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English III :: 65 Vocabulary Words

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sycophant

a)

Shy or modest

b)

 A person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

c)

Someone who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure

d)

Appearing everywhere

2.

Pernicious

a)

 Intending to cause harm

b)

Unable to be captured or broken into

c)

Showing a lack of care or thought

d)

Appearing everywhere

3.

Ubiquitous

a)

 Unable to be captured or broken into

b)

A forceful and bitter verbal attack

c)

Appearing everywhere

d)

Wicked or Criminal

4.

Non-Sequitur

a)

A person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

b)

Someone who uses flattery to try to get what he/she wants from an authority figure

c)

A statement that does not logically follow a conversations flow

d)

Showing a lack of care or thought

5.

Diatribe

a)

Shy or modest

b)

A forceful and bitter verbal attack

c)

Wicked or Criminal

d)

Showing a lack of care or thought

6.

Slipshod & Nefarious

a)

Wicked or Criminal

- -

Showing a lack of care or thought

b)

Showing a lack of care or thought

- -

A person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

c)

Unable to be captured or broken into

- -

Unable to be soothed

d)

Showing a lack of care or thought

- -

Wicked or Criminal

7.

Precursor & Impregnable

a)

Unable to be captured or broken into

- -

A person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

b)

A person or thing that comes before another of a similar kind

- -

Unable to be captured or broken into

c)

Shy or modest

- -

Unable to be captured or broken into

d)

Overly patriotic

- -

A natural skill

8.

Demure & Jingoistic

a)

Shy or modest

- -

A woman who flirts to get what she wants

b)

Shy or modest

- -

Overly patriotic

c)

Unable to be soothed

- -

Overly patriotic

d)

Overly patriotic

- -

Shy or modest

9.

Implacable & Affinity

a)

Unable to be soothed

- -

A natural skill

b)

A woman who flirts to get what she wants

- -

A natural skill

c)

Lecture at length in an aggressive way

- -

Unable to be soothed

d)

A natural skill

- -

Unable to be soothed

10.

Coquette & Harangue

a)

Slightly rude in speech or manner

- -

Not easily upset or excited 

b)

Lecture at length in an aggressive way

- -

A woman who flirts to get what she wants

c)

A woman who flirts to get what she wants

- -

Lecture at length in an aggressive way

d)

Express discontent or sorrow over

- -

Hate

11.

Bemoan - Brusque - Abhor

a)

Express discontent or sorrow over

- -

Hate

- -

Slightly rude in speech or manner

b)

Express discontent or sorrow over

- -

Slightly rude in speech or manner

- -

Hate

c)

Slightly rude in speech or manner

- -

Express discontent or sorrow over

- -

Hate

d)

An object with magical powers to bring good luck

- -

Slightly rude in speech or manner

- -

Not easily upset or excited 

12.

Talisman - Placid - Bovine

a)

An object with magical powers to bring good luck

- -

In the manner of a cow

- -

Deeply remorseful for a bad action

b)

Showing great knowledge or learning

- -

Deeply remorseful for a bad action

- -

An object with magical powers to bring good luck

c)

Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor

- -

An object with magical powers to bring good luck

- -

In the manner of a cow

d)

An object with magical powers to bring good luck

- -

Not easily upset or excited 

- -

In the manner of a cow

13.

Facetious - Contrite - Erudite

a)

Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor

- -

Deeply remorseful for a bad action

- -

Showing great knowledge or learning

b)

Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor

- -

Showing great knowledge or learning

- -

Something that deviates from what is expected or normal

c)

Showing great knowledge or learning

- -

 Deeply remorseful for a bad action

- -

Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction

d)

To strengthen by heating and then cooling

- -

Showing great knowledge or learning

- -

Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor

14.

Anomaly - Lackluster - Temper

a)

Argumentative and uncooperative

- -

Something that deviates from what is expected or normal

- -

Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction

b)

Something that deviates from what is expected or normal

- -

Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction

- -

To strengthen by heating and then cooling

c)

To strengthen by heating and then cooling

- -

Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction

- -

To reduce in quantity or to put a restriction on

d)

Something that deviates from what is expected or normal

- -

To strengthen by heating and then cooling

- -

Support or prop up

15.

Bolster - Lament - Curtail

a)

To express one’s deep grief

- -

Argumentative and uncooperative

- -

To verbally rip apart

b)

Support or prop up

- -

To express one’s deep grief

- -

To verbally rip apart

c)

Support or prop up

- -

To express one’s deep grief

- -

To reduce in quantity or to put a restriction on

d)

Argumentative and uncooperative

- -

To express one’s deep grief

- -

To reduce in quantity or to put a restriction on

16.

Cantankerous - Deride - Debacle - Temerity

a)

Argumentative and uncooperative

- -

To verbally rip apart

- -

A brief rest

- -

Excessive or foolish boldness

b)

A Disaster

- -

To verbally rip apart

- -

Argumentative and uncooperative

- -

Deeply emotional

c)

Dissatisfaction or exhaustion caused by boredom

- -

To verbally rip apart

- -

A brief rest

- -

Barely mobile; not exerting much energy

d)

Argumentative and uncooperative

- -

To verbally rip apart

- -

A Disaster

- -

Excessive or foolish boldness

17.

Ennui - Poignant - Bourgeois - Hiatus

a)

Dissatisfaction or exhaustion caused by boredom

- -

Deeply emotional

- -

Appealing to the masses in the middle-class; suburban

- -

 A brief rest

b)

Dissatisfaction or exhaustion caused by boredom

- -

Appealing to the masses in the middle-class; suburban

- -

Deeply emotional

- -

A brief rest

c)

Appealing to the masses in the middle-class; suburban

- -

A bad-tempered person

- -

Deeply emotional

- -

A brief rest

d)

Deeply emotional

- -

A temporary stay

- -

Fond of company

- -

A brief rest

18.

Lanquid - Resplendent - Curmudgeon - Sojourn

a)

A temporary stay

- -

To increase

- -

A bad-tempered person

- -

Shining brightly

b)

Barely mobile; not exerting much energy

- -

A bad-tempered person

- -

A temporary stay

- -

Shining brightly

c)

Barely mobile; not exerting much energy

- -

Shining brightly

- -

A bad-tempered person

- -

A temporary stay

d)

A bad-tempered person

- -

To increase

- -

Fond of company

- -

Advancing in a gradual way to cause harm

19.

Gregarious - Augment - Insidious - Adulation

a)

Excessive admiration or praise

- -

To highly praise, especially in public

- -

To increase

- -

Fond of company

b)

Fond of company

- -

To increase

- -

Advancing in a gradual way to cause harm

- -

Excessive admiration or praise

c)

Advancing in a gradual way to cause harm

- -

Excessive admiration or praise

d)

Fond of company

- -

To increase

- -

Excessive admiration or praise

20.

Bristle - Laud - Obtuse - Tome

a)

To react defensively, typically by drawing back

- -

To highly praise, especially in public

- -

Slow to understand, or difficult to understand

- -

A large, heavy book, usually filled with academic knowledge

b)

To react defensively, typically by drawing back

- -

Slow to understand, or difficult to understand

- -

A large, heavy book, usually filled with academic knowledge

- -

Devotion to religious duties

c)

Devotion to religious duties

- -

To highly praise, especially in public

- -

Slow to understand, or difficult to understand

- -

A large, heavy book, usually filled with academic knowledge

d)

Slow to understand, or difficult to understand

- -

To highly praise, especially in public

- -

A large, heavy book, usually filled with academic knowledge

- -

Devotion to religious duties

21.

Jilt - Piety - Frippery - Regale - Stream Of Consciousness

a)

To end a relationship with someone in a sudden and painful way

- -

Devotion to religious duties

- -

Showy display of elegance

- -

Continuous flow of uninterrupted thought

- -

In a way that is sensible and reasonable

b)

Devotion to religious duties

- -

Showy display of elegance

- -

To entertain or amuse with talk or storytelling

- -

Continuous flow of uninterrupted thought

- -

In a way that is sensible and reasonable

c)

To end a relationship with someone in a sudden and painful way

- -

Devotion to religious duties

- -

Showy display of elegance

- -

To entertain or amuse with talk or storytelling

- -

Continuous flow of uninterrupted thought

d)

To end a relationship with someone in a sudden and painful way

- -

Devotion to religious duties

- -

To entertain or amuse with talk or storytelling

- -

In a way that is sensible and reasonable

- -

To criticize very harshly

22.

Marvel - Tactful - Vanity - Vilify - Pragmatic

a)

Excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements

- -

Skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite

- -

To criticize very harshly

- -

Abandoned; hopeless

- -

In a way that is sensible and reasonable

b)

A wonderful or amazing thing

- -

Excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements

- -

Skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite

- -

Disrespectfully bold

- -

In a way that is sensible and reasonable

c)

A wonderful or amazing thing

- -

Skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite

- -

Excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements

- -

To criticize very harshly

- -

In a way that is sensible and reasonable

d)

A wonderful or amazing thing

- -

Excessive pride in or admiration of one’s own appearance or achievements

- -

To criticize very harshly

- -

Disrespectfully bold

- -

In a way that is sensible and reasonable

23.

Presumptuous - Forlorn - Frenetic - Incessant - Abridge

a)

Disrespectfully bold

- -

Abandoned; hopeless

- -

Very busy; hectic

- -

Seeming to never have an end

- -

To reduce in size or volume

b)

Disrespectfully bold

- -

Abandoned; hopeless

- -

Seeming to never have an end

- -

Very busy; hectic

- -

To reduce in size or volume

c)

Abandoned; hopeless

- -

Very busy; hectic

- -

Seeming to never have an end

- -

Disrespectfully bold

- -

To reduce in size or volume

d)

Disrespectfully bold

- -

Abandoned; hopeless

- -

To reduce in size or volume

- -

Very busy; hectic

- -

Seeming to never have an end