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Vocabulary Workshop Level A - Unit 8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(adj.) quick and skillful in movement, agile; clever

a)

innovative

b)

nimble

c)

martial

d)

crotchety

2.

(n.) a handcuff, anything that chains or confines

(v.) to chain or restrain

a)

partition

b)

sinister

c)

manacle

d)

cringe

3.

(n.) wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty

a)

affluence

b)

minimum

c)

impassable

d)

jovial

4.

(n.) unpaid or overdue debts; an unfinished duty

a)

onset

b)

perishable

c)

partition

d)

arrears

5.

(adj.) likely to spoil or decay

a)

taut

b)

perishable

c)

minimum

d)

jovial

6.

(n.) the beginning, start (especially of something violent and destructive)

a)

template

b)

sinister

c)

minimum

d)

onset

7.

(v.) to find and bring back, get back; to put right, make good

a)

cringe

b)

crotchety

c)

retrieve

d)

cascade

8.

(v.) to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness

a)

nimble

b)

cringe

c)

martial

d)

minimum

9.

(n.) a steep, narrow waterfall; something falling or rushing from in quantity

(v.) to flow downward (like a waterfall)

a)

immobile

b)

impassable

c)

jovial

d)

cascade

10.

(adj.) cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims

a)

template

b)

taut

c)

martial

d)

crotchety

11.

(adj.) not movable; not moving

a)

immobile

b)

impassable

c)

minimum

d)

nimble

12.

(n.) something new, a change; the act of introducing a new method, idea, device, etc.

a)

manacle

b)

jovial

c)

innovation

d)

cascade

13.

(adj.) blocked so that nothing can go through

a)

immobile

b)

impassable

c)

martial

d)

sinister

14.

(adj.) good-humored, in high spirits; merry

a)

martial

b)

jovial

c)

taught

d)

taut

15.

(adj.) warlike, fond of fighting; relating to war, the army, or military life

a)

arrears

b)

sinister

c)

martial

d)

impassable

16.

(n.) the smallest possible amount

(adj.) the lowest permissible or possible

a)

minimum

b)

arrears

c)

onset

d)

taut

17.

(n.) something that divides (such as a wall); the act of dividing

(v.) to divide or subdivide intoparts or shares

a)

partition

b)

arrears

c)

minimum

d)

taut

18.

(adj.) appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm

a)

jovial

b)

martial

c)

sinister

d)

mean

19.

(adj.) tightly drawn, tense; neat, in good order

a)

innovative

b)

taut

c)

cascading

d)

affluent

20.

(n.) a pattern, typically in the form of metal, wood, or plastic; something that is used as a model to imitate

a)

template

b)

innovation

c)

onset

d)

cringe