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Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level G: Unit 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Acquisitive

a)

to claim or take without right

b)

able to retain information; concerned with acquiring wealth

c)

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

2.

Arrogate

a)

to claim or take without right

b)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

c)

capable of being held or defended

3.

Banal

a)

capable of being held or defended

b)

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

c)

hackneyed, trite, commondplace

4.

Belabor

a)

holding on sticking together; comprehensible, meaningful

b)

tending to find fault, petty, nagging criticism

c)

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

5.

Carping

a)

to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexoble

b)

tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty way

c)

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

6.

Coherent

a)

to avoid, shun, keep away from

b)

holding on sticking together; comprehensible, meaningful

c)

relevant, appropriate; fitting

7.

Congeal

a)

change from liquid to solid, thicken; make inflexible, rigid

b)

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness & resentment

c)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to tale very little

8.

Emulate

a)

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

b)

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

c)

imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

9.

Encomium

a)

retain ideas; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

b)

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

c)

hackneyed, trite, commondplace

10.

Eschew

a)

to avoid, shun, keep away from

b)

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

c)

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

11.

German

a)

to claim or take without right

b)

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

c)

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

12.

Insatiable

a)

together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

b)

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

c)

offensive, hateful; causing bitterness and resentment

13.

Intransigent

a)

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

b)

capable of being held or defended

c)

stall or evasive to gain time, avoid a confrontation

14.

Invidious

a)

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

b)

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness & resentment

c)

survey, military purposes any kind of preliminary inspection

15.

Largesse

a)

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

b)

to establish by evidence, prove; to give substantial form to

c)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

16.

Reconnaissance

a)

petty, nagging criticism

b)

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

c)

survey made for military purpose; preliminary inspection

17.

Taciturn

a)

capable of being held or defended

b)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

c)

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

18.

Substantiate

a)

stall, act evasively to gain time, avoid confrontation

b)

establish by evidence, prove; concrete or substantial from to

c)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

19.

Temporize

a)

stall, evasively to gain time; avoid confrontation, postpone

b)

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

c)

find fault, in petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way

20.

Tenable

a)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

b)

capable of being held or defended

c)

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions