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English vocab

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

a)

admonish

b)

brigand

c)

breach

d)

commandeer

2.

(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through

a)

debris

b)

breach

c)

efface

d)

muddle

3.

(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

a)

breach

b)

deadlock

c)

brigand

d)

perennial

4.

(adj.) careful, cautious

a)

circumspect

b)

commandeer

c)

muddle

d)

opinionated

5.

(v.) to seize for military or official use

a)

commandeer

b)

deadlock

c)

muddle

d)

efface

6.

adj. clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

a)

perennial

b)

predispose

c)

salvage

d)

cumbersome

7.

n. a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fractions; v. to bring to such a standstill

a)

deadlock

b)

opinionated

c)

spurious

d)

unbridled

8.

n. scattered fragments, wreckage

a)

debris

b)

diffuse

c)

dilemma

d)

efface

9.

v. to spread or scatter freely or widely; adj. wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

a)

salvage

b)

spurious

c)

diffuse

d)

unbridled

10.

n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

a)

dilemma

b)

muddle

c)

admonish

d)

brigand

11.

v. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

a)

circumspect

b)

deadlock

c)

efface

d)

cumbersome

12.

v. to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; n. a hopeless mess

a)

muddle

b)

salvage

c)

spurious

d)

unbridled

13.

adj. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas, having a closed mind

a)

cumbersome

b)

deadlock

c)

perennial

d)

opinionated

14.

adj. lasting for a long time, persistent; n. a plant that lives for many years

a)

perennial

b)

predispose

c)

relinquish

d)

salvage

15.

v. to incline to beforehand

a)

predispose

b)

breach

c)

admonish

d)

salvage

16.

v. to let go, give up

a)

relinquish

b)

spurious

c)

spasmodic

d)

unbridled

17.

v. to save from fir or shipwreck; n. property thus saved

a)

relinquish

b)

spasmodic

c)

spurious

d)

salvage

18.

adj. sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

a)

circumspect

b)

deadlock

c)

spasmodic

d)

brigand

19.

adj. not genuine, not true, not valid

a)

spurious

b)

diffuse

c)

debris

d)

efface

20.

adj. lacking in restraint

a)

spasmodic

b)

unbridled

c)

salvage

d)

predispose

21.

v. to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

(a)  

22.

an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to

create an opening, break through

(a)  

23.

(n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

(a)  

24.

(adj.) careful, cautious

(a)  

25.

v. to seize for military or official use

(a)  

26.

adj. clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

(a)  

27.

n. a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; v. to bring to such a standstill

(a)  

28.

n. scattered fragments, wreckage

(a)  

29.

v. to spread or scatter freely or widely; adj. wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

(a)  

30.

n. a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

(a)  

31.

v. to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

(a)  

32.

v. to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; n. a hopeless mess

(a)  

33.

adj. stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to ones own ideas, having a closed mind

(a)  

34.

adj. lasting for a long time, persistent; n. a plant that lives for many years

(a)  

35.

v. to incline to beforehand

(a)  

36.

v. to let go, give up

(a)  

37.

v. to save from fire or shipwreck; n. property thus saved things from the fire

(a)  

38.

adj. sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

(a)  

39.

adj. not genuine, not true, not valid

(a)  

40.

adj. lacking in restraint

(a)