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Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an action or remark that causes outrage or offense.

a)

blase

b)

cajole

c)

affront

d)

choleric

2.

bored, uninterested, satiated

a)

blase

b)

encumber

c)

choleric

d)

cajole

3.

To coax

a)

choleric

b)

cajole

c)

encumber

d)

feckless

4.

Easily angered

a)

encumber

b)

impasse

c)

feckless

d)

choleric

5.

to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder

a)

indolent

b)

encumber

c)

impasse

d)

feckless

6.

lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

a)

impasse

b)

indolent

c)

feckless

d)

lugubrious

7.

blocked path; dilemma with no solution

a)

impasse

b)

lugubrious

c)

ribald

d)

indolent

8.

habitually lazy or idle

a)

lugubrious

b)

indolent

c)

ribald

d)

adulation

9.

sorrowful; mournful; dismal

a)

ribald

b)

censure

c)

lugubrious

d)

adulation

10.

humorous in a vulgar way

a)

ribald

b)

censure

c)

adulation

d)

dissemble

11.

Excessive flattery or admiration

a)

censure

b)

dissimulation

c)

dissemble

d)

adulation

12.

To criticize harshly

a)

censure

b)

dissimulation

c)

droll

d)

dissemble

13.

to disguise or conceal; to mislead

a)

dissimulation

b)

dissemble

c)

expectorate

d)

droll

14.

the act of deceiving

a)

droll

b)

palpate

c)

dissimulation

d)

expectorate

15.

amusing in a wry, subtle way

a)

expectorate

b)

peremptory

c)

palpate

d)

droll

16.

To cough up and spit forth.

a)

expectorate

b)

peremptory

c)

pusillanimous

d)

palpate

17.

to examine by touch

a)

peremptory

b)

surfeit

c)

palpate

d)

pusillanimous

18.

Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

a)

pusillanimous

b)

peremptory

c)

expectorate

d)

surfeit

19.

cowardly; without courage

a)

surfeit

b)

adulation

c)

censure

d)

pusillanimous

20.

An excessive amount

a)

droll

b)

palpate

c)

surfeit

d)

dissimulation