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Eng. 12 Q3 Vocab Pre-Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others

a)

pander

b)

cajole

c)

indulge

d)

inveigh

2.

to disapprove angrily; to protest

a)

inveigh

b)

berate

c)

aleatory

d)

asperity

3.

stubbornly resistant; showing opposition

a)

agreeable

b)

vitiate

c)

recalcitrant

d)

ameliorate

4.

wasteful and immoral

a)

profligate

b)

exegesis

c)

virtuous

d)

recalcitrant

5.

an unsophisticated, awkward person

a)

bumpkin

b)

hortatory

c)

blithe

d)

toady

6.

deserving blame or condemnation; guilty

a)

culpable

b)

penultimate

c)

provocative

d)

orotund

7.

permeating; spreading throughout

a)

pervasive

b)

benign

c)

frenetic

d)

indecorous

8.

lacking good taste; improper

a)

frenetic

b)

corroborate

c)

indecorous

d)

benign

9.

a thin, attractive layer that conceals something

a)

veneer

b)

timorous

c)

luminous

d)

majordomo

10.

a chief butler or assistant

a)

majordomo

b)

sous

c)

perquisite

d)

attendant

11.

lazy

a)

indolent

b)

industrious

c)

tacit

d)

polemical

12.

to plunder & pillage

a)

depredate

b)

enhance

c)

largesse

d)

circumvent

13.

a delibrately misleading story

a)

canard

b)

solecism

c)

cortege

d)

simian

14.

relating to ordinary people

a)

formal

b)

solecism

c)

demotic

d)

wont

15.

insincere; calculating

a)

disingenuous

b)

intransigent

c)

malaise

d)

requisite

16.

uncompromising; refusing to moderate

a)

candid

b)

disingenuous

c)

yielding

d)

intransigent

17.

a tendency

a)

propensity

b)

aversion

c)

compunction

d)

sepulcher

18.

warlike; inclined to fight

a)

bellicose

b)

compunction

c)

wizened

d)

sepulcher

19.

to enjoy; to take pleasure in

a)

lament

b)

voluble

c)

revel

d)

assiduous

20.

feeling of offense; resentment

a)

umbrage

b)

voluble

c)

panacea

d)

assiduous