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Academic Vocab 21-40 (Sets 1-5)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Severe in manner or appearance; without excess or luxury; serious; forbidding

a)

austere

b)

ascetic

c)

belligerent

d)

caustic

2.

To dispatch; to make faster or easier; hasten

a)

vacillate

b)

expedite

c)

ameliorate

d)

repudiate

3.

An opinion opposed to established beliefs; blasphemy

a)

atrophy

b)

ephemeral

c)

heresy

d)

orthodox

4.

Made as a trial; Experimental; temporary; uncertain

a)

torpor

b)

incessant

c)

temperate

d)

tentative

5.

Submission to another’s will; respect; courtesy

a)

deference

b)

engender

c)

reticent

d)

saccharine

6.

To be indecisive; to waver back and forth; fluctuate

a)

fickle

b)

languish

c)

prosaic

d)

vacillate

7.

Based on experience rather than theory; practical; down-to-earth

a)

provincial

b)

pragmatic

c)

solemn

d)

conciliatory

8.

Characterized by dignified seriousness; often associated with religious rites or legal proceedings; grave; sober

a)

solemn

b)

mitigate

c)

austere

d)

esoteric

9.

Arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; claiming that something is beyond dispute; unequivocal; dictatorial

a)

exhaustive

b)

belligerent

c)

dogmatic

d)

pragmatic

10.

The act of willing or choosing; discretion

a)

hedonistic

b)

volition

c)

preclude

d)

propriety

11.

Lasting a very short time; fleeting; evanescent; temporary

a)

paucity

b)

furtive

c)

fastidious

d)

ephemeral

12.

Characteristically commonplace; dull; unimaginative; vapid

a)

credulous

b)

prosaic

c)

provincial

d)

subtle

13.

Spending or giving freely and in a large amount; flowing; extravagant; abundant

a)

profuse

b)

relegate

c)

fortuitous

d)

brawn

14.

Excessively particular; meticulous; demanding

a)

voluminous

b)

contrite

c)

exhaustive

d)

fastidious

15.

War-like character; aggressively hostile; combative

a)

discriminate

b)

belligerent

c)

anarchy

d)

virulent

16.

To become weak, listless, or depressed; droop

a)

fickle

b)

lax

c)

mitigate

d)

languish

17.

To lessen the severity of something; assuage; soothe

a)

mitigate

b)

relegate

c)

tangible

d)

assuage

18.

To create or cause something; generate; provoke

a)

ambulatory

b)

sycophant

c)

engender

d)

apocryphal

19.

To send or refer something, sometimes to a lower station; entrust; assign; banish

a)

nullify

b)

relegate

c)

repudiate

d)

innate

20.

Not adequate in amount; minimal; insufficient; sparse

a)

scanty

b)

preclude

c)

benefactor

d)

parsimony