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Week 5-7 Vocabulary Practice (English2)

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank:

We found out that our stamp was an _________ printed image from the 1950's.

a)

authentic

b)

bestow

c)

grim

d)

incredulous

2.

What is a denotation?

a)

The dictionary definition of a word

b)

The feeling a word gives to a reader

c)

a book signed by an author (like an autograph)

d)

An introvert with many friends

3.

deeply upset

a)

mystified

b)

chortled

c)

elder

d)

distraught

4.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

jurisdiction

b)

jurisdicion

c)

jurasdiction

d)

jurisdiktion

5.

Which word means in a casually calm and relaxed manner?

a)

contemptuously

b)

imploringly

c)

nonchalantly

d)

unfathomable

6.
completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish
a)
cognizant
b)
imperious
c)
abjure
d)
preposterous
7.

When Angel went to Chuck E. Cheese, he ___________________ his tickets for a bouncy ball.

a)

realized

b)

redeemed

c)

ignored

d)

moaned

8.
a person totally devoted to a  purpose or cause
a)
retrospect
b)
rudimentary
c)
squelch
d)
zealot
9.

give something approval or affirmation

a)

validate

b)

validation

c)

valuable

d)

valid

10.

an exaggerated representation of something

a)

travesty

b)

gregarious

c)

non sequitur

d)

sarcastic

11.
The _ smell burned my nose and made my eyes water.
a)
stringent
b)
ingratiate
c)
ex officio
d)
ameliorate
12.
What word means to let go, give up
a)
salvage
b)
predispose
c)
muddle
d)
relinquish
13.
Lots of wealth and low unemployment; the economy is in a good state.
a)
Prosperity
b)
Recession
c)
Boom
d)
G.I. Bill
14.

Which story vocabulary word means:


Introduction to a main event

a)

prelude

b)

pulsating

c)

migrated

d)

evident