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Vocabulary Grade 9-List D

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
1.  v. to stick to a surface or substance [or] to follow a practice or belief. 
a)
adhere
b)
elated
c)
licentious
d)
paucity
2.

To entreat, implore, or request earnestly

a)

Copious

b)

Brash

c)

Beseech

3.
biting, sarcastic
a)
tractable
b)
capacious
c)
voracious
d)
caustic
4.

Which word best completes the sentence?

The battery acid was so _____ that it ate away at the floor and left a gapping hole through which you could see the road.

a)

fallacy

b)

nauseate

c)

ruse

d)

caustic

5.
What does the word "conjoin" mean?
a)
to join together; unite; combine
b)
point of joining or meeting
c)
to join again; reunite
d)
to direct to do something; order; forbid
6.

doubtful, unsure

a)

dubious

b)

elite

c)

eminent

d)

jingonism

7.

to imitate

a)

emulate

b)

discombobulate

c)

debunk

d)

juxtapose

8.

to absolve from blame or wrong-doing

a)

exonerate

b)

extricate

c)

surmise

d)

vex

9.

What is the denotation of the word gregarious?

a)

isolated; prefers to be separated from others

b)

expressing happiness at a party

c)

enormous groups of people

d)

sociable; enjoys being around others

10.

Which word means "to make a facial expression that reveals disgust or pain, sometimes in an effort to be funny?"

a)

shame

b)

gesture

c)

grimace

d)

resemble

11.
worn out; very tired
a)
haggard
b)
incense
c)
inventory
d)
overt
12.
Shameful; disgraceful; dishonorable
a)
Preeminent
b)
Irrepressible
c)
Ignominious
d)
Posthumously
13.
to accustom to accept something undesirable
a)
Inure
b)
Cultivated
c)
Peruse
d)
Attribute
14.

drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion

a)

languid

b)

fervent

c)

supercilious

d)

pungent

15.
to praise
a)
laud
b)
loll
c)
vivacious
d)
nondescript
16.
morally unrestrained; immoral
a)
licentious 
b)
lackadaisical 
c)
elated 
d)
fatalistic 
17.

an order or command placed in one’s hands

a)

manuicure

b)

manacles

c)

manual

d)

mandate

18.
to nullify, deny, bring to nothing
a)
abdicate
b)
negate
c)
nauseate
d)
deface
19.

stubbornly sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

a)

obstinate

b)

scanty

c)

disheveled

d)

disarray

20.

a violent attack; a sudden rush of something

a)

flourish

b)

insubordinate

c)

onslaught

21.

emotionally moving or stimulating

a)

poignant

b)

wizened

c)

beleaguered

d)

fluent

22.
a state of being in doubt about what to do
a)
quandry
b)
scrutinize
c)
appraise
d)
cleave
23.

an unnecessary repetition or overlapping

a)

gradual

b)

intercede

c)

vacant

d)

redundant

24.

bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen)

a)

rue

b)

overt

c)

eccentric

d)

susceptible

25.

v. to satisfy (a need, a desire, etc.) fully

a)

precipitous

b)

abhor

c)

satiate

d)

lament

26.

vile; self-seeking;lacking in morals

a)

sordid

b)

candid

c)

bombast

d)

guileless

27.

Tough; stubborn; not letting go

a)

tenacious

b)

bolster

c)

ambivalence

d)

camaraderie

28.

The act of guarding and protecting, the act of teaching or tutoring

a)

Tutelage

b)

tenure

c)

Version

d)

abdicate

29.

Dull or boring

a)

vapid

b)

starkly

c)

benevolent

d)

mollify

30.
complex; intricate
a)
quest
b)
sophisticated
c)
sobriquet
d)
depleted
31.

wiry

a)

lean but strong

b)

not neatly combed

c)

something done or paid to make up for a wrong

d)

disabled in the feet or legs