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Week 1 and 2 Vocabulary, EB Academics List C

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An expert fan or enthusiast

a)

Aficionado

b)

unscrupulous

c)

Sage

d)

Vocation

2.

When something is not able to be understood

a)

Stupefy

b)

Disquieting

c)

Incomprehensible

d)

Barrage

3.

When one is dishonest and shows no morals

a)

Barrage

b)

Aficionado

c)

Unscrupulous

d)

Disquieting

4.

Before you begin writing your novel, you must decide on a form and a _____________________

a)

vocation

b)

barrage

c)

genre

d)

aficionado

5.

In a few months there were ____________________________ signs of the growing unpopularity of the king.

a)

barrage

b)

stupefy

c)

sage

d)

disquieting

6.

Before leaving for college, I got some ______________ advice from my older brother about living alone.

a)

barrage

b)

sage

c)

aficionado

d)

compel

7.

__________________________ con artists try to trick people into giving money towards a fake cause.

a)

sage

b)

incomprehensible

c)

disquieting

d)

unscrupulous

8.

The question on the game show seemed to ______________________ all of the contestants as none knew the answer.

a)

stupefy

b)

compel

c)

barrage

d)

sage

9.

Between the two of them, they keep up a relentless ____________________ of talking.

a)

vocation

b)

barrage

c)

genre

d)

compel

10.

He studied both law and medicine, but found his real _____________________ in politics

a)

barrage

b)

aficionado

c)

vocation

d)

genre

11.

From the very first sentence, the writer must grab the reader's attention and ____________________ them to read until the book is completely finished.

a)

stupefy

b)

compel

c)

barrage

d)

incomprehensible

12.

The thought of how people can sleep comfortably on a floor mat in Thailand is ________________________ to foreigners.

a)

unscrupulous

b)

sage

c)

incomprehensible

d)

disquieting