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12th Q2 Vocab Pre-Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

overbearing pride; arrogance

a)

hubris

b)

platitude

c)

venera

d)

quotidian

2.

to respect or revere

a)

venerate

b)

prognosticate

c)

sanctimonious

d)

haughty

3.

restrictive; imposing demanding standards

a)

stringent

b)

haughty

c)

sanctimonious

d)

imbroglio

4.

nonsense; unintelligible speech

a)

gibberish

b)

inimical

c)

coeval

d)

convoluted

5.

complicated; intricate

a)

convoluted

b)

entreat

c)

anecdote

d)

incumbent

6.

boorish or vulgar

a)

churlish

b)

promulgate

c)

staid

d)

lurid

7.

shocking; explicit

a)

lurid

b)

cogent

c)

livid

d)

staid

8.

to exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others

a)

pander

b)

otiose

c)

puerile

d)

aleatory

9.

rejection; refusal to acknowledge

a)

renunciation

b)

unimpeachable

c)

inveigh

d)

asperity

10.

wasteful and immoral

a)

profligate

b)

ameliorate

c)

recalcitrant

d)

vitiate

11.

to disapprove angrily; to protest

a)

commend

b)

laud

c)

inveigh

d)

asperity

12.

an unsophisticated, awkward person

a)

bumpkin

b)

toady

c)

blithe

d)

ogre

13.

deserving blame or condemnation; guilty

a)

toady

b)

culpable

c)

hortatory

d)

penultimate

14.

carefree and lighthearted

a)

blithe

b)

soporific

c)

orotund

d)

penultimate

15.

to strengthen by adding evidence

a)

corroborate

b)

indecorous

c)

recrimination

d)

frenetic

16.

a thin, attractive layer that conceals something common or coarse

a)

veneer

b)

timorous

c)

probity

d)

majordomo

17.

indirect; roundabout

a)

circuitous

b)

perquisite

c)

timorous

d)

preambulate

18.

impossible to defend or justify

a)

untenable

b)

majordomo

c)

timorous

d)

luminous

19.

lazy

a)

industrious

b)

indolent

c)

largesse

d)

tactit

20.

to plan cleverly; to devise

a)

contrive

b)

hubris

c)

venerate

d)

scullion