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Vocabulary 9, Sadlier E

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Our meeting last week was marred by a heated debate over how to ___ the funds in this year's budget.

a)

allocate

b)

chastise

c)

deviate

2.

Your ___ interest in the environmetn shows that you care deeply about the welfare of the planet.

a)

emaciated

b)

brash

c)

ardent

3.

He tries hard to sound well-informed, but his superficial answers only show his ___ knowledge of world affairs.

a)

poignant

b)

sophomoric

c)

capricious

4.

She was ___ enough to tell her mother she was going to the dance despite the doctor's orders.

a)

assiduous

b)

brash

c)

poignant

5.

The entire student body ___ when our team finally won the citywise basketball championship.

a)

deviated

b)

exulted

c)

allocated

6.

What she lacks in skill, she makes up for in ___ attention to every last detail and requirement of the job.

a)

assiduous

b)

spontaneous

c)

rancorous

7.

The tastes of the TV audience are so ___ that no one can predict in advance which programs will be successful.

a)

gnarled

b)

limpid

c)

capricious

8.

We must show understanding and acceptance of those who ___ somewhat from our own standards of what is appropriate.

a)

exult

b)

deviate

c)

brash

9.

I spent the better part of an hour trying to untangle our badly ___ set of Chrismas lights.

a)

chastised

b)

assiduous

c)

gnarled

10.

Perhaps you have been treated unfairly, but what good will it do to allow your sense of ___ to control your mood and behavior?

a)

indemnity

b)

rancor

c)

omnipotence

11.

The United Nations is not ___. It can do only what member nations allow it to do.

a)

palatable

b)

omnipotent

c)

sophomoric

12.

Teenagers aren't the only people whose behavior might at times be considered ___.

a)

omnipotent

b)

sophomoric

c)

copioius

13.

I tried not to ___ from the directions in the owner's manual.

a)

allocate

b)

deviate

c)

spontaneous

14.

Successful political candidates soon learn how to handle tough questions fired at them by ___ reporters.

a)

emaciated

b)

brash

c)

limpid

15.

Political opponents often show ___ to one another during election season.

a)

omnipotence

b)

inkling

c)

rancor

16.

There can be no ___ for the pain ans suffering that your carelessness has caused.

a)

indemnity

b)

poignancy

c)

inkling

17.

My travels have shown me that many exotic foods that I once considered disgusting are really quite ___.

a)

sophomoric

b)

spontaneous

c)

palatable

18.

antonym for copious

a)

plenty

b)

inadequate

c)

unclear

d)

hard-working

19.

synonym for palatable

a)

praiseworthy

b)

touching

c)

abundant

d)

tasty

20.

antonym for omnipotent

a)

disgusting

b)

powerful

c)

weak

d)

emotional