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Wk 7 Vocabulary

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a synonym for the to scold, criticize or punish?

a)

brigand

b)

commandeer

c)

admonish

2.

Because he was such a resolute ______________ for the homeless, Pete gathered donations at school every month to donate to the local shelter.

a)

excerpt

b)

invalidate

c)

advocate

d)

refute

3.
Which vocabulary word means to be uncertain or to be open to other interpretations?
a)
obfuscate
b)
edify
c)
ambiguous
d)
deviate
4.
Ms. Jones is very careful when counting the tickets for her guess jar so that she does not miss a small detail. This shows that her method is ______________.
a)
bizarre
b)
imminent
c)
calamitous
d)
meticulous
5.
Flowers _________ water from the soil.
a)
arraign
b)
assimilate
c)
elapse
d)
interrogate
6.

(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war

a)

nostalgia

b)

cursory

c)

belligerent

d)

averse

7.

Which word means: "an alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties"?

a)

coolition

b)

coalishun

c)

coallition

d)

coalition

8.

To punish for breaking

a)

Sanction

b)

Uphold

c)

Bliss

d)

Underlie

9.

happening at the same time; adj.

a)

concurrent

b)

transgress

c)

diabolical

d)

nonchalant

10.

Like everyone else, I __________ and condemn this killing.

a)

deplore

b)

deport

c)

deliberate

d)

demolish

11.

Showing a disrespectful or critical attitude.

a)

bewildered

b)

elaborate

c)

subside

d)

derogatory

12.

disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief

a)

discident

b)

disident

c)

dissident

13.
the quality of being easily managed, handled or taught
a)
irrevocable
b)
equivocal
c)
docile
d)
perpetual
14.

intangible; abstract; difficult to find or catch

a)

elusive

b)

elicit

c)

jauntily

d)

rout

15.

(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

16.

Hatefully or shockingly evil

a)

Heinous

b)

Sere

c)

Impeccable

d)

Magnanimous

17.
about to happen
a)
imminent
b)
poised
c)
pariah
d)
channeled
18.
The companies that carry cellular have adopted a number of monitoring techniques to detect __________ calls.
a)
meritorious (adj)
b)
halcyon (adj)
c)
illicit (adj)
d)
succinct (adj)
19.

Match the correct word to the following definition: Habitually careless or irresponsible. Guilty of failing to provide a proper or reasonable level of care.

a)

undaunted

b)

negligent

c)

perceptive

d)

flippant

20.

The house was hidden from view by a thick hedge.

a)

ancestor

b)

obscure

c)

obscured

d)

option

e)

preserved

21.

A cure for everything

a)

Panacea

b)

panecea

c)

Panicea

d)

pannecea

22.

ridiculous or absurd

a)

sparse

b)

warp

c)

flippant

d)

preposterous

23.

​to prevent something from happening or somebody from doing something; to make something impossible

a)

preclude

b)

legitimate

c)

blissful

d)

baseline

e)

predicate

24.

revitalize, renew

a)

remunerate

b)

rejuvenate

c)

venture

d)

rabid

25.

RESILIENT can be described as

a)

Not able to succeed, no matter what or how much that you try.

b)

The ability to recover from or adjust

easily to misfortune or change

with optimism

c)

Smart

d)

Taking care of others.

26.

The teacher had very ____________________ rules for behavior in her classroom and did not allow any students to disrupt her class.

a)

astringent

b)

constrict

c)

strain

d)

stringent

27.

thin or slender in form, as a thread.

a)

epicure

b)

languid

c)

skinny

d)

tenuous

28.

lacking a sound basis as reasoning; unsubstantiated/no proof; weak

a)

tenuous

b)

curtail

c)

resplendent

d)

bourgeois

29.

a false or distorted representation

a)

ruse

b)

vehemence

c)

travesty

d)

volition

30.

to declare legal; legalize

a)

validate

b)

barrage

c)

quell

d)

tenacious

31.

A person totally devoted to a purpose or cause

a)

despondent

b)

zealot

c)

venerate

32.

Zenith-

a)

the time at which something is most powerful

b)

able to withstand difficult conditions

c)

a time when an alliance is put into place

d)

the solution of difficulties

33.

The word (a)   means to support.

34.

a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided

(a)