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Grade 9 Vocab Quiz 3 2022-23

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following words means to 'make or become wider, larger, or more open'?

a)

digress

b)

dilate

c)

defunct

d)

dubious

2.

My uncle...his entire estate, including a huge mansion and twenty million pounds.

(a)  

3.

Bill's mother had to...him into wearing the garish sweater his grandmother had bought him.

(a)  

4.

The archaeologist opened the...only to find the mummy was gone.

(a)  

5.

The sniper found that the best...point was in the bell tower of the town's tallest church.

(a)  

6.

Gerry often liked to...so he could avoid doing PE.

(a)  

7.

This is a...?

a)

crux

b)

prodigy

c)

tenure

d)

crevasse

8.

This technology could be described as being...?

a)

cognizant

b)

fervent

c)

defunct

d)

inherent

9.

This food could be described as...?

a)

enticing

b)

refined

c)

scuppered

d)

belligerent

10.

This milk has...?

a)

interceded

b)

coagulated

c)

speculated

d)

tenured

11.

This is where the teacher wanted to go on his...

a)

renaissance

b)

artifice

c)

sabbatical

d)

tenure

12.

Cheryl's mum...her so much she became spoilt.

a)

cajoled

b)

emulated

c)

maimed

d)

coddled

13.

Going to the gallery really...Jennifer's interest in the arts.

a)

refined

b)

enticed

c)

rekindled

d)

beguiled

14.

Which of the following words means 'misplaced chronologically'?

a)

anachronistic

b)

artifice

c)

cognizant

d)

impudent

15.

Which of the following words refers to 'a victory won at too great a cost to be worthwhile'?

a)

speculated

b)

prodigal

c)

Pyrrhic

d)

paradigm

16.

True or False: 'lethargy' refers to a lack of energy.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

True or False: a 'paragon' is a mythical creature.

a)

False

b)

True

18.

Gillian found shouting at her sister for breaking her favourite mug to be....

a)

belligerent

b)

beguiling

c)

cognizant

d)

cathartic

19.

The audience was...of the salesman's claims that his 'medicine' would work.

a)

dubious

b)

malevolent

c)

fervent

d)

anachronistic

20.

The police refused to...about why the suspect committed the crime.

a)

digress

b)

intercede

c)

emulate

d)

speculate