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WorksheetsGrade 9 Vocab Quiz 3 2022-23
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which of the following words means to 'make or become wider, larger, or more open'?
digress
dilate
defunct
dubious
My uncle...his entire estate, including a huge mansion and twenty million pounds.
(a)
Bill's mother had to...him into wearing the garish sweater his grandmother had bought him.
(a)
The archaeologist opened the...only to find the mummy was gone.
(a)
The sniper found that the best...point was in the bell tower of the town's tallest church.
(a)
Gerry often liked to...so he could avoid doing PE.
(a)
This is a...?
crux
prodigy
tenure
crevasse
This technology could be described as being...?
cognizant
fervent
defunct
inherent
This food could be described as...?
enticing
refined
scuppered
belligerent
This milk has...?
interceded
coagulated
speculated
tenured
This is where the teacher wanted to go on his...
renaissance
artifice
sabbatical
tenure
Cheryl's mum...her so much she became spoilt.
cajoled
emulated
maimed
coddled
Going to the gallery really...Jennifer's interest in the arts.
refined
enticed
rekindled
beguiled
Which of the following words means 'misplaced chronologically'?
anachronistic
artifice
cognizant
impudent
Which of the following words refers to 'a victory won at too great a cost to be worthwhile'?
speculated
prodigal
Pyrrhic
paradigm
True or False: 'lethargy' refers to a lack of energy.
True
False
True or False: a 'paragon' is a mythical creature.
False
True
Gillian found shouting at her sister for breaking her favourite mug to be....
belligerent
beguiling
cognizant
cathartic
The audience was...of the salesman's claims that his 'medicine' would work.
dubious
malevolent
fervent
anachronistic
The police refused to...about why the suspect committed the crime.
digress
intercede
emulate
speculate
