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Vocab. 5 and 6

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Followers or servants who accompany an important person.

a)

retinue

b)

disparity

c)

conscript

d)

clement

2.

Disparity

a)

inequality, difference

b)

unyielding, firm in opinion

c)

to credit with cause or death

d)

merciful, lenient

3.

to praise highly

a)

rancor

b)

unfettered

c)

adamant

d)

extol

4.

Impute

a)

creative work, especially in a numbered composition

b)

to force someone into military service

c)

extreme hatred

d)

to credit with cause or fault

5.

Which profession would you need to write a creative composition, and opus?

a)

doctor

b)

musical director

c)

waitress

d)

engineer

6.

During the flight from Houston to Honolulu, Dan listened to two people _______ (talk pointlessly) about a terrible TV reality show.

a)

inexorable

b)

prate

c)

diffident

d)

ostensible

7.

Please don't use overused expressions such as hungry as a horse in your writing. Avoid using ___________ in writing.

a)

jaunty

b)

condone

c)

cliches'

d)

clement

8.

Decades of harsh weather caused the __________ erosion of the beach.

a)

inexorable

b)

unfettered

c)

fetid

d)

genteel

9.

Smelly trash, old shoes left out in the rain will be

a)

collate

b)

fetid

c)

enigma

d)

credence

10.

I wanted the test in order (pages 1-12), so I set the printer to _____.

a)

connoissuer

b)

collate

c)

genteel

d)

officious

11.

He is an expert or a _________ in the field of French cooking.

a)

dilettante

b)

venal

c)

connoisseur

d)

cult

12.

When returning from a long break, the_______ of the students is evident when everyone is yawing or falling asleep.

a)

torpor

b)

enthrall

c)

venal

d)

nuance

13.

to captivate as though spellbound

a)

venal

b)

cult

c)

nuance

d)

enthrall

14.

having a buoyant, self-confident air, brisk and crisp

a)

credence

b)

cult

c)

condone

d)

jaunty

15.

I wish my bossy, _______ sister would stop telling me how to run my life. I don't want to hear her advice.

a)

officious

b)

venal

c)

dilettante

d)

impute

16.

The ketchup has a slight taste difference from my favorite brand, so I can definitely notice the _______ in flavor.

a)

cult

b)

nuance

c)

venal

d)

enthrall

17.

venal

a)

capable of betraying trust

b)

one who merely dabbles in an art

c)

to captivate as though spellbound

d)

a state of sluggish mental or physical activity

18.

Mona Lisa's smile is an _____________ because no one knows the thoughts behind her expression. The mystery is a conversation piece.

a)

extol

b)

unfettered

c)

enthrall

d)

enigma

19.

rancor

a)

polite and respectable

b)

extreme hatred or ill will

c)

to forgive or to overlook

d)

belief or trust

20.

A ________ date would always be courteous and open the door for his date.

a)

jaunty

b)

connoisseur

c)

genteel

d)

collate

21.

To believe or trust

a)

credence

b)

enigma

c)

condone

d)

fetid

22.

Antonym of rancor

a)

sympathy, amity

b)

interest, eagerness

c)

outgoing

d)

actual

23.

Antonym of ostensible

a)

interest, eagerness

b)

expert, professional

c)

actual

d)

cultured

24.

Antonym of torpor

a)

cultured

b)

sympathy, amity

c)

outgoing

d)

interest, eagerness

25.

Antonym of diffident

a)

dizzy

b)

outgoing

c)

interest, eagerness

d)

actual

26.

Antonym of dilettante

a)

expert, professional

b)

one who dabbles in an art or science

c)

diligent

d)

forebearing

27.

If you are asked to find the antonym of a word, one needs to find the __________ meaning of the word.

a)

opposite

b)

same

28.

Synonym of prate

a)

cultured

b)

stubborn

c)

forbearing

d)

prattle, talk

29.

Synonym of clement

a)

forbearing, benign

b)

corrupt, crooked

c)

cultured

d)

stubborn

30.

Synonym of venal

a)

corrupt, crooked

b)

venom in a snake

c)

yak

d)

vicious

31.

Synonym of adamant

a)

carefree

b)

angry

c)

stubborn

d)

amenable, flexible

32.

When she accepted the honor at the ceremony, she __________ her co-workers who helped her achieve her success.

a)

extolled

b)

motley

c)

diffident

d)

bastion

33.

Even though the activist were _______ in their belief that fishing was a cruel sport, the authorities voted not to stop vacationers from casting their lines.

a)

insipid

b)

chaos

c)

opus

d)

adamant

34.

Even though the two siblings looked alike, there was a big ___________ between their personalities.

a)

prate

b)

disparity

c)

rancor

d)

inexorable

35.

Some movies may not have been popular in theaters, but they still have cult following of

a)

disgruntled patrons

b)

unsatisfied critics

c)

devoted fans

d)

psychotic worshipers