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Vocab Test 12

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I expected the film to be out-of-the-box, but the plot turned out to be just a(n) ______ boy-meets-girl scenario.

a)

frivolous

b)

hackneyed

c)

archetypal

d)

emblematic

2.

The part of her childhood memory, in which she was kidnapped, became something she found Impossible to ________ however hard she tried.

a)

expunge

b)

expurgate

c)

expatiate

d)

expound

3.

That friend of yours is a(n) _______ person who cannot be trusted because she will be willing to betray you at any time for her own benefits.

a)

eccentric

b)

licentious

c)

lunatic

d)

perfidious

4.

Never let your thirst your knowledge be ______ or you will, one day, be left behind by this ever-evolving world.

a)

queered

b)

quelled

c)

quenched

d)

quilt

5.

With patience and diplomacy, he eventually ______ the son of the billion-dollar company into marrying him.

a)

deluded

b)

inveigled

c)

cruised

d)

swindled

6.

As an inevitable effect of globalization, small countries have no choice but to ______ to the influence of the superpowers.

a)

recast

b)

capitulate

c)

concede

d)

perish

7.

This argument may seem _____ to those not closely involved in the world of finance.

a)

arcane

b)

peculiar

c)

foolhardy

d)

aberrant

8.

It really knocked me over with a ______ when I found out that Annie passed her Chemistry test with flying colours.

a)

punch

b)

mug

c)

feather

d)

stroke

9.

Although doctors always try their best to save people's lives, they are often _____ by the patients' relatives whenever they fail.

a)

heckled

b)

pestered

c)

derided

d)

berated

10.

Given the competitiveness of the National Contest, I have to knock it out of the _____ or I won't be able to win any prizes.

a)

park

b)

nail

c)

roof

d)

ring

11.

The agreement we reached before was just provisional so I hope you can have another meeting with our company to _____ the whole plan before the plan.

a)

pack up

b)

drum up

c)

firm up

d)

work up

12.

Billy, if you like History, you _______, do not let peer pressure affect your life.

a)

buy it

b)

do you

c)

be it

d)

be you

13.

Despite being threatened, the brave and loyal soldier would rather sacrifice than ______ to the enemy's demand.

a)

give on

b)

cave in

c)

burrow in

d)

kneel down

14.

______ piety has degraded in the modern society as more children are disobedient and disrespectful to their parents.

a)

Filial

b)

Childhood

c)

Familial

d)

Fraternal

15.

I don't have anything to note here but I will try to _____ your phone number firmly in my mind and put it down later when I return home.

a)

dwell

b)

key

c)

lodge

d)

set

16.

It is ironic that while "Safety first" is said to be the (a)   here, no workers are equipped with any basic protective equipment. (WORD)

17.

The writer has used a variety of (a)   throughout his career to avoid the attention of the government. (NAME)

18.

In the ancient society of China, the concept of gender equality should be considered (a)   and totally unacceptable. (HERESY)

19.

Steam is water in its (a)   form and may occur due to evaporation or due to boiling. (GAS)

20.

But for a brief period in the spring, the whole landscape explodes into a (a)   bloom. (COLOUR)