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WorksheetsMarigolds Vocabulary Pre-Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 4mins
exuberance
overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
humiliation, to be brought down to a low level
a profoundly deep feeling
appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
squalor
filthy, wretched condition
humiliation, to be brought down to a low level
lack of emotion, staying strong when things aren't going well, not complaining
a false show of courage; pretended confidence when one is really afraid
degradation
being destructive for destruction's sake; being purposefully mean
humiliation; deprivation; poverty; debasement
a profoundly deep feeling
lacking strength and vigor
Stoicism
humiliation; deprivation; poverty; debasement
a profoundly deep feeling
the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.
full of energy and life; strong
bravado
overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless
being destructive for destruction's sake; being purposefully mean
a false show of courage; pretended confidence when one is really afraid
retribution
payback, revenge
a false show of courage; pretended confidence when one is really afraid
contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful
the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.
poignant
evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret
contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful
payback, revenge
rundown and fixed with odds and ends.
perverse
evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret
appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful
so sad it becomes humorous
ostensible
contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful
appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret
full of energy and life; strong
ramshackle
empty, deserted, fruitless
rundown and fixed with odds and ends.
without a clear shape; not fully formed; changeable
being destructive for destruction's sake; being purposefully mean
vigor
full of energy and life; strong
lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless
without a clear shape; not fully formed; changeable
empty, deserted, fruitless
impotent
lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless
full of energy and life; strong
without a clear shape; not fully formed; changeable
A filthy and wretched condition or quality
amorphous
without a clear shape; not fully formed; changeable
lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless
being destructive for destruction's sake; being purposefully mean
unequal, incompatible
barren
empty, deserted, fruitless
unequal, incompatible
lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless
full of energy and life; strong
malicious
Intended to hurt or harm
contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful
evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret
A filthy and wretched condition or quality
placidly
unequal, incompatible
lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless
peacefully, calmly
rundown and fixed with odds and ends.
incongruent
Not compatible, not matching; contradictory
incapable of reproducing life
Intended to hurt or harm
empty, deserted, fruitless
reverie
rundown house or hut
a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream
a grasshopper-like insect
humiliation; deprivation; poverty; debasement
contrite
feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing
overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness
the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.
A filthy and wretched condition or quality
shanty
rundown house or hut
a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream
a place of tranquility
shady
