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Advanced Vocabulary

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 2hrs 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When we go camping, my father will ignite the fire so we can roast marshmallows.

a)

keep

b)

start

c)

call

d)

see

2.

semblance

a)

split, break

b)

a likeness in outward appearance

c)

stale, overused

d)

give up, let go

3.

fortify

a)

ordinary

b)

chaos, confusion

c)

soil, stain, defile

d)

strengthen, build up

4.

rift

a)

split, break

b)

a likeness in outward appearance

c)

not having life

d)

strengthen, build up

5.

trite

a)

give up, let go

b)

stale, overused

c)

uncontrolled

d)

process of forcing out

6.

relinquish

a)

overcome

b)

ordinary

c)

give up, let go

d)

chaos, confusion

7.

unbridled

a)

soil, stain, defile

b)

a likeness in outward appearance

c)

not having life

d)

uncontrolled

8.

surmount

a)

ordinary

b)

overcome

c)

chaos, confusion

d)

soil, stain, defile

9.

mediocre

a)

a likeness in outward appearance

b)

not having life

c)

strengthen, build up

d)

ordinary

10.

feign

a)

to make fun of, taunt

b)

angry argument

c)

to pretend, to fake

d)

steal in small quantities

11.

eminent

a)

famous, distinguished

b)

at a standstill

c)

brief, to the point

d)

break through

12.

compensate

a)

make up for, repay

b)

a new pen

13.

arduous

a)

difficult, not easy to accomplish

b)

two people, a duet

14.

abscond

a)

steal, run away with

b)

fly high in the air

15.

lucid

a)

clear, easily understood

b)

someone who loses

16.

rancid

a)

spoiled, smelling horrible

b)

a person who runs fast

17.

Yet all his accusations against me have been _____ and general.

a)

verified

b)

vague

c)

significant

d)

limber

18.

We have to compose our final report in order to

_______ fully with the terms of our assignment

a)

compose

b)

conform

c)

comply

d)

correlate

19.

to follow what everyone else does

a)

compose

b)

collaborate

c)

conform

d)

collate

20.

to put together in the correct order

a)

collate

b)

conform

c)

cooperative

d)

comply

21.

When you _______, you work with others to agree to accept something that is not exactly what you wanted.

a)

correlate

b)

compromise

c)

collide

d)

comply

22.

The ending of the novel was so _____________, we couldn't really understand how the story ended.

a)

Element

b)

Ambiguous

c)

Decade

d)

Reinforce

23.

The plan was _____________ in favor of small parties.

a)

Mature

b)

Biased

c)

Cognitive

d)

Virtual

24.

Brainpower and ______________ ability are important when evaluating a person's productivity.

a)

Cognitive

b)

Mature

c)

Regulate

d)

Acquire

25.

He wasn't interested in marriage and he didn't want her trying to ___________________ him into it.

a)

Cite

b)

Manipulate

c)

İmplement

d)

Attribute

26.
Choose the vocabulary word that best fills the blank: 
The girls __________slowly toward the MS442 cafeteria 
a)
Shuffled
b)
Strode 
c)
Sauntered 
27.
Choose the vocabulary word that best fills the blank: 
Rio _______ into her locker, hoping to find her ELA notebook. 
a)
Grimaced 
b)
Peered
c)
Shuffled 
28.
Choose the best definition for the word
Strode 
a)
to slide your feet without lifting them completely.
b)
to move slowly, without a clear purpose or plan. 
c)
To walk with long, confident steps. 
29.
Choose the vocabulary word that best fills the blank: 
Ms. Onstad ___________when she saw a precious Fablehaven book thrown on the ground. 
a)
Scowled 
b)
Grimaced 
c)
Glared 
30.
Choose the best definition for the word
Grimaced 
a)
to smile in an unpleasant way, because you are pleased with yourself or enjoying someone else's trouble. 
b)
To look directly at someone in an angry way. 
c)
To make a facial expression in which your mouth and face are twisted in a way that shows disgust, disapproval, or pain. 
31.
To slide your feet without lifting them completely. 
a)
Drifted
b)
Shuffled 
c)
Grimaced
32.

extremely hungry

a)

appropriate

b)

famished

c)

excruciating

d)

pouring

33.

To spend time considering a possible future action.

a)

to contemplate

b)

to dribble

c)

to shuffle

d)

to plead

34.

He made a rather ___________ attempt at an apology, but it didn't convince anyone.

a)

faint

b)

frail

c)

fragile

d)

feeble

35.

She seemed to be _____________ bewildered by the answer they gave her.

a)

vividly

b)

strongly

c)

utterly

d)

heavily

36.

A heavy lunch makes me ____________ in the afternoon.

a)

sluggish

b)

plodding

c)

leisurely

37.

unfathomable

a)

impossible to understand

b)

impossible to accept

c)

impossible to deny

d)

impossible find

38.

a strong feeling of sadness or guilt

a)

quirk

b)

resurgent

c)

revere

d)

remorse

39.

the act or practice of recalling the past

a)

reminisce

b)

ramification

c)

remorse

d)

rivet

40.

a peculiarity of behavior

a)

quirk

b)

quixotic

c)

ramification

d)

relinquish