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Week 3 and 4 Barron's Words

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to take by force

a)

wrest

b)

caustic

c)

jostle

d)

incipient

2.

to hate

a)

wrest

b)

jostle

c)

belligerent

d)

loathe

3.

heedless, not attentive

a)

incipient

b)

inadvertent

c)

incongruous

d)

cessation

4.

having a bad reputation

a)

incipient

b)

inadvertent

c)

infamous

d)

incongruous

5.

to shove hard

a)

brash

b)

incipient

c)

wrest

d)

jostle

6.

sarcastic, biting

a)

brash

b)

caustic

c)

belligerent

d)

scurrilous

7.

to show sharp disapproval

a)

reprimand

b)

stipulate

c)

tremulous

d)

wrest

8.

inappropriate, inaccurate, not fitting

a)

incipient

b)

ominous

c)

tremulous

d)

incongruous

9.

threatening

a)

dupe

b)

repudiate

c)

incongruous

d)

ominous

10.

dull

a)

lackluster

b)

bristle

c)

jostle

d)

caustic

11.

just beginning to exist

a)

dupe

b)

incipient

c)

incongruous

d)

infamous

12.

a person easily tricked

a)

dupe

b)

euphemism

c)

cessation

d)

condolence

13.

boring, common

a)

cessation

b)

mundane

c)

tremulous

d)

stipulate

14.

a stopping

a)

bristle

b)

euphemism

c)

cessation

d)

mundane

15.

to specify a condition

a)

incongruous

b)

stipulate

c)

cessation

d)

reprimand

16.

to reject, to decline

a)

tremulous

b)

bristle

c)

repudiate

d)

cessation

17.

a less offensive term

a)

cessation

b)

incipient

c)

repudiate

d)

euphemism

18.

quivering, shaking

a)

incipient

b)

tremulous

c)

repudiate

d)

castigate

19.

pity, sympathy

a)

condolence

b)

mundane

c)

tremulous

d)

feint

20.

to stiffen with fear or anger

a)

tremulous

b)

incontiguous

c)

feint

d)

bristle

21.

contempt, hatred (noun)

a)

caustic

b)

intimidate

c)

disdain

d)

loathe

22.

to sneer at

a)

feint

b)

alacrity

c)

scoff

d)

belligerent

23.

impudent, disrespectful

a)

brash

b)

promulgate

c)

reticent

d)

alacrity

24.

to make known officially

a)

pugnacious

b)

promulgate

c)

intimidate

d)

repudiate

25.

briskness, lively action

a)

belittle

b)

tremulous

c)

scoff

d)

alacrity

26.

a false attack, fake

a)

feint

b)

scoff

c)

belittle

d)

tremulous

27.

to overawe, to make seem less, to make timid

a)

intimidate

b)

alacrity

c)

belligerent

d)

caustic

28.

to make seem less important

a)

belittle

b)

feint

c)

scoff

d)

sordid

29.

quarrelsome, argumentative

a)

disdain

b)

tremulous

c)

pugnacious

d)

promulgate

30.

a wild fit

a)

frenzy

b)

feint

c)

laceration

d)

dregs

31.

candidate for a high position

a)

tangible

b)

sordid

c)

aspirant

d)

repudiate

32.

jagged wound, deep cut

a)

feint

b)

belligerent

c)

laceration

d)

tangible

33.

dirty, base, immoral

a)

caustic

b)

dregs

c)

scurrilous

d)

sordid

34.

coarsely abusive, foul-mouthed, vulgar

a)

scurrilous

b)

sordid

c)

castigate

d)

solace

35.

having actual form, touchable

a)

tangible

b)

sordid

c)

tremulous

d)

dregs

36.

most worthless part

a)

aspirant

b)

dregs

c)

solace

d)

tangible

37.

easing of grief, comfort

a)

sordid

b)

solace

c)

scurrilous

d)

cessation

38.

person in their eighties

a)

tremulous

b)

scurrilous

c)

octogenarian

d)

onomatopoeia

39.

to correct with severe punishment

a)

sordid

b)

castigate

c)

promulgate

d)

watergate

40.

sarcastic, biting

a)

caustic

b)

castigate

c)

incipient

d)

tremulous