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Set 2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mollify

a)

to try to equal

b)

to soften in feeling or temper

c)

a person who boasts

d)

to accept something reluctantly

2.

Acquiesce

a)

to keep out of sight

b)

deceitful and untrustworthy

c)

outrageously offensive

d)

to accept something reluctantly

3.

Skulk

a)

roomy, huge

b)

an opponent in a contest

c)

to try to equal

d)

to keep out of sight

4.

Flagrant

a)

outrageously offensive

b)

deceitful and untrustworthy

c)

extremely wicked

d)

a person who boasts

5.

Adversary

a)

roomy, huge

b)

a person who boasts

c)

an opponent in a contest

d)

outrageously offensive

6.

Perfidious

a)

untrustworthy

b)

cautious

c)

arrogantly superior

d)

extremely wicked

7.

Garb

a)

a person who boasts

b)

something a person wears

c)

a feeling that someone is unworthy of respect

d)

an opponent in a contest

8.

Braggart

a)

a feeling that someone is unworthy of respect

b)

opponent in a contest

c)

roomy, huge

d)

a person who boasts

9.

Adamant

a)

cautious

b)

unwavering

c)

untrustworthy

d)

arrogant

10.

Emulate

a)

to try to equal

b)

unwilling to take risks

c)

to soften in feeling or temper

d)

refusing to change one's mind

11.

Nefarious

a)

unwavering

b)

roomy, huge

c)

conspicuously outrageous

d)

extremely wicked

12.

Disdain

a)

extremely offensive

b)

a feeling of disrespect

c)

to soften in temper

d)

something someone wears

13.

Capacious

a)

unwavering

b)

cautious

c)

untrustworthy

d)

roomy, huge

14.

Haughty

a)

extremely wicked

b)

a person who boasts

c)

arrogant

d)

deceitful and untrustworthy

15.

Circumspect

a)

arrogant

b)

cautious

c)

unwavering

d)

extremely offensive

16.

The mom tried to ___________ her upset teenager by offering to take her daughter shopping.

a)

capacious

b)

mollify

c)

skulk

d)

emulate

17.

I drive a minivan because it is ____________.  I need lots of room for all of my children.

a)

capacious

b)

circumspect

c)

acquiesce

d)

haughty

18.

Our teacher had us read a paragraph and then try to ___________ the writing style used by the author.  

a)

haughty

b)

emulate

c)

mollify

d)

adversary

19.

I was shocked by the ___________ smell of sewage coming from the vent in the kitchen.

a)

flagrant

b)

adamant

c)

circumspect

d)

haughty

20.

The _____________ witch is full of evil.

a)

capacious

b)

nefarious

c)

circumspect

d)

braggart