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Vocabulary Lessons 7-10

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
bad tempered or irritable
a)
cantankerous
b)
belligerent
c)
superfluous
d)
fastidious
2.
To increase
a)
acrimony
b)
altruism
c)
galvanize
d)
augment
3.
sociable/outgoing
a)
gregarious
b)
nuance
c)
renown
d)
engender
4.
hidden/covered
a)
tangent
b)
renown
c)
covert
d)
altruism
5.
to create
a)
augment
b)
exonerate
c)
galvanize
d)
engender
6.
a cantankerous person
a)
nuance
b)
curmudgeon
c)
tangent
d)
sojourn
7.
a temporary stay
a)
sojourn
b)
nuance
c)
renown
d)
tangent
8.
intending to gradually cause harm
a)
insidious
b)
covert
c)
myopic
d)
gauche
9.
subtle difference
a)
sojourn
b)
nuance
c)
altruism
d)
kismet
10.
glory
a)
altruism
b)
kismet
c)
renown
d)
nuance
11.

There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?

4 lines
12.

Going off the main topic.

a)

knotty

b)

nuance

c)

plagiarism

d)

renown

e)

tangent

13.

Intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

a)

Insidious

b)

Bereft

c)

Fortitude

d)

Opulent

14.

The Austin Powers movie franchise does a great job of ___ing the typical spy movie.

a)

finesse

b)

lampoon

c)

nemesis

d)

purloin

15.

If you feed me I will live, if you give me a drink I will die. What am I?

a)

Nothing

b)

Homeless man?

c)

Fire

d)

Mr. Rosario

16.

He was dead set against the plan at first, but eventually he __________.

a)

acquiesced

b)

diverge

c)

cajole

d)

vigilant

17.

Having or showing arrogant superiority

a)

hedonist

b)

hypothesis

c)

hackneyed

d)

haughty

18.

A rescue dog that can search for disaster victims for hours without giving up is:

a)

impatient

b)

affectionate

c)

tenacious

d)

timid

19.
a)

ennui

b)

foible

c)

fulminate

d)

catharsis

20.
Which vocabulary word means reckless; a foolish disregard of danger?
a)
temerity
b)
coerce
c)
extraneous
d)
dogmatic