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English 3: Unit 4 Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best defines engross?​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
to completely engage the attention or interest
to risk or dare
to grossly obtain through force or pressure
to engage deeply
2.

Which of the following best defines venture?

a)

to obtain through force

b)

to risk or dare

c)

to engage; to explore

d)

to express disapproval

3.

Which of the following best defines deprecate?

a)

to engage the attention of

b)

to ruin

c)

to express disapproval

d)

to risk or dare

4.

​ (a)   Which of the following best defines wring?

Choose from the below words
to obtain through force or pressure
to call someone
to wire money remotely
to risk or dare
5.

Which of the following best defines chastisement:

a)

punishment

b)

remaining chaste

c)

applauding

d)

chasing men

6.

What is a covenant?

a)

A secret mission

b)

An agreement or contract

c)

A cover for an ant

d)

A house for nuns

7.

What does evince mean?

a)

to hide

b)

to provide claim or argument

c)

to give context

d)

to reveal or give evidence of

8.

​ (a)   Which of the following best defines a delinquency?

Choose from the below words
shortcoming or misbehavior
felony
mess up
"my bad"
9.

Which of the following best defines transient?

a)

multi-level

b)

temporary; short term

c)

moving across

d)

fleeting

10.

Someone with an abject personality can best be described as:

a)

miserable and submissive

b)

happy and you know it

c)

anti-establishment

d)

patriarchal

11.

When you expect payment for your work, which of our vocabulary words best describes this?

a)

compensation

b)

paycheck

c)

hard work

d)

remuneration

12.

Which of the following best defines adaptation?

a)

to change the form or content of something to make it appropriate for a new audience, situation, or purpose

b)

the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.

c)

to cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment.

d)

to reveal or give evidence of

13.

Which word best defines one who is inflexible or ​ stubborn?​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
obdurate
stolid
cleaved
14.

Someone who has a stolid expression is describes as:

a)

full of sorrow; grieving

b)

impassive or unemotional

c)

inflexible; stubborn

d)

disrespectful, irreverent 

15.

Which of the following best defines sacrilegious?

a)

disrespectful, irreverent

b)

full of sorrow; grieving

c)

inflexible; stubborn

d)

unacceptably unrestrained behavior

16.

What word from our vocabulary development mean full of sorrow; grieving?

(a)  

17.

Which answer best defines cleave?

a)

disrespectful, irreverent

b)

to make alive or stimulate

c)

a disgrace or bad example

d)

stick or adhere

18.

Would teachers rather have a student quicken or show reproach in their classrooms?

(a)