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Vocabulary 12 Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Unfortunately, the foam insulation inside the suit also makes divers more__________ and even less able to swim downward.

a)

facade

b)

perfidious

c)

buoyant

d)

reticence

2.

Far from being dour and ____________, one of the clearest fruits of grace is a childlike joy.

a)

dolorous

b)

illusion

c)

patriach

d)

colossal

3.

Something about the screen gives the ____________ of trustworthiness.

a)

advantageous

b)

illusion

c)

perfidious

d)

buoyant

4.

He is the ____________ of a small, informally organized group engaged in psycho-historical studies.

a)

reticence

b)

colossal

c)

libel

d)

patriarch

5.

Rather I admire the Queen as one of the last upholders of the value of ____________ in public life.

a)

reticence

b)

dolorous

c)

advantageous

d)

patriarch

6.

These traits are adaptively _______________ when people are confronted with suffering, illness, or death, which is inevitable with advancing age.

a)

perfidious

b)

advantageous

c)

colossal

d)

libel

7.

It all seems like a ____________ waste of time and money which could be well spent elsewhere in the beef sector.

a)

colossal

b)

facade

c)

perfidious

d)

illusion

8.

A ribbon of windows along the north ___________ provides a sight line to the adjacent pond.

a)

illusion

b)

buoyant

c)

libel

d)

facade

9.

And when we're libeled or defamed, we use the disinfectant power of the press to correct the record instead of _______________ attorneys.

a)

libel

b)

advantageous

c)

perfidious

d)

colossal

10.

The most _____________ way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

a)

advantageous

b)

perfidious

c)

illusion

d)

reticence