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Vocab Unit 2 Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Indicate the part of speech for the following word:

UNDULATE

a)

NOUN

b)

VERB

c)

ADJECTIVE

d)

ADVERB

2.

Indicate the part of speech for the following word:

TALISMAN

a)

NOUN

b)

VERB

c)

ADJECTIVE

d)

ADVERB

3.

Indicate the part of speech for the following word:

INCENDIARY

a)

ADJECTIVE AND VERB

b)

ADJECTIVE AND NOUN

c)

NOUN AND VERB

d)

NOUN AND ADVERB

4.

Indicate the part of speech for the following word:

SUMMARILY

a)

NOUN

b)

VERB

c)

ADJECTIVE

d)

ADVERB

5.

Indicate the part of speech for the following word:

HISTRIONIC

a)

NOUN

b)

VERB

c)

ADJECTIVE

d)

ADVERB

6.

MATCH THE WORD WITH THE DEFINITION:

ASKING HUMBLY AND EARNESTLY

a)

INCENDIARY

b)

SUPPLIANT

c)

HALYCYON

d)

HISTRIONIC

7.

MATCH THE WORD WITH THE DEFINITION:

DESIROUS OF SOMETHING TO THE POINT OF GREED

a)

BRACKISH

b)

AVID

c)

DEVIOUS

d)

MYOPIC

8.

MATCH THE WORD WITH THE DEFINITION:

THEATRICAL, ARTIFICIAL, MELODRAMATIC

a)

HISTRIONIC

b)

MYOPIC

c)

PEJORATIVE

d)

DEVIOUS

9.

MATCH THE WORD WITH THE DEFINITION:

OPEN, NOT HIDDEN, EXPRESSED OR REVEALED IN A WAY THAT IS EASILY RECOGNIZED

a)

SUPPLIANT

b)

PEJORATIVE

c)

OVERT

d)

AVID

10.

Choose the best word that completes the sentence:

Benjamin Franklin, who was ________, is usually depicted as wearing eyeglasses.

a)

histrionic

b)

myopic

c)

suppliant

d)

brackish

11.

Choose the best word that completes this sentence:

Herman Melville's Pierre is a novel that explores the plight of an aspiring author caught in a turbulent _____ of competing definitions in the writer's role in relation to his culture.

a)

suppliant

b)

maelstrom

c)

incendiary

d)

animadversion

12.

Choose the best word that completes this sentence:

Even the well water in areas close to the sea sometimes tastes _____.

a)

incendiary

b)

pejorative

c)

histrionic

d)

brackish

13.

Choose the word that best completes this sentence:

A painting titled "______" might show a beautiful scene of a bird gliding over calm waters.

a)

Maelstrom

b)

Halcyon

c)

Celerity

d)

Talisman

14.

Choose the ANTONYM for the word:

a DEVIOUS answer

a)

tricky

b)

roundabout

c)

straightforward

d)

incorrect

15.

Choose the ANTONYM for the word:

ACCOSTED the two silent guests

a)

introduced

b)

noticed

c)

avoided

d)

faced

16.

Choose the ANTONYM for the word:

in the PEJORATIVE sense

a)

complimentary

b)

pragmatic

c)

objective

d)

disparaging

17.

Choose the SYNONYM for the word:

a wounding ANIMADVERSION

a)

blow

b)

advertisement

c)

rebuke

d)

letter

18.

Choose the SYNONYM for the word:

a legislative GAMBIT

a)

session

b)

right

c)

maneuver

d)

concern

19.

Choose the SYNONYM for the word:

offense against PROPRIETY

a)

decorum

b)

authority

c)

society

d)

democracy

20.

Choose the SYNONYM for the word:

SUPPLIANTS pleading their case

a)

bystanders

b)

pedestrians

c)

petitioners

d)

judges