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Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Teenagers and their parents often disagree about which clothing items are __________ for school.

a)

apposite

b)

opposite

c)

unseemly

d)

elaborate

2.

Many blogs today are considered to be unreliable sources as much of their "news" is nearly _________.

a)

enervate

b)

reverence

c)

calumny

d)

veneration

3.

Working dead end jobs that one hates can engender feelings of __________.

a)

invigoration

b)

enervation

c)

domain

d)

acumen

4.

Her friends noticed the _______ look on her face after the exam and immediately ran over to encourage and console Mary.

a)

sagacious

b)

dictum

c)

prudent

d)

vacuous

5.

Aristotle brought about the idea of a _________ life or career in which people travel around a lot, living or working in places for short periods of time.

a)

peripatetic

b)

veritable

c)

stagnant

d)

habitue

6.

The rich and famous New Yorkers are often ________ in the front rows at shows during New York Fashion Week.

a)

enervate

b)

habitue

c)

calumny

d)

peripatetic

7.

In the grand scheme of things, so many of our problems are actually quite _________, and you shouldn't waste the energy worrying about them

a)

immeasurable

b)

infinitesimal

c)

vast

d)

vacuous

8.

TV commercials and print ads were the ____________ of marketing until social media became the most perfect, ideal platform to reach target audiences.

a)

lateral

b)

prodigal

c)

acumen

d)

quintessence

9.

I have straightened out the poster four times already, but it still looks ______.

a)

apposite

b)

askew

c)

prodigal

d)

habitue

10.

The unexpected loss to a second-rate player really _______the tournament's top-seeded tennis star.

a)

engendered

b)

serrated

c)

chastened

d)

writhed