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Vocabulary #10 12th Grade

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If the ship's captain had been more _______ of the approaching storm, he probably never would have lost the ship along with half of his crew that fateful day as they were rounding the Cape.

a)

wary

b)

gingerly

c)

scrupulous

d)

ephermal

2.

Ever since Jaco fell into a hole in the forest and broke his arm, he is much more ________ about where he steps. He broke it so badly that the bones were sticking out through the skin, and it got infected to the point that the doctor thought they might have to cut it off, but he finally recovered after being in the hospital for a month on antibiotics. The antibiotics that saved his arm and his life were incidentally ototoxic and caused profound hearing loss to develop, so now he has yet another problem with which he must deal.

a)

vigilant

b)

peripatetic

c)

nomadic

d)

volatile

3.

It's smart to ______ the advice of those who have more experience than you do.

a)

heed

b)

gingerly

c)

ephemeral

d)

chary

4.

Sassy Jean is very _____ about doing her own work, and she does not cheat like the rest of the students, who apparently have little conscience and must want to go to Hell.

a)

scrupulous

b)

circumspect

c)

gingerly

d)

nomadic

5.

She ________ placed the sleeping baby in the crib, and he did not wake up.

a)

gingerly

b)

chary

c)

heedful

d)

scrupulous

6.

______ and wary mean the same thing, and they even rhyme.

a)

Chary

b)

Scary

c)

Prairie

d)

Very

7.

Little John hardly ever says anything in class, but when he does, it is evident that he is very _________ about it and has carefully considered his answer.

a)

circumspect

b)

peripatetic

c)

nomadic

d)

itinerant

8.

In the grand scheme of the universe, our corporeal lives are ________, for as James 4:14 sayeth, "What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."

a)

ephemeral

b)

itinerant

c)

volatile

d)

peripatetic

9.

The Mongols on the plains of Central Asia keep great numbers of horses and sheep for both milk and meat. Also, as a part of their _______ lifestyle, they live in yurts, which are portable, wood-framed, tent-like houses they can disassemble and move.

a)

nomadic

b)

ephemeral

c)

wary

d)

peripetetic

10.

_______ and ________ mean the same thing.

a)

Itinerant and perpatetic

b)

Peripatetic and volatile

c)

Itinerant and ephemeral

d)

Volatile and nomadic

11.

Boudreaux and Grizella are a _______ couple. They fight all the time and with little provocation. They are very trashy.

a)

volatile

b)

chary

c)

ephemeral

d)

perpatetic

12.

One night, a lion broke out the window of the baby's room, and through it sprang he. The baby began to cry, and I rushed into the room. I had to wrestle the lion and drag it out of the house. I am much more ______ of the dangers of living in the Bosveld now, and we have had bars installed over the windows. Before we moved to Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfonein, I never thought I'd be wrestling animals again. I once wrestled a bear and won, but this was the first time against a lion. I guess if we'd stayed in Pretoria, we wouldn't have these problems, but I rather deal with lions than high crime rates and all the city noise and hassle.

a)

wary

b)

peripatetic

c)

gingerly

d)

nomadic.