WorksheetsWk 7 Vocabulary
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is a synonym for the to scold, criticize or punish?
brigand
commandeer
admonish
Because he was such a resolute ______________ for the homeless, Pete gathered donations at school every month to donate to the local shelter.
excerpt
invalidate
advocate
refute
(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war
nostalgia
cursory
belligerent
averse
Which word means: "an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties"?
coolition
coalishun
coallition
coalition
To punish for breaking
Sanction
Uphold
Bliss
Underlie
happening at the same time; adj.
concurrent
transgress
diabolical
nonchalant
Like everyone else, I __________ and condemn this killing.
deplore
deport
deliberate
demolish
Showing a disrespectful or critical attitude.
bewildered
elaborate
subside
derogatory
disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
discident
disident
dissident
intangible; abstract; difficult to find or catch
elusive
elicit
jauntily
rout
(a) means to get rid of something, to destroy it, and/or to kiss it goodbye.
word bank: accost, affable, arduous, dissensions, eradicate, espouse, expeditiously, frugality, impropriety, incorrigible, remonstrate, reprobate, sagacious, sanguine, traduce
Hatefully or shockingly evil
Heinous
Sere
Impeccable
Magnanimous
Match the correct word to the following definition: Habitually careless or irresponsible. Guilty of failing to provide a proper or reasonable level of care.
undaunted
negligent
perceptive
flippant
The house was hidden from view by a thick hedge.
ancestor
obscure
obscured
option
preserved
A cure for everything
Panacea
panecea
Panicea
pannecea
ridiculous or absurd
sparse
warp
flippant
preposterous
to prevent something from happening or somebody from doing something; to make something impossible
preclude
legitimate
blissful
baseline
predicate
revitalize, renew
remunerate
rejuvenate
venture
rabid
RESILIENT can be described as
Not able to succeed, no matter what or how much that you try.
The ability to recover from or adjust
easily to misfortune or change
with optimism
Smart
Taking care of others.
The teacher had very ____________________ rules for behavior in her classroom and did not allow any students to disrupt her class.
astringent
constrict
strain
stringent
thin or slender in form, as a thread.
epicure
languid
skinny
tenuous
lacking a sound basis as reasoning; unsubstantiated/no proof; weak
tenuous
curtail
resplendent
bourgeois
a false or distorted representation
ruse
vehemence
travesty
volition
to declare legal; legalize
validate
barrage
quell
tenacious
A person totally devoted to a purpose or cause
despondent
zealot
venerate
Zenith-
the time at which something is most powerful
able to withstand difficult conditions
a time when an alliance is put into place
the solution of difficulties
The word (a) means to support.
a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided
(a)
