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SPOCAB Definitions

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of absorbedly?

a)

deeply interested or involved; preoccupied

b)

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

c)

burdened; loaded down

d)

expressing sorrow

2.

What is the definition of apprehensive?

a)

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen.

b)

mischievous manner

c)

abrupt in manner

d)

an object of ridicule

3.

What is the definition of archly?

a)

mischievous manner

b)

to make an outcry or clamor

c)

inclined to quarrel or fight readily

d)

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood

4.

What is the definition of brusquely?

a)

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

b)

an object of ridicule

c)

having grey or partly gray hair

d)

domineering in a proud manner

5.

What is the definition of contemplated?

a)

to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about

b)

deeply interested or involved

c)

deserving of criticism, rebuke, or disapproval

d)

to make an outcry or clamor

6.

What is the definition of derision?

a)

an object of ridicule

b)

mischievous manner

c)

expressing sorrow

d)

the art or technique of conveying emotions

7.

What is the definition of grizzled?

a)

having gray or partly gray hair

b)

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

c)

belligerent; combative

d)

uneasy or fearful about something that might happen

8.

What is the definition of imperiously?

a)

domineering in a proud manner; authoritarian; overbearing

b)

deeply interested or involved; preoccupied

c)

burdened; loaded down

d)

expressing sorrow

9.

What is the definition of laden?

a)

burdened; loaded down

b)

an object of ridicule

c)

inclined to quarrel or fight

d)

to make an outcry

10.

What is the definition of morosely?

a)

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood

b)

the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc. by gestures without speech

c)

to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about

d)

expressing sorrow

11.

What is the definition of pantomime?

a)

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood

b)

the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc. by gestures without speech

c)

to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about

d)

expressing sorrow

12.

What is the definition of plaintively?

a)

gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood

b)

the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc. by gestures without speech

c)

to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about

d)

expressing sorrow

13.

What is the definition of pugnacious?

a)

inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

b)

deserving of criticism, rebuke, or disapproval; blameworthy

c)

to make an outcry or clamor

d)

to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about

14.

What is the definition of reprehensible?

a)

inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

b)

deserving of criticism, rebuke, or disapproval; blameworthy

c)

to make an outcry or clamor

d)

to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about

15.

What is the definition of yammered?

a)

inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative

b)

deserving of criticism, rebuke, or disapproval; blameworthy

c)

to make an outcry or clamor

d)

to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about