WorksheetsEng9 Wordly Wise L7 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The ________ host scarcely gave his guests a chance to speak.
exorbitant
ingrate
voluble
moribund
All of the following demonstrate the meaning of the word "injunction" EXCEPT...
When the hurricane warning was announced, my family heeded the order to evacuate.
The court stated the company could not hire permanent replacement workers during the strike.
The owner refused to close the restaurant in spite of the judge's order.
"Can you please put your things away," she kindly asked.
extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious
moribund
sumptuous
amorous
voluble
Poor management led the organization to become ________.
moribund
exorbitant
sumptuous
voluble
All of the following demonstrate the meaning of "subsidize" EXCEPT...
The Fulbright scholarship made it possible for Keisha to study abroad.
Government support helped the solar-panel industry get started.
My parents let me use the house for our club meeting.
Grants from the state made the road project cheaper.
Which of the following are definitions for the word "motif"?
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.
a comparison using "like" or "as"
a theme or idea in a work of art or literature that is repeated
lending human qualities to an inanimate object
a figure or design repeated in the decoration of something, such as a building or textile
I felt like a(n) ________ for forgetting to thank my mother for making the food for my party.
ingrate
motif
censure
injunction
The word "amorous" works in all of the following sentences EXCEPT...
It was ___ to answer your grandmother so rudely.
The ___ couple in the romantic comedy had to survive a series of antics before the movie culminated in a wedding.
The swans on the lake entwined their necks in ___ play.
The sonnets are the ___ outpourings of the poet's feelings for his wife.
My friends ________ with me on the wisdom of waiting until the storm had passed before I walked to the park.
censured
subsidized
expostulated
belittled
to present or speak of as unimportant or of little value
subsidize
expostulate
divulge
belittle
Which of the following best demonstrate the meaning of the word "censure"?
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.
A hundred years ago, people who divorced experienced harsher criticism than they do today.
Blackbeard shared the location of the treasure with no one.
The judge criticized the lawyer for failing to file the papers on time.
My friends tried to convince me not to play golf in a thunderstorm.
having great or significant consequences
voluble
sumptuous
fateful
exorbitant
The word "deem" works in all of the following sentences, EXCEPT...
You can accompany the kids to the bus stop if you ___ it necessary.
Why not ___ this coupon for the discount it offers?
That model has been ___ obsolete because this year's version outperforms it.
Georgia O'Keefe was ___ the better artist of the two.
to make known something secret; to reveal
subsidize
divulge
deem
belittle
Two hundred dollars seems a(n) ________ price for a man's shirt.
fateful
amorous
moribund
exorbitant
