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Wordly Wise Vocab 12 Lesson 6

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Horror movies often use music to instill presentiment in the audience. (synonym)

a)

calm

b)

tension

c)

fear

d)

foreboding (predicting)

2.

Cause to operate; motivate

a)

brackish

b)

actuate

c)

endemic

d)

dolorous

3.

Which of the following is a common characteristic of a dissertation?

a)

lengthy

b)

oral

c)

understood by a select few

d)

boring

4.

Kudzu's growth is hardly insidious, as it grows all over the southern U.S. at a rate of up to one foot per day, overtaking billboards and cars with ease. (antonym)

a)

subtle

b)

obvious

c)

gradual

d)

instantaneous

5.

A torpid intellect is most likely to be which of the following?

a)

shrewd: sharp

b)

witty

c)

sharp

d)

sluggish

6.

A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong.

a)

precursor

b)

fecund

c)

interloper

d)

inebriated

7.

Coffee becomes brackish if it stays on the warmer for too long.

a)

aromatic

b)

bitter

c)

acidic

d)

strong

8.

Deep respect for free speech is endemic among U.S. citizens. (Antonym)

a)

uncommon

b)

important

c)

widespread

d)

assumed

9.

Which of the following is NOT a cognitive process?

a)

breathing

b)

reasoning

c)

remembering

d)

Awareness

10.

Rather than the typical dolorous tales of the Great Depression, Rhonda set out to publish stories of _____.

a)

defeat

b)

mournful

c)

triumph

d)

heartbreak

11.

DaVinci had an astonishingly fecund mind, excelling at painting, sketching, and sculpting, as well as architecture and engineering.

a)

scattered

b)

powerful

c)

focused

d)

creative

12.

Perry suffered from physical torpor for weeks after he recovered from a bout of salmonella poisoning. (ANTONYM)

a)

weakness

b)

energy

c)

symptoms

d)

fatigue

13.

Being shut out in the state championships triggered a dolorous few weeks for the runner-up. (Antonym)

a)

miserable

b)

sorrowful

c)

joyful

d)

depressing

14.

A person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner.

a)

precursor

b)

dissertation

c)

genealogist

d)

interloper

15.

A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.

a)

obstetrics

b)

genealogy

c)

physiology

d)

psychiatry

16.

Inebriated: sober::

a)

wealthy : open

b)

garish : subdued

c)

hungry : famished

d)

sequestered : sheltered