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Wordly Wise 12th Lesson 9

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Susan's dad forbade calumnious talk about classmates not present at the slumber party. (Antonym)

a)

Complimentary

b)

Personal

c)

Slanderous

d)

Idle

2.

Javen felt an infinitesimal pang of stage fright, which was forgotten before the curtain rose. (Antonym)

a)

Awkward

b)

Enormous

c)

Customary

d)

Tiny

3.

Unable to offer any exculpatory evidence, Marcus would probably be ______.

a)

Convicted

b)

Retried

c)

Released

d)

Acquitted

4.

The best of most typical example.

a)

Epicure

b)

Apposite

c)

Quintessence

d)

Veritable

5.

To lessen the vigor or strength of; to enfeeble.

a)

Apposite

b)

Enervate

c)

Exculpate

d)

Veritable

6.

The elephant calf was upright and able to walk less than an hour after its birth.

a)

Barren

b)

Animus

c)

Adumbrate

d)

Viviparous

7.

A recluse, Emily Dickinson's _____________ was the upstairs of her Amherst home.

a)

Domain

b)

Epicure

c)

Apposite

d)

Primeval

8.

One with discriminating taste, especially bu not exclusively relating to food or drink.

a)

Housekeeper

b)

Exculpate

c)

Epicure

d)

Calumny

9.

My appointment to the position of sales director was neither a promotion nor a demotion.

a)

Dorsal

b)

Enervate

c)

Lateral

d)

Heterogeneous

10.

The upper surface of the trout is speckled in contrast to its pale belly.

a)

Dorsal

b)

Veritable

c)

Lateral

d)

Apposite

11.

Life on Earth began in the ______________ seas of three billion years ago.

a)

Dolorous

b)

Covert

c)

Viviparous

d)

Primeval

12.

"Skyscraper" is an ___________ name for Manhattan's many tall buildings.

a)

Primeval

b)

Infinitesimal

c)

Apposite

d)

Calumnyt

13.

The linden tree has ___________ leaves.

a)

Veritable

b)

Serrated

c)

Enervate

d)

Viviparous

14.

A week without power from the storm turned our living room into a veritable campground. (Synonym)

a)

Actual

b)

Fantasy

c)

Vacation

d)

Figurative

15.

The college students in this older neighborhood help make the community more____________.

a)

Parochial

b)

Heterogeneous

c)

Replete

d)

Herculean