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3rd Quarter Vocabulary Words 1-40

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Influence or control something or someone (usually in an unfair manner)

a)

manipulate

b)

posterity

c)

panorama

d)

dispatch

2.

Move or back away

a)

recede

b)

libel

c)

meager

d)

dawdle

3.

Send off with speed

a)

dispatch

b)

conserve

c)

authorize

d)

ferocious

4.

Acting against something; opposing

a)

adverse

b)

refurbish

c)

stifle

d)

onset

5.

Lacking in quantity; not enough

a)

meager

b)

engulf

c)

authorize

d)

acquit

6.

Abandon; desert

a)

forsake

b)

boisterous

c)

recede

d)

dawdle

7.

Hold back; restrain

a)

stifle

b)

nullification

c)

abominable

d)

manipulate

8.

Done in an instant

a)

instantaneous

b)

refurbish

c)

culprit

d)

elaborate

9.

A published statement that is false and damages a person's reputation

a)

libel

b)

onset

c)

priority

d)

panorama

10.

Declare not guilty; clear someone of a criminal charge

a)

acquit

b)

manacles

c)

misgivings

d)

authorize

11.

Elevated in rank or character

a)

exalted

b)

ferocious

c)

dispatch

d)

refurbish

12.

To become weak or feeble

a)

languished

b)

stifle

c)

manipulate

d)

culprit

13.

Something made of no value or consequence

a)

nullification

b)

authorize

c)

panorama

d)

onset

14.

Wonderful or marvelous

a)

prodigious

b)

onset

c)

recede

d)

libel

15.

Handcuffs; restraints

a)

manacles

b)

misgivings

c)

abominable

d)

instantaneous

16.

Feelings of worry or doubt about a future event (usually used in the plural form)

a)

misgivings

b)

exalted

c)

engulf

d)

acquit

17.

Characterized by complex detail

a)

elaborate

b)

posterity

c)

forsake

d)

dawdle

18.

Extremely fierce; vicious

a)

ferocious

b)

conserve

c)

culprit

d)

manacles

19.

A thing that is regarded more important than another

a)

priority

b)

dispatch

c)

acquit

d)

meager

20.

Noisy; rowdy

a)

boisterous

b)

languished

c)

authorize

d)

abominable

21.

An unbroken view of a region in all directions

a)

panorama

b)

exalted

c)

engulf

d)

authorize

22.

Give someone the power to do something; permit

a)

authorize

b)

conserve

c)

forsake

d)

dispatch

23.

Someone responsible for a crime or wrongdoing

a)

culprit

b)

refurbish

c)

dawdle

d)

posterity

24.

Waste time

a)

dawdle

b)

forsake

c)

dispatch

d)

stifle

25.

A beginning of something; a start

a)

onset

b)

panorama

c)

meager

d)

nullification

26.

Protect from harm or loss (often used in reference to the environment or culture)

a)

conserve

b)

manipulate

c)

refurbish

d)

engulf

27.

Future generations

a)

posterity

b)

recede

c)

acquit

d)

engulf

28.

Terrible; very bad

a)

abominable

b)

culprit

c)

instantaneous

d)

adverse

29.

Brighten or freshen up; restore

a)

refurbish

b)

dawdle

c)

exalted

d)

elaborate

30.

Surround and completely cover something

a)

engulf

b)

panorama

c)

stifle

d)

recede

31.

Having a feeling of longing or yearning for something

a)

Wistful

b)

Meager

c)

Boisterous

d)

Engulf

32.

Decorate, especially with beautiful objects

a)

Adorn

b)

Elaborate

c)

Dawdle

d)

Authorize

33.

Showing poor manners and behavior; rude

a)

Uncouth

b)

Manipulate

c)

Libel

d)

Exalted

34.

Comfort someone is given when they are suffering

a)

Consolation

b)

Stifle

c)

Nullification

d)

Panorama

35.

A faint light

a)

Glimmer

b)

Abominable

c)

Dispatch

d)

Burly

36.

A person who does not behave according to generally accepted customs and ideas; someone who acts and thinks differently from most others

a)

Nonconformist

b)

Manacles

c)

Culprit

d)

Misgivings

37.

Large in body; sturdy

a)

Burly

b)

Exalted

c)

Wistful

d)

Instantaneous

38.

Walk at a slow pace

a)

Amble

b)

Recede

c)

Dawdle

d)

Conserve

39.

Win a victory; triumph; overcome

a)

Prevail

b)

Adverse

c)

Languished

d)

Consolation

40.

Make something seem bigger, better, or worse than it really is; overstate

a)

Exaggerate

b)

Manipulate

c)

Stifle

d)

Refurbish