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Worldly Wise Vocab 12 L12 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dr. Browning spent several class periods elucidating Yeats's "The Second Coming," but it was worth it when, on the third day, he saw that we understood and appreciated the poem.

a)

dissecting

b)

analyzing

c)

explaining

d)

correcting

2.

Even the seasoned investigator was shocked at the depravity of the crime. (Antonym)

a)

scope

b)

innocence

c)

morality

d)

scope

3.

Acid rain had so effaced the statue's features that it was like a ghost of its former grandeur. (Antonym)

a)

enhanced

b)

degraded

c)

eroded

d)

discolored

4.

An inferno is most related to what element?

a)

earth

b)

air

c)

fire

d)

water

5.

Which of the following is most likely to be thought of as a preternatural ability?

a)

mind reading

b)

hand walking

c)

whistling

d)

public speaking

6.

Marcia __________ her employer of her intention of leaving at the end of the year.

a)

apprised

b)

effaced

c)

promoted

d)

assisted

7.

Forceful, to the point, and convincing

a)

discrete

b)

lachrymose

c)

cogent

d)

salutary

8.

When our ________ became contentious, we decided it was time we took a break.

a)

routine

b)

colloquy

c)

joke

d)

thoughts

9.

The lachrymose tone of the novel caused me to read only the first chapter.

a)

tearful

b)

ecstatic

c)

beatific

d)

compelling

10.

Marked by a joyful appearance; blissful.

a)

morbid

b)

inferno

c)

beatific

d)

lachrymose

11.

Removing the ___________ tissue from his liver cured the patient.

a)

depraved

b)

morbid

c)

salutary

d)

cogent

12.

Professor Wu doesn't pretend to be __________, but she knows a great deal about almost every subject.

a)

cogent

b)

palliative

c)

salutary

d)

omniscient

13.

Unconnected to other parts; separate and distinct

a)

elucidate

b)

apprise

c)

discrete

d)

cogent

14.

The hospice program delivers ___________ services to those who are gravely ill.

a)

preternatural

b)

morbid

c)

palliative

d)

cogent

15.

The idea of losing telephone privileges had a ____________ effect on Kit's doing her homework.

a)

salutary

b)

polemic

c)

filial

d)

palpable