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Vocabulary Extra Credit Opportunity

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fragile, easily broken

a)

Litany

b)

Frangible

c)

Stygian

d)

Usurp

2.

Full, abundant

a)

Zealous

b)

Donnybrook

c)

Replete

d)

Truncate

3.

A list

a)

Desiccate

b)

Arable

c)

Brigand

d)

Litany

4.

Friendship, positive relationship

a)

Vernacular

b)

Camaraderie

c)

Rife

d)

Axiom

5.

A change, a transformation

a)

Metamorphosis

b)

Vestige

c)

Atelier

d)

Dulcet

6.

The person blamed

a)

Scapegoat

b)

Peremptory

c)

Ubiquitous

d)

Patronizing

7.

A Cease fire, a pause during a battle or argument

a)

Nonchalant

b)

Putrid

c)

Truncate

d)

Moratorium

8.

Overly enthusiastic, fanatical

a)

Sophistry

b)

Archaic

c)

Zealous

d)

Catharsis

9.

To dehydrate, to dry out

a)

Vernacular

b)

Wrenching

c)

Equanimity

d)

Desiccate

10.

Able to be cultivated for crops

a)

Arable

b)

Rife

c)

Replete

d)

Axiom

11.

Heartbreaking and physically painful, distressing

a)

Ubiquitous

b)

Vacillate

c)

Wrenching

d)

Servile

12.

Endless or seemingly endless

a)

Efficacious

b)

Risible

c)

Putrid

d)

Interminable

13.

To shorten

a)

Truncate

b)

Carte blanche

c)

Kudos

d)

Talisman

14.

Sad, gloomy, dismal

a)

Lugubrious

b)

Ubiquitous

c)

Pellucid

d)

Intrinsic

15.

Fancy, sophisticated

a)

Atelier

b)

Dulcet

c)

Cosmopolitan

d)

Abstemious

16.

Full, abundant

a)

Nomenclature

b)

Axiom

c)

Pellucid

d)

Rife

17.

Showing contempt, scornful, to look down upon

a)

Archaic

b)

Contemptuous

c)

Vestige

d)

Donnybrook

18.

Acting as if they are superior, uppity, acting as if someone is below you

a)

Procrustean

b)

Risible

c)

Patronizing

d)

Apocryphal

19.

A universal truth, an established rule

a)

Axiom

b)

Dulcet

c)

Kudos

d)

Putrid

20.

Very old, old-fashioned, obsolete

a)

Vestige

b)

Crepuscular

c)

Archaic

d)

Revered

21.

Universal, everywhere

a)

Vernacular

b)

Ubiquitous

c)

Stygian

d)

Sophistry

22.

Slang

a)

Litany

b)

Vacillate

c)

Incantation

d)

Vernacular

23.

A fight

a)

Donnybrook

b)

Carte blanche

c)

Usurp

d)

Expurgate

24.

When a person doesn't care, lack of interest

a)

Scapegoat

b)

Expurgate

c)

Wrenching

d)

Nonchalant

25.

A hint or trace of something

a)

Vestige

b)

Truncate

c)

Dulcet

d)

Putrid

26.

A person who participates in a conversation

a)

Scapegoat

b)

Interlocutor

c)

Iniquity

d)

Intrinsic

27.

Strict, mean, harsh

a)

Procrustean

b)

Stygian

c)

Pellucid

d)

Abstemious

28.

Creepy, mysterious, intimidating

a)

Lugubrious

b)

Stygian

c)

Moratorium

d)

Zealous

29.

Unlimited power

a)

Carte blanche

b)

Contemptuous

c)

Desiccate

d)

Brigand

30.

A spell or chant

a)

Incantation

b)

Vacillate

c)

Sybaritic

d)

Talisman

31.

A robber, a bandit

a)

Atelier

b)

Equanimity

c)

Brigand

d)

Moratorium

32.

Scientific name, specific names

a)

Perspicacious

b)

Inundate

c)

Expurgate

d)

Nomenclature

33.

Not allowing refusal or delay, imperative

a)

Arable

b)

Peremptory

c)

Risible

d)

Apocryphal

34.

An artist’s or designer’s workshop

a)

Crepuscular

b)

Kudos

c)

Apocryphal

d)

Atelier

35.

Useful, effective, producing the desired outcome

a)

Dulcet

b)

Efficacious

c)

Kudos

d)

Crepuscular

36.

A release of emotional tension

a)

Pellucid

b)

Apocryphal

c)

Catharsis

d)

Maxiim

37.

To overwhelm, to fill beyond capacity

a)

Inundate

b)

Perspicacious

c)

Talisman

d)

Servile

38.

To honor, to regard with respect, awe, or adoration

a)

Abstemious

b)

Putrid

c)

Revered

d)

Litany

39.

Mutually destructive

a)

Dulcet

b)

Expurgate

c)

Estranged

d)

Internecine

40.

Laughable, relating to laughter

a)

Estranged

b)

Intrinsic

c)

Risible

d)

Abstemious

41.

Luxurious, ostentatious, grandiose

a)

Sybaritic

b)

Expurgate

c)

Apocryphal

d)

Iniquity

42.

Twilight, a time close to night

a)

Lugubrious

b)

Vestige

c)

Interlocutor

d)

Crepuscular

43.

Acclaim, praise, recognition

a)

Kudos

b)

Putrid

c)

Talisman

d)

Moratorium

44.

Basic, elemental, inborn

a)

Intrinsic

b)

Rife

c)

Zealous

d)

Usurp

45.

An established principle, a truth or rule of conduct

a)

Servile

b)

Maxiim

c)

Risible

d)

Cosmopolitan

46.

Rotten and foul smelling

a)

Arable

b)

Nonchalant

c)

Pellucid

d)

Putrid

47.

Subservient, someone who serves others

a)

Servile

b)

Usurp

c)

Donnybrook

d)

Scapegoat

48.

Of questionable authenticity, but widely believed

a)

Abstemious

b)

Apocryphal

c)

Pellucid

d)

Perspicacious

49.

Melodious and pleasing to the ear

a)

Frangible

b)

Rife

c)

Lugubrious

d)

Dulcet

50.

To take over; to seize power

a)

Usurp

b)

Iniquity

c)

Donnybrook

d)

Axiom

51.

An evil or wicked act

a)

Expurgate

b)

Metamorphosis

c)

Iniquity

d)

Camaraderie

52.

To waver; to sway indecisively

a)

Vacillate

b)

Sophistry

c)

Zealous

d)

Perspicacious

53.

Keen; mentally sharp

a)

Putrid

b)

Perspicacious

c)

Pellucid

d)

Patronizing

54.

Using or consuming sparingly

a)

Sophistry

b)

Abstemious

c)

Talisman

d)

Estranged

55.

A magic charm or superstitious object for protection or luck

a)

Talisman

b)

Apocryphal

c)

Interminable

d)

Equanimity