisan

c)

archetype

d)

arbiter

45.

resembling in certain aspects

a)

aquiline

b)

analogous

c)

articulate

d)

archaic

46.

ill will; hostility

a)

animosity

b)

apex

c)

antithesis

d)

artifice

47.

a clever trick; contrivance

a)

amnesty

b)

apex

c)

artifice

d)

animosity

48.

able to speak clearly and expressively

a)

articulate

b)

amenable

c)

antithesis

d)

arable

49.

an apparently absurd or self-contradictory situation

a)

anomaly

b)

antithesis

c)

antipathy

d)

apex

50.

a feeling of intense dislike

a)

anomaly

b)

antithesis

c)

antipathy

d)

archetype

51.

difficult; strenuous

a)

articulate

b)

arduous

c)

archaic

d)

aquiline

52.

warmly enthusiastic

a)

analogous

b)

aquiline

c)

arduous

d)

ardent

53.

the exact opposite

a)

antipathy

b)

antithesis

c)

apex

d)

anomaly

54.

the highest point

a)

apex

b)

antipathy

c)

amnesty

d)

apostle

55.

a model; prototype

a)

apostle

b)

archetype

c)

anomaly

d)

apex

56.

a follower; a pioneer of moral reform; a strong support

a)

arbiter

b)

apostle

c)

artisan

d)

animosity

57.

prominent and curved like an eagle's beak; hooked

a)

aquiline

b)

amenable

c)

artless

d)

arduous

58.

belonging to an earlier time; outdated

a)

amenable

b)

analogous

c)

archaic

d)

ardent

59.

fertile; capable of being cultivated

a)

amenable

b)

arable

c)

arduous

d)

ardent

60.

a judge; one who has the authority to decide a dispute

a)

artisan

b)

arbiter

c)

apostle

d)

apex

61.

amenable

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

62.

amnesty

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

63.

analogous

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

64.

animosity

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

65.

anomaly

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

66.

antipathy

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

67.

antithesis

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

68.

apex

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

69.

apostle

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

70.

aquiline

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

71.

arable

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

72.

arbiter

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

73.

archaic

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

74.

archetype

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

75.

ardent

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

76.

arduous

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

77.

articulate

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

78.

artifice

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

79.

artisan

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

80.

artless

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

81.

ascetic

a)

self-denying; one who denies himself vigorously

b)

one who is skilled in a profession

c)

warmly enthusiastic

d)

fertile; capable of being cultivated

82.

askance

a)

harshness; severity

b)

sideways; mistrustfully

c)

turned to one side; slanted; tilted

d)

self-denying

83.

askew

a)

self-denying

b)

sideways; mistrustfully

c)

turned to one side; slanted; in an oblique position

d)

harsh; severe in temper

84.

asperity

a)

one who denies himself vigorously

b)

harshness; severity; sharpness of temper

c)

a slanderous remark

d)

a hobby

85.

assiduous

a)

persistently attentive; industrious

b)

favorable; fortunate

c)

sinister

d)

wasteful

86.

assuage

a)

to waste away or become useless

b)

to command

c)

to increase

d)

to ease or satisfy

87.

atavism

a)

a reversion to an earlier trait or type

b)

miserliness; greed

c)

a hobby

d)

heavy material to steady a ship

88.

atrophy

a)

to tell the future

b)

to waste away or become useless

c)

to be greedy

d)

to slander

89.

attrition

a)

the act of wearing down

b)

a hobby

c)

greed

d)

retirement

90.

augment

a)

to improve

b)

to increase

c)

to decrease

d)

to ease or satisfy

91.

augury

a)

a hobby

b)

good fortune

c)

the act of foretelling the future; omen

d)

witchcraft

92.

august

a)

majestic; grand

b)

miserly; greedy

c)

highly injurious

d)

having the state or right of self-government

93.

auspicious

a)

favorable; fortunate

b)

grand; majestic

c)

greedy

d)

sinister

94.

autonomous

a)

having the state or right of self-government

b)

sinister

c)

grand; majestic

d)

attentive

95.

avarice

a)

the act of wearing down

b)

the act of foretelling the future

c)

greed; miserliness

d)

heavy material to balance a ship

96.

avocation

a)

a hobby or supplementary occupation

b)

heavy material to balance a ship

c)

commonplace

d)

the act of wearing down

97.

baleful

a)

trite; commonplace; pointless

b)

sinister; highly injurious

c)

greedy

d)

satisfying

98.

ballast

a)

heavy material to balance a ship

b)

the act of wearing down

c)

a shield

d)

a slanderous remark

99.

banal

a)

trite; commonplace; pointless

b)

odd; strange

c)

joyous; happy

d)

offensively noisy

100.

aspersion

a)

a slanderous remark; malicious criticism

b)

flattery

c)

an order or command

d)

a hobby or supplementary occupation

101.

ascetic

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

102.

askance

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

103.

askew

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

104.

asperity

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

105.

aspersion

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

106.

assiduous

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

107.

assuage

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

108.

atavism

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

109.

atrophy

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

110.

attrition

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

111.

augment

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

112.

augury

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

113.

august

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

114.

auspicious

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

115.

autonomous

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

116.

avarice

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

117.

avocation

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

118.

baleful

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

119.

ballast

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

120.

banal

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

121.

candor

a)

frankness; impartiality

b)

slaughter, especially in great numbers, as in battle

c)

trickery, especially in legal matters

d)

speed; swiftness

122.

capacious

a)

roomy; holding much

b)

universal; boldly tolerant

c)

offhand; haughty; disdainful

d)

cautious; prudent

123.

capitulate

a)

to show mercy or leniency

b)

to inform

c)

to merge; to unify

d)

to surrender; yield

124.

carnage

a)

frankness; impartiality

b)

speed; swiftness

c)

slaughter, especially in great numbers, as in battle

d)

trickery, especially in legal matters

125.

cartel

a)

an international business organization formed to control or regulate an industry

b)

one who poses as an expert in a profession for which he is not qualified

c)

deep thought; meditation

d)

a violent upheaval

126.

cataclysm

a)

trickery, especially in legal matters

b)

a violent upheaval

c)

frankness; impartiality

d)

deep thought; meditation

127.

catholic

a)

universal; broadly tolerant

b)

capable of burning or eating away; painful

c)

cautious; prudent

d)

secret; underhanded

128.

caustic

a)

aware; informed

b)

roomy; holding much

c)

cautious; prudent

d)

capable of burning or eating away; painful

129.

cavalier

a)

offhand; haughty; disdainful

b)

universal; boldly tolerant

c)

aware; informed

d)

roomy; holding much

130.

celerity

a)

trickery, especially in legal matters

b)

speed; swiftness

c)

deep thought; meditation

d)

a tendency to show mercy

131.

celibate

a)

a bachelor; unmarried

b)

one who poses as an expert in something he is not

c)

trickery, especially in legal matters

d)

frankness; impartiality

132.

charlatan

a)

one who poses as an expert in a skill for which he is not qualified

b)

a bachelor

c)

one who slaughters others

d)

one who is lenient and shows mercy

133.

chicanery

a)

universal; boldly tolerant

b)

persuasive; potent

c)

trickery, especially in legal matters

d)

roomy; holding much

134.

circumspect

a)

cautious; prudent

b)

offhand; haughty; disdainful

c)

persuasive; potent

d)

slanderous

135.

clandestine

a)

secret; underhanded

b)

persuasive; potent

c)

aware; informed

d)

swift; quick

136.

clemency

a)

a tendency to show mercy or indulgence; leniency toward offenders

b)

strength

c)

courage

d)

deep thought; meditation

137.

coalesce

a)

to merge; to unify

b)

to make aware; to inform

c)

to surrender; to yield

d)

to pose as an expert when you are not

138.

cogent

a)

aware; informed

b)

persuasive; potent

c)

secret; underhanded

d)

roomy; holding much

139.

cogitation

a)

deep thought; meditation

b)

a tendency to show mercy

c)

frankness; impartiality

d)

trickery, especially in legal matters

140.

cognizant

a)

aware; informed

b)

universal; broadly tolerant

c)

offhand; haughty; disdainful

d)

unmarried

141.

candor

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

142.

capacious

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

143.

capitulate

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

144.

carnage

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

145.

cartel

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

146.

cataclysm

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

147.

catholic

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

148.

caustic

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

149.

cavalier

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

150.

celerity

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

151.

celibate

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

152.

charlatan

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

153.

chicanery

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

154.

circumspect

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

155.

clandestine

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

156.

clemency

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjecitve

d)

adverb

157.

coalesce

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

158.

cogent

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

159.

cogitation

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

160.

cognizant

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

161.

baroque

a)

irregular; heavily ornamented; late Renaissance style

b)

a part of a fortification

c)

a command; an order

d)

to misrepresent or show to be false

162.

bastion

a)

irregular; heavily ornamented; late Renaissance in style

b)

a part of a fortification

c)

a command; an order

d)

to misrepresent or show to be false

163.

behest

a)

a rhythmic flow or beat

b)

the act of swaggering

c)

flattery; coaxing

d)

a command; an order

164.

belie

a)

to command or order

b)

to misrepresent or show to be false

c)

to coax or wheedle

d)

to surrender

165.

berate

a)

to scold abusively

b)

to misrepresent or show to be false

c)

to order to do something

d)

to increase

166.

bibliophile

a)

a person who loves books

b)

an order or command

c)

a violent upheaval

d)

a reversion to an earlier trait or type

167.

bizarre

a)

scary

b)

rude or unpolished in manners

c)

odd; strange

d)

cowlike; patient and dull

168.

blandishment

a)

flattery; coaxing

b)

a command; an order

c)

part of a fortification

d)

a harsh, unpleasant sound

169.

blatant

a)

odd; strange

b)

offensively noisy; obvious

c)

irregular; atypical

d)

salty; distasteful

170.

blithe

a)

joyous; gay

b)

depressed

c)

arrogant; self-assertive

d)

rustic; rural

171.

boorish

a)

salty; distasteful

b)

cowlike; patient and dull

c)

rude and unpolished in manners

d)

offensively noisy; obvious

172.

bovine

a)

odd; strange

b)

offensively noisy; obvious

c)

cowlike; patient and dull

d)

salty; distasteful

173.

brackish

a)

salty; distasteful

b)

roomy; capable of holding a large amount

c)

rustic; rural

d)

arrogant; self-assertive

174.

braggadocio

a)

the act of swaggering or boasting

b)

a rural, rustic area

c)

a harsh; unpleasant sound

d)

a rhythmic flow or beat

175.

bucolic

a)

salty; distasteful

b)

rustic; rural

c)

majestic; grand

d)

persistently attentive

176.

bumptious

a)

rustic; rural

b)

arrogant; self-assertive

c)

polished; refined

d)

harsh; unpleasant

177.

burnish

a)

a harsh, unpleasant sound

b)

to polish; a gloss

c)

to light on fire

d)

to coax; to wheedle

178.

cacophony

a)

a harsh, unpleasant sound

b)

the act of swaggering or boasting

c)

the act of wearing down

d)

frankness; impartiality

179.

cadence

a)

a slanderous remark or criticism

b)

a rhythmic flow or beat

c)

arrogance; self-centeredness

d)

greed

180.

cajole

a)

to polish; to gloss

b)

to surrender; to yield

c)

to waste away or become useless

d)

to coax; to wheedle

181.

baroque

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

182.

bastion

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

183.

behest

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

184.

belie

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

185.

berate

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

186.

bibliophile

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

187.

bizarre

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

188.

blandishment

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

189.

blatant

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

190.

blithe

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

191.

boorish

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

192.

bovine

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

193.

brackish

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

194.

bucolic

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

195.

bumptious

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

196.

burnish

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

197.

cacophony

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

198.

cadence

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

199.

cajole

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

200.

braggadocio

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb