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Vocabulary Energizers Ch. 2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1.     When Philip of Macedon sent a messenger to Sparta, the Spartans replied with the single word “If!”​ ​ (a)  

a)

laconic

b)

labyrinth

c)

egregious

d)

Machiavellian

2.

     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)  

a)

maudlin

b)

Machiavellian

c)

galvanize

d)

gregarious

3.

conducted science experiments by shocking frog legs​ (a)  

a)

galvanize

b)

convivial

c)

ostracize

d)

circumspect

4.

synonym for tantalize

a)

entice

b)

shun

c)

conundrum

d)

stimulate

5.

synonym for labyrinth

a)

conundrum

b)

Machiavellian

c)

lethargic

d)

specious

6.

antonym for laconic

a)

loquacious

b)

gregarious

c)

lethargic

d)

aboveboard

7.

comes from the Latin for "sheep" or "herd"

a)

gregarious

b)

introspective

c)

prospective

d)

egregious

8.

outstandingly bad

a)

specious

b)

egregious

c)

circumspect

d)

lethargic

9.

excessively sentimental

a)

gregarious

b)

circumspect

c)

maudlin

d)

specious

10.

cautious, watchful, careful

a)

specious

b)

circumspect

c)

Machiavellian

d)

egregious

11.

Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, and Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________ audiences with their oratory.

a)

tantalized

b)

galvanized

c)

ostracized

12.

Children sometimes cruelly ____________ a new student in their class.

a)

tantalize

b)

ostracize

c)

galvanize