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Midterm Practice Part Four: Vocabulary Units 1-4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

no longer used; rare or uncommon

a)

opposite

b)

ubiquitous

c)

impart

d)

obsolete

2.

capable of being molded or changed

a)

obsolete

b)

malleable

c)

impart

d)

facilitate

3.

to encourage or stir up

a)

incur

b)

innocent

c)

incite

d)

impart

4.

direct; blunt

a)

candid

b)

camphor

c)

cameo

d)

callous

5.

not representing actual reality

a)

abscond

b)

abstract

c)

absent

d)

abolition

6.

to be kind; generous

a)

benevolent

b)

aberration

c)

brusque

d)

boisterous

7.

a subtle difference in meaning

a)

indiscriminately

b)

erratic

c)

nuance

d)

abysmal

8.

the quality of being committed to a task

a)

dialect

b)

diligence

c)

delusion

d)

abysmal

9.

bare, barren, or empty

a)

decisive

b)

debacle

c)

diligence

d)

desolate

10.

clout

a)

verb; to include

b)

adjective; barren empty

c)

noun; special power or advantage

d)

verb; to prove untrue

11.

to use to your advantage

a)

diligence

b)

capitalize

c)

entail

d)

indiscriminately

12.

extremely bad

a)

nuance

b)

clout

c)

peculiar

d)

abysmal

13.

v. to examine carefully and critically

a)

pinnacle

b)

negate

c)

forego

d)

scrutinize

14.

adj. extremely bad

a)

imprudent

b)

brevity

c)

complacent

d)

egregious

15.

v. to come up with (a plan)

a)

compromise

b)

complacent

c)

devise

d)

devious

16.

adj. satisfied, with no desire to change or improve

a)

complement

b)

complacent

c)

consistent

d)

convergent

17.

v. to happen at the same time

a)

expendable

b)

asynchronous

c)

brazen

d)

coincide

18.

n. the quality of being brief or terse

a)

brevity

b)

calamity

c)

certainty

d)

ascertain

19.

adj. having knowledge or skill (usu. in a particular area)

a)

egregious

b)

adept

c)

adamant

d)

ostensible

20.

v. to call on; to appeal to (e.g., a higher power)

a)

lament

b)

invoke

c)

confide

d)

modest

21.

v. to withstand, sustain, or hold out against

a)

endure

b)

dire

c)

fluctuate

d)

lament

22.

v. to become smaller in scope or degree

a)

acquisition

b)

diminish

c)

fluctuate

d)

invoke

23.

v. to share something secretive with someone

a)

sinister

b)

amiable

c)

confide

d)

advocate

24.

n. someone who promotes or defends something

a)

mediator

b)

realist

c)

advocate

d)

antagonist

25.

n. the act of gaining a skill or possession of something

a)

advent

b)

absurd

c)

adequate

d)

acquisition