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Unit 2 11th

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ingratiate means to make oneself what?

a)

Tired

b)

Agreeable

c)

Late

d)

Questionable

2.

Bombastic means what?

a)

Immature

b)

Violate

c)

Urge strongly

d)

Overblown in language

3.

What does Ameliorate mean?

a)

Violate

b)

Make better

c)

Aimless talk

4.

Drivel means what?

a)

Summary

b)

Make better

c)

Aimless talk

5.

If I'm exhorting you to run for class president because you'd make a good officer, what am I doing?

a)

holding a certain office

b)

violate

c)

Make better

d)

Urge strongly

6.

If you infringe upon a grave, what are you doing to it?

a)

Violating

b)

Poise

c)

Urge strongly

d)

Make better

7.
To improve a less than desirable situation
a)
Calibrate
b)
Abrogate
c)
Consolidate
d)
Amelioriate
8.

You have the power to ____ failing grades by studying more.

a)

hypocrite

b)

ameliorate

c)

chasten

d)

trepidation

9.
The _ sophomore didn't know where his classes were on the first day of school and had to refer to the maps in the student handbook.
a)
callow
b)
drivel
c)
lassitude
d)
ameliorate
10.
If something is natural, innate, or essential to one's being, it is _.
a)
permeate
b)
bombastic
c)
intrinsic
d)
inveigh
11.
(v) to urge strongly, advise earnestly
a)
exhort
b)
aplomb
c)
ex officio
d)
occult
12.
The beauty queen strutted across the stage with great _ after competing in pageants her whole life.
a)
infringe
b)
interloper
c)
surmise
d)
aplomb
13.
(n) one who moves in where s/he is not wanted or has no right to be
a)
millenium
b)
interloper
c)
precipitate
d)
stringent
14.
(n) an instance that represents a larger reality
a)
epitome
b)
exhort
c)
inveigh
d)
interloper
15.
The rookie tried to _ himself into the team dynamic by joining in on their jokes and trying to blend in.
a)
millenium
b)
stringent
c)
ingratiate
d)
lassitude
16.
On social media, the girl was quick to _ on another's post, hiding behind the internet, but would never say such critical things to a that person's face.
a)
precipitate
b)
inveigh
c)
bombastic
d)
epitome
17.
(adj) by virtue of holding a certain office
a)
infringe
b)
ex officio
c)
permeate
d)
surmise
18.
After giving birth to triplets, the new mother was exhausted and her _ overtook her as she fell quickly asleep.
a)
ex officio
b)
intrinsic
c)
lassitude
d)
bombastic
19.
(adj) secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means
a)
exhort
b)
occult
c)
bombastic
d)
callow
20.
(n) a period of one thousand years; a period of joy
a)
precipitate
b)
millenium
c)
stringent
d)
intrinsic
21.

(n.) Saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense.

(v.) To let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly.

Synonyms: (n.) Balderdash, Hogwash, Tommyrot; (v.) Slaver

a)

Drivel

b)

Epitome

c)

Bombastic

d)

Intrinsic

22.

(n.) A summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality.

Synonyms: Abstract, Digest, Model, Archetype

a)

Bombastic

b)

Exhort

c)

Epitome

d)

Ex Officio

23.

(v.) To think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess.

(n.) Likely idea that lacks definite proof.

Synonyms: (v.) Infer, Gather; (n.) Inference, Presumption

a)

Precipitate

b)

Stringent

c)

Surmise

d)

Bombastic

24.

to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to

a)

bombastic

b)

precipitate

c)

permeate

d)

infringe

25.

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

a)

bombastic

b)

permeate

c)

ingratiate

d)

ex officio

26.

belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

a)

ingratiate

b)

infinge

c)

intrinsic

d)

callow

27.
To me, my dream made perfect sense, but when I told it to my friend, it sounded like___________.
a)
aplomb
b)
drivel
c)
inveigh
d)
ex officio
28.
My teacher is very ______________ when it comes to turning in assignments on time.
a)
permeate
b)
callow
c)
stringent
d)
interloper
29.

Which word would describe an educated guess?

a)

lassitude

b)

surmise

c)

permeate

d)

infringe

30.

Which would NOT be a way to ameliorate your grade?

a)

study your notes before a test

b)

get extra help after school

c)

stay up all night watching Netflix

d)

do practice problems to check understanding

31.

The school superintendent holds a(n) ______________ position on all the local school boards.

a)

callow

b)

ex officio

c)

interloper

d)

surmise

32.

When someone denies you one of your basic rights as a citizen.

a)

occult

b)

ameliorate

c)

permeate

d)

infringe

33.

How many M&Ms are in the jar? To answer, you must __________.

a)

surmise

b)

occult

c)

ameliorate

d)

permeate

34.

Which would be considered callow?

a)

a veteran of a foreign war

b)

a retiring teacher

c)

a beginning karate student

d)

an elephant that lives to be 50 years old

35.

Which is NOT an example of an interloper?

a)

someone trespassing on your property

b)

a wedding guest

c)

a bee swarming around your picnic

d)

someone cutting in on a dance with your date

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