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Vocabulary Power Plus Book 2 Lesson 17

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mr. Clover has the ___ ability to quote movies, even movies he has only seen once.

a)

circumspect

b)

penitent

c)

uncanny

d)

taciturn

2.

Elliott is a total ___. He constantly favors either his father or his mother depending on who supplies him the best treats. He has no loyalty.

a)

repose

b)

exodus

c)

raillery

d)

renegade

3.

After a super long day, Latasha found herself seeking ___ where she could just lay down and enjoy a nice binge-watching of her favorite show, Parks and Rec.

a)

repose

b)

exodus

c)

scourge

d)

retribution

4.

Eddie found himself ___ in the argument between which flavor if ice cream was the tastiest; he was allergic to ice cream, so he could care less.

a)

caustic

b)

agnostic

c)

terse

d)

penitent

5.

Nobody would consider Drake to be ___; he is always spinning a yarn about some highly unbelievable happenstance.

a)

agnostic

b)

terse

c)

taciturn

d)

circumspect

6.

The fact that the theme park, Best Time Park, kept raising prices on everything drove a mass ___ from the park and into the parking lot of their rival, Good Time Park.

a)

exodus

b)

repose

c)

renegade

d)

abscond

7.

Sue's ___ words toward her best friend, Kaitlyn, was a cut too deep; Kaitlyn left and never spoke to Sue again.

a)

uncanny

b)

renegade

c)

vindicate

d)

caustic

8.

Although he was usually ___, Justin decided to stave off studying for his Chemistry final which cause his grade to dip from a 99.99 to a 92.3 which took him from valedictorian of his class to not even in the top five.

a)

penitent

b)

circumspect

c)

vindicate

d)

caustic

9.

The students' ___ for cheating on the test was to earn a zero and go in front of the honor counsel, effectively removing them from consideration by their top college, Yale.

a)

retribution

b)

abscond

c)

scourge

d)

terse

10.

Upon seeing the delicious pizza sitting on the counter, our dog, Moe, ___ with the dinner, dashing to his favorite hiding spot to nosh on his ill-gotten prize.

a)

vindicated

b)

circumspected

c)

absconded

d)

railleried

11.

Although she should have been ___ for the crime she committed, the thief merely laughed in the face of the cops when they caught her with the baby's lollipop.

a)

circumspect

b)

penitent

c)

taciturn

d)

uncanny

12.

The good natured ___ between the two life-long friends turned serious when Mildred dissed Beulla's mother; you don't dis Beulla's mother!

a)

raillery

b)

scourge

c)

repose

d)

renegade

13.

Mr. Clover's greatest ___ is when students are tardy; everyone must be in the classroom, seated, and absolutely quiet if they don't want to feel the wrath of their favorite tenth grade English teacher.

a)

raillery

b)

circumspect

c)

renegade

d)

scourge

14.

Lucinda was unusually ___ with her boyfriend, Fred; it was apparent something was bothering her, but Fred had no idea what it was.

a)

scourge

b)

terse

c)

retribution

d)

repose

15.

Even though the evidence ___ Mr. Pink, the damage was already done. Mr. Pink would never be able to live a normal life again.

a)

tersed

b)

retributioned

c)

absconded

d)

vindicated

16.

What word is the synonym of banter?

a)

caustic

b)

raillery

c)

retribution

d)

terse

17.

Which word is an antonym of rash; foolhardy

a)

uncanny

b)

circumspect

c)

penitent

d)

taciturn

18.

Return is the antonym of...

a)

exodus

b)

retribution

c)

raillery

d)

scourge

19.

Which word means the same thing as to flee or bolt?

a)

agnostic

b)

repose

c)

abscond

d)

terse

20.

Whish word is not a noun?

a)

repose

b)

raillery

c)

scourge

d)

terse