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Vocabulary Unit 4 Context Clues Practice

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When a narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL the characters, we call the point-of-view THIRD PERSON...

a)

nonchalant

b)

omniscient

c)

scrupulous

d)

venial

2.

A doctor who takes bribes and kick-backs from pharmaceutical companies is a doctor who is not ______.

a)

nonchalant

b)

omniscient

c)

scrupulous

d)

venial

3.

Often, judges who deem the crimes ____ will hand out community service assignments instead of jail time because they believe that the offense was not that serious.

a)

nonchalant

b)

omniscient

c)

scrupulous

d)

venial

4.

Celebrities often act with a ______ manner in front of their fans because they don't want to show how excited they are about their fame.

a)

nonchalant

b)

omniscient

c)

scrupulous

d)

venial

5.

Spreading gossip is a ______ and nasty habit. It hurts the person who is the subject of the gossip, and it is cravenly of you to gossip because you wouldn't say it in front of the person.

a)

malevolent

b)

invulnerable

c)

supercilious

d)

uncanny

6.

Your ability to guess what I am thinking about at any given time is quite _______!

a)

malevolent

b)

invulnerable

c)

supercilious

d)

uncanny

7.

The medical community does not say that the vaccine will make you _______ to the COVID virus, but they do believe that it will give you a better chance at avoiding life threatening symptoms.

a)

malevolent

b)

invulnerable

c)

supercilious

d)

uncanny

8.

When I entered the Louis Vuitton store, the ______ store attendant wouldn't even help me, just because I was wearing jeans and a hoodie! What prejudice!

a)

malevolent

b)

invulnerable

c)

supercilious

d)

uncanny

9.

My mother-in-law thinks that praying is the ______ to all her financial problems when in fact, she should actually be spending less and saving more to pay off her debt.

a)

panacea

b)

skulk

c)

venial

d)

malevolent

10.

When my son Jacob starts to _____ behind the door and make the floorboards creak in the hallways, my dog Margaux will perk up and start barking. Good dog!

a)

panacea

b)

skulk

c)

venial

d)

malevolent

11.

Al Capone was a famous mob boss ____with the Prohibition era gang Chicago Outfit.

a)

affiliated

b)

cogent

c)

finite

d)

irrelevant

12.

Al Capone was a famous mob boss ____with the Prohibition era gang Chicago Outfit.

a)

affiliated

b)

cogent

c)

finite

d)

irrelevant

13.

The reason why scientists are frantically developing renewable sources of energy is because coal and oil are ____ resources that will soon be depleted at the rate we consume them.

a)

affiliated

b)

cogent

c)

finite

d)

irrelevant

14.

The reason why scientists are frantically developing renewable sources of energy is because coal and oil are ____ resources that will soon be depleted at the rate we consume them.

a)

affiliated

b)

cogent

c)

finite

d)

irrelevant

15.

We need to ____the will cost to remodel our kitchen.

a)

dispel

b)

efface

c)

converge

d)

ascertain

16.

The fact that students from all classes ____ in the Interdisciplinary Hallway, thereby creating a bottleneck effect, makes it difficult for anyone to get to class on time.

a)

dispel

b)

efface

c)

converge

d)

ascertain

17.

Because I could not ______ the damage on the box of the vintage Marvel toy, I had to sell the item "as-is" and lower the selling price of the collectible.

a)

dispel

b)

efface

c)

converge

d)

ascertain

18.

This comprehensive report should _____ any doubts you have about the investigation.

a)

dispel

b)

efface

c)

converge

d)

ascertain

19.

In addition to his abilities as a leader, Abraham Lincoln was a man of high literacy _____.

a)

esteem

b)

attainment

c)

bequeath

d)

finite

20.

TRUE STORY (source: www.abcnews.com)

A wealthy widow of an Italian property tycoon _____a $13 million fortune to her 4-year-old stray cat that had been rescued from the streets of Rome.

a)

bequeathed

b)

converged

c)

ascertained

d)

dispelled

21.

A group of legal scholars held a press conference to present a ____ plea for reform of the state's prison system.

a)

affiliated

b)

cogent

c)

finite

d)

irrelevant