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Vocab 6E Redux

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The guitar was discounted because of a _____ in the paint finish.

a)

defect

b)

devise

c)

premonition

d)

purge

2.

The job calls for a little _____, not brute force.

a)

finesse

b)

instill

c)

anguish

d)

transition

3.

She just wants to ______ in the sun on a beach somewhere.

a)

bask

b)

instill

c)

flaunt

d)

vitality

4.

If you know you're right, then you need to be _____ when everyone else seems to be urging you to do wrong.

a)

devise

b)

resolute

c)

ostracize

d)

repercussion

5.

If he wasn't so _____, he'd meet more people and have more friends.

a)

premonition

b)

aloof

c)

personable

d)

forthright

6.

Which word means the same or nearly the same as ELOQUENT?

a)

articulate

b)

finesse

c)

personable

d)

resolute

7.

Which word means the same or nearly the same as WALLOW?

a)

bask

b)

flaunt

c)

devise

d)

purge

8.

ANGUISH is the opposite of ______.

a)

peace of mind

b)

delicacy

c)

shun

d)

stamina

9.

PERPERCUSSION is the opposite of _____

a)

cause

b)

consequence

c)

effect

d)

misery

10.

ALOOF is the opposite of _____

a)

personable

b)

truthful

c)

purifying

d)

verve

11.

The opposite of CONTAMINATING is _____.

a)

purging

b)

basking

c)

transitioning

d)

defecting

12.

The painter's _____ with a paint brush was truly remarkable.

a)

finesse

b)

resolute

c)

defect

d)

anguish

13.

Rather than be persecuted by King Louis XIV, many French Huguenots chose to _____ to America.

a)

instill

b)

ostracize

c)

defect

d)

devise

14.

Which word means the same or nearly the same as DESERT?

a)

articulate

b)

ostracize

c)

defect

d)

instill

15.

Which word means "direct" or "honest"?

a)

forthright

b)

rehabilitate

c)

resolute

d)

scapegoat

16.

Which word means the "consequences"?

a)

repercussions

b)

defects

c)

flaunts

d)

premonitions

17.

Which word means "misery" and "suffering"?

a)

purge

b)

ostracize

c)

anguish

d)

scapegoat

18.

Which word means "with delicacy or skill"?

a)

aloof

b)

devise

c)

resolute

d)

finesse

19.

A New Year's _____ is a vow one intends to keep even under pressure to give in.

a)

resolution

b)

transition

c)

articulation

d)

premonition

20.

Which word means the same or nearly the same as PURGE?

a)

contaminate

b)

purify

c)

infect

d)

peace of mind