WorksheetsVocabulary Energizers Ch. 2
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
1. When Philip of Macedon sent a messenger to Sparta, the Spartans replied with the single word “If!” (a)
laconic
labyrinth
egregious
Machiavellian
In medieval and Renaissance England, Mary Magdalene was also thought to be the same Mary who was the sister of Lazarus and the reformed Mary who wept at the feet of Jesus. (a)
maudlin
Machiavellian
galvanize
gregarious
conducted science experiments by shocking frog legs (a)
galvanize
convivial
ostracize
circumspect
synonym for tantalize
entice
shun
conundrum
stimulate
synonym for labyrinth
conundrum
Machiavellian
lethargic
specious
antonym for laconic
loquacious
gregarious
lethargic
aboveboard
comes from the Latin for "sheep" or "herd"
gregarious
introspective
prospective
egregious
outstandingly bad
specious
egregious
circumspect
lethargic
excessively sentimental
gregarious
circumspect
maudlin
specious
cautious, watchful, careful
specious
circumspect
Machiavellian
egregious
Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, and Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________ audiences with their oratory.
tantalized
galvanized
ostracized
Children sometimes cruelly ____________ a new student in their class.
tantalize
ostracize
galvanize
