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Vocabulary List 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cadence means

a)

Rhythm

b)

Peace

c)

Silence

d)

A type of cheeseburger

2.

Circumlocution most closely means

a)

A train

b)

Spacious

c)

Indirect Language

d)

Rhythm

3.

Commodious means

a)

Indirect Language

b)

Spacious, Roomy

c)

Rhythm

d)

Another name for a toilet

4.

Deft most closely means

a)

Acrobatic

b)

Rhythm

c)

Dumb

d)

Adept, skilled

5.

Elocution most likely means

a)

The art of public speaking.

b)

Someone who has been Electrocuted

c)

Being good at music

d)

Friends

6.

Latent means

a)

What you give to make your invention legally yours.

b)

Present but hidden

c)

Indirect speech

d)

Obvious

7.

Meritorious most likely means

a)

Present but hidden.

b)

Deserving praise or merit

c)

Rhythm

d)

Indirect Speech

8.

Ostracize means

a)

A shape

b)

A musical instrument

c)

to exclude from a community.

d)

Ostrich

9.

Pariah most closely means

a)

An outcast

b)

A type of pear

c)

A stranger

d)

A mentor

10.

Peruse

a)

A type of purse

b)

To listen carefully

c)

To divide

d)

To examine carefully

11.

Placate most likely means

a)

To soothe or appease

b)

To play

c)

A summary.

d)

to revise; to edit

12.

Redact most likely means

a)

deserving of praise

b)

to revise; to edit.

c)

to examine carefully

d)

an outcast

13.

Synopsis most likely means

a)

A surgery

b)

A summary

c)

Edit

d)

A part of your brain

14.

Verbose means

a)

Large, Ample

b)

Rhythm

c)

Wordy

d)

Grammatically correct

15.

Voluminous means

a)

To Revise

b)

Large, ample

c)

Wordy

d)

A summary

16.

What word would best fill in the blank below?

The _____ clown did a flip without dropping any of the balls he was juggling.

a)

Verbose

b)

Meritorious

c)

Voluminous

d)

Deft

17.

In the fall, our supermarket always boasts a ______________ display of apples.

a)

Voluminous

b)

Deft

c)

Redact

d)

Circumlocution

18.

Kyle's __________ musical ability presented itself during his very first piano lesson.

a)

Verbose

b)

Elocution

c)

Placate

d)

Latent

19.

Ana was a _________ among the other girls in school; they ignored her.

a)

Cadence

b)

Pariah

c)

Synopsis

d)

Verbose

20.

Before we saw the band, we heard the ________ of their music and their marching.

a)

Synopsis

b)

Circumlocution

c)

Cadence

d)

Elocution