WorksheetsThursday Vocab Quiz Weeks 1-5
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 20mins
Define Pernicious:
Intending to cause harm
Someone who uses flattery to get what he/she wants
Appearing everywhere
Synonym for Diatribe
odd smelling
Rant
Running
Synonym for Slipshod
botched/sloppy
exact/perfect
Define Nefarious
smelly
Wicked or criminal
angelic
Define Precursor
A person or thing that comes before another
A verbal attack
appearing everywhere
Antonym for Demure
Reserved or shy
obnoxious or outgoing
Define jingoistic
Loves the taste of sugar
Overly patriotic
Unable to be soothed
Define implacable
Unable to be soothed
Merciful
Unbiased
Synonym for Affinity
Weakness
Being at a high altitude
Talent
This word is a synonym for hate
sycophant
abhor
harangue
What word means not easily upset or excited?
Bovine
Placid
Abhor
What word means in the manner of a cow?
Affinity
Harangue
Bovine
What word means treating serious issues with inappropriate humor?
Facetious
Talisman
Abhor
Synonym for contrite
Agitated
Sorry
Complain
Antonym for Pernicious
Kind
Dangerous
Small
Antonym for Slipshod
Perfect
Sloppy
Fast moving
Antonym for jingoistic
Unpatriotic
Nationalistic
Important techniques
Antonym for ubiquitous
hidden
popular
alive
Which word means "in the manner of a cow"?
facetious
bovine
erudite
anomaly
someone who uses flattery to get what he or she wants form an authority figure
sycophant
erudite
demure
intending to cause harm
pernicious
implacable
ubiquitous
harangue
Showing great knowledge or learning
precursor
impregnable
erudite
placid
Deeply remorseful for a bad action
contrite
conjecture
repent
placid
Something that deviates from what is expected or normal
usual
anomaly
regular
placid
syn: slow, dim
ant: quick, brite
The way that he handled the guitar made it clear that he had a(n) _____ for the instrument, so we knew that he would play it well.
affinity
anomaly
lampoon
bemoan
The frog was obviously a(n) _____ because it had five legs, and no one had ever seen a five-legged frog!
coquette
anomaly
affinity
haughty
All the students _____ having to take Mrs. Schreier's vocab quiz.
Diatribed
affinitied
bemoaned
lampooned
Which word is the best antonym for erudite?
learned
risky
ignorant
helpful
