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Vocabulary Unit 4

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

adjudicate

a)

to settle a dispute or argument

b)

cleansing; allowing a release of tension

c)

disagreeing, especially with a majority

d)

shameless, boldness, audacious

2.

a person whose political, economic, and social opinions are believed to be determined mainly by middle-class concern for property values and conventional respectability

a)

adjudicate

b)

bourgeois

c)

dissident

d)

debauchery

3.

cleansing; allowing a release of tension or emotion

a)

effrontery

b)

laconic

c)

cathartic

d)

bourgeois

4.

moral corruption; wild living

a)

laconic

b)

debauchery

c)

effrontery

d)

adjudicate

5.

disagreeing, especially with a majority

a)

dissident

b)

effrontery

c)

laconic

d)

debauchery

6.

shameless, boldness, audacious

a)

laconic

b)

cathartic

c)

debauchery

d)

effrontery

7.

someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions

a)

adjudicate

b)

cathartic

c)

bourgeois

d)

iconoclast

8.

using few words

a)

laconic

b)

cathartic

c)

adjudicate

d)

effrontery

9.

excessively sentimental

a)

nebulous

b)

maudlin

c)

propensity

d)

sardonic

10.

lacking in definite form or limits; vague

a)

staid

b)

temerity

c)

nebulous

d)

staid

11.

a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

a)

remuneration

b)

temerity

c)

progeny

d)

panacea

12.

offspring; children; descendants

a)

remuneration

b)

staid

c)

progeny

d)

maudlin

13.

a natural inclination or tendency

a)

propensity

b)

staid

c)

bourgeois

d)

panacea

14.

compensation; payment

a)

remuneration

b)

progeny

c)

staid

d)

nebulous

15.

scornfully mocking; bitterly sarcastic

a)

staid

b)

maudlin

c)

panacea

d)

sardonic

16.

serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct

a)

belligerent

b)

sardonic

c)

staid

d)

dissident

17.

recklessness; a foolish disregard of danger

a)

propensity

b)

temerity

c)

sardonic

d)

maudlin

18.

showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

a)

polemic

b)

vicarious

c)

urbane

d)

debauchery

19.

experienced secondhand

a)

adjudicate

b)

effrontery

c)

maudlin

d)

vicarious

20.

a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something

a)

polemic

b)

laconic

c)

debauchery

d)

dissident

21.

synonyms: adjudge, decide

a)

cathartic

b)

adjudicate

c)

iconoclast

d)

laconic

22.

antonyms: hesitate, defer

a)

cathartic

b)

bourgeois

c)

adjudicate

d)

dissident

23.

synonyms: materialistic, traditional

a)

bourgeois

b)

cathartic

c)

laconic

d)

urbane

24.

antonyms: imaginative, untraditional

a)

bourgeois

b)

adjudicate

c)

effrontery

d)

iconoclast

25.

synonyms: cleansing, purifying

a)

debauchery

b)

polemic

c)

cathartic

d)

vicarious

26.

antonym: repressive

a)

laconic

b)

debauchery

c)

adjudicate

d)

cathartic

27.

synonyms: revelry, depravity

a)

debauchery

b)

iconoclast

c)

panacea

d)

maudlin

28.

antonyms: moderation, virtue

a)

urbane

b)

debauchery

c)

sardonic

d)

progeny

29.

synonyms: rebel, protester

a)

dissident

b)

maudlin

c)

laconic

d)

vicarious

30.

antonym: yes-man

a)

polemic

b)

urbane

c)

dissident

d)

debauchery

31.

synonyms: arrogant, cheekiness

a)

effrontery

b)

bourgeois

c)

urbane

d)

progeny

32.

antonyms: carefulness, modesty

a)

sardonic

b)

laconic

c)

urbane

d)

effrontery

33.

synonyms: revolutionist, radical

a)

iconoclast

b)

propensity

c)

nebulous

d)

staid

34.

antonyms: believer, traditionalist

a)

dissident

b)

iconoclast

c)

maudlin

d)

temerity

35.

synonyms: brusque, pithy

a)

laconic

b)

adjudicate

c)

bourgeois

d)

debauchery

36.

antonyms: wordy, verbose

a)

laconic

b)

cathartic

c)

vicarious

d)

maudlin

37.

synonyms: mushy, romantic

a)

staid

b)

propensity

c)

nebulous

d)

maudlin

38.

antonyms: pragmatic, unemotional

a)

maudlin

b)

staid

c)

debauchery

d)

progeny

39.

synonyms: ambiguous, murky

a)

maudlin

b)

propensity

c)

nebulous

d)

temerity

40.

antonyms: certain, definite

a)

nebulous

b)

propensity

c)

bourgeois

d)

temerity

41.

synonyms: elixir, cure

a)

debauchery

b)

progeny

c)

nebulous

d)

panacea

42.

antonyms: disease, pain

a)

panacea

b)

sardonic

c)

staid

d)

temerity

43.

synonyms: lineage, family

a)

progeny

b)

panacea

c)

iconoclast

d)

maudlin

44.

antonyms: parent, friend

a)

nebulous

b)

progeny

c)

panacea

d)

propensity

45.

synonyms: bias, predisposition

a)

temerity

b)

nebulous

c)

remuneration

d)

propensity

46.

antonyms: dislike, hate

a)

progeny

b)

propensity

c)

maudlin

d)

temerity

47.

synonyms: wages, earnings

a)

remuneration

b)

maudlin

c)

sardonic

d)

staid

48.

antonyms: nonpayment, debt

a)

bourgeois

b)

maudlin

c)

remuneration

d)

polemic

49.

synonyms: caustic, derisive

a)

sardonic

b)

nebulous

c)

urbane

d)

propensity

50.

antonyms: kind, nice

a)

propensity

b)

maudlin

c)

sardonic

d)

iconoclast

51.

synonyms: sedate, composed

a)

staid

b)

temerity

c)

maudlin

d)

progeny

52.

antonyms: excited, indecorous

a)

laconic

b)

iconoclast

c)

staid

d)

dissident

53.

synonyms: boldness, daring

a)

temerity

b)

iconoclast

c)

dissident

d)

effrontery

54.

antonyms: caution, carefulness

a)

temerity

b)

maudlin

c)

panacea

d)

progeny

55.

synonyms: affable, elegant

a)

vicarious

b)

polemic

c)

urbane

d)

progeny

56.

antonyms: uncultured, unpolished

a)

urbane

b)

vicarious

c)

cathartic

d)

dissident

57.

synonyms: by proxy, delegated

a)

vicarious

b)

iconoclast

c)

adjudicate

d)

laconic

58.

antonyms: personal, self-performed

a)

polemic

b)

vicarious

c)

effrontery

d)

debauchery

59.

synonyms: combative, contrary

a)

polemic

b)

sardonic

c)

panacea

d)

nebulous

60.

antonyms: argumentation, contestation

a)

staid

b)

propensity

c)

nebulous

d)

polemic