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Vocab. 2A Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does benign mean?

a)

to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner

b)

changing suddenly, fickle

c)

not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

d)

common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed

2.

Which word means "to move upward" or "to rise from a lower station"?

a)

antithesis

b)

ascend

c)

austere

d)

autonomous

3.

Fill in the blank:

You will only __________ the situation if you try to call her.

a)

extol

b)

defamation

c)

esoteric

d)

exacerbate

4.

What does capricious mean?

a)

to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner

b)

changing suddenly, fickle

c)

not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

d)

common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed

5.

Which word means "strict; stern; unadorned; ascetic"?

a)

antithesis

b)

ascend

c)

austere

d)

autonomous

6.

Fill in the blank:

The teacher would always __________ students who tried to do their best.

a)

extol

b)

defamation

c)

esoteric

d)

exacerbate

7.

What does banal mean?

a)

to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner

b)

changing suddenly, fickle

c)

not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

d)

common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed

8.

Which word means "independent" or "self-contained"?

a)

antithesis

b)

ascend

c)

austere

d)

autonomous

9.

Fill in the blank:

The __________ of another's character is a horrible thing.

a)

extol

b)

defamation

c)

esoteric

d)

exacerbate

10.

What does dawdle mean?

a)

to waste time, to spend time idly, to move in a lackadaisical manner

b)

changing suddenly, fickle

c)

not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial

d)

common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed

11.

Which word means "a direct opposite"?

a)

antithesis

b)

ascend

c)

austere

d)

autonomous

12.

Fill in the blank:

The English teachers were having an __________ discussion about the correct usage of some obscure word.

a)

extol

b)

defamation

c)

esoteric

d)

exacerbate