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Summative Vocabulary Builder

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Marvel

a)

hate and desperation

b)

wonder or astonishment.

c)

fear and sadness

d)

surprise and distaste

2.

Hasten

a)

to hurry

b)

to slow

c)

to lose

d)

to ignore

3.

Elusive

a)

easy to deliver, understand, and copy

b)

difficult to eat, absorb, consume

c)

difficult to find, catch, or achieve

d)

an type of venomous snake

4.

Patronize

a)

to ignore due to prejudice

b)

to treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority

c)

to be treated as an criminal

d)

to be a subject of hate and disdain

5.

Spurious

a)

driven by the unknown forces

b)

pretentious and over the top

c)

illegitimate, false or fake

d)

an alternate route on a confusing journey

6.

Conventional

a)

in accordance with what is generally expected or believed

b)

a fiery oven

c)

a collection of like minded people

d)

the accepted truths about historical conflicts

7.

Imperious

a)

an emperor's court and subjects

b)

assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering.

c)

accepting of punishment that is not deserved

d)

a magnanimous and righteous king/queen

8.

Lambasting

a)

extensive praise

b)

harsh criticism

c)

to board a ship as crew

d)

to sheer lamb's wool

9.

Lethargy

a)

a person suffering from leprosy

b)

a working of leather materials

c)

a lack of energy and enthusiasm

d)

an abundance of health and wealth

10.

Tantamount

a)

rising above all others physically or financially

b)

equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.

c)

a tantrum that disrupts all else

d)

a mountain climb

11.

Consecrated

a)

having been made or declared sacred

b)

to place in a crate

c)

the act of honoring your parent(s)

d)

to be involved in an illicit relationship

12.

Petulant

a)

a valuable pendant or piece of jewelry

b)

to swing like a pendulum

c)

relating to your pets

d)

childishly sulky or bad-tempered

13.

Lucidity

a)

a sense of danger

b)

unknown or mysterious

c)

fluid movement

d)

clarity of expression; intelligibility.

14.

Erratic

a)

not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

b)

erasure of important information

c)

a loud and obnoxious behavior

d)

to deny the truth

15.

Emaciated

a)

to make an example of something or someone

b)

a musical and melodic expression

c)

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food

d)

to be beaten to death

16.

Placidly

a)

to give in to all demands and requests

b)

to be made of plastics

c)

near or in a lake

d)

serenely free of interruption or disturbance

17.

Askance

a)

to ask aggressively for something

b)

with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval

c)

to receive a request

d)

with an attitude of love and caring

18.

Poignancy

a)

the quality of evoking a keen sense, often with sadness or regret

b)

the quality of being smelly

c)

to dance on one's toes

d)

to be without any feeling

19.

Putrid

a)

decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell

b)

to vomit

c)

omitting a key truth

d)

the quality of being cruel and unfriendly

20.

Introspection

a)

to inspect one's surroundings

b)

to observe a crime scene

c)

the finding of a key clue

d)

the examination or observation of one's own mental and emotional processes