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Sophomore Vocabulary Q2.2

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which means "to destroy entirely"?

a)

raze

b)

placid

c)

burgeon

d)

surfeit

e)

ascetic

2.

Which word means to give as a share or portion?

a)

Illegible

b)

remorse

c)

allot

3.

Which word is an antonym for remorse?

a)

attraction

b)

improvement

c)

satisfaction

4.

Which word comes from Latin meaning beginning?

a)

jinn

b)

estranged

c)

initiation

5.

Which is an antonym for malicious?

a)

friendly

b)

cynical

c)

diabolical

6.

Which word has the same meaning as the italicized word or phrase in the sentence?

Sassouma's indirect remark wounded Sogolon.

a)

taciturn

b)

innuendo

c)

heedless

7.

What does imperceptibly mean?

a)

deliberate

b)

uncertain

c)

subtle

d)

increase

8.

"My brother and I got into a bad fight when we were in high school, and we've been _______________ ever since" (Alexander 186).

a)

distracted

b)

aligned

c)

estranged

d)

barely

9.

alienate

a)

heat metal or glass and allow it to cool slowly in order to remove internal stresses and to toughen it

b)

cause someone to feel isolated or estranged

c)

having a great deal of money or wealth

d)

claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong

10.

Which word comes from Old French literally meaning to lock out

a)

abate

b)

efface

c)

debar

d)

forsaken

11.

What does bequeath mean?

a)

to end

b)

implication

c)

difficult

d)

hand down

12.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil; devilish
a)
Diabolical
b)
Damask
c)
Wretched
d)
Infernal
13.

Which word means the same as the word in italics?


the pilot had to continually measure the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels

a)

fathom

b)

debar

c)

heed

14.

A synonym for infirmity is__________

a)

ill-health

b)

excited

c)

patient

d)

healthy

15.

His _______ kept him in bed all day, making him wish he had listened to his doctor.

a)

replication

b)

gait

c)

rabble

d)

infirmity

16.

Which are meanings for forge?

a)

to form or make

b)

burn down

c)

with care

d)

falsify

e)

blacksmith's workshop

17.

Which word best completes the sentence? Sassouma's palace ________________ was designed to put her son on the throne.

a)

taciturn

b)

affront

c)

intrigue

d)

regency

18.

Which definition of blandly best matches how it is used in the sentence?

Outside her hut Mari Djata, sitting on his useless legs, was blandly eating out of a calabash.

a)

gentle and agreeable; suave

b)

not highly flavored; mild; tasteless

c)

mild and soothing

d)

lacking in special interest, liveliness

19.

Which is a synonym for comprehend.

a)

Imperceptibly

b)

Initiation

c)

fathom

20.

Which of the following are meanings for livid?

a)

soothing words, or promises

b)

enraged; furiously angry

c)

deathly pale; pallid; ashen

d)

uncertain; hesitant; not definite or final

e)

dull blue; dark, grayish-blue

21.

With the aid of the French, the colonists were finally able to _________ the British soldiers in the American Revolution.

a)

vanquish

b)

repealed

c)

apprehensive

d)

unassailable

22.

diligent attention to detail

a)

scrupulous

b)

sinecure

c)

tawdry

d)

resilient

23.

We have won a triple crown but the big prize has ______ us three times.

a)

eluded

b)

implored

c)

surmised

d)

permeated

24.

Weakness and lack of strength

a)

Frailty

b)

Humorous

c)

Reminiscent

d)

Sharpen

25.

someone to whom one tells a secret

a)

confidante

b)

confide

c)

confident

d)

conceal

26.

To make something continue is to

a)

perpetuate

b)

rebuke

c)

linger

d)

entitle

27.

Stereotypes can sadly be ____________________ when society remains isolated and afraid of people different from themselves.

a)

demised

b)

perpetuated

c)

redressed

d)

deleted

28.

To take advantage of

a)

Clarify

b)

Commission

c)

Expenditure

d)

Exploit

29.

Adventures

a)

Aghast

b)

Agony

c)

Exploits

d)

Conformity

30.

______ from the campfire floated through the air.

a)

Cinders

b)

Exploits

c)

Acolytes

d)

Routs

31.

Which are definitions of wage?

a)

to engage in or carry on

b)

recompense, return, or yield

c)

payment in return for work

d)

to spread out

e)

to defeat decisively

32.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Suddenly the river began to _________ with salmon and the hungry bears eagerly took to the water for food.

a)

rout

b)

prevail

c)

augment

d)

teem

33.

Select the vocabulary word that matches the definition.

worthy of praise; excellent

a)

resolved

b)

exemplary

c)

obsolete

d)

fraught

34.

To position or arrange; to utilize; to form up

a)

opulent

b)

pliable

c)

deploy

d)

verbatim

35.

to beg; to plead

a)

bequeath

b)

chivalry

c)

rebuke

d)

implore

36.

to defeat completely

a)

rout

b)

invade

c)

occupy

d)

depend

37.

What word means expressed regret?

a)

prodigy

b)

discordant

c)

reproach

d)

lamented

38.

The warning sounds of an __________ storm made us run for cover.

a)

ominous

b)

churlish

c)

squalid

d)

gaunt

39.

Prove superior

to defeat an opponent especially in a long or difficult contest

a)

Somber

b)

Stagnant

c)

Prevail

d)

Relevant

40.

to present as a gift

a)

implore

b)

hasten

c)

bestow

d)

poise