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Voc. 8.8

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

singular

1.

separated from others; unique

b)

insulate

2.

to protect from outside influence

c)

innumerable

3.

too many to count

d)

nonplussed

4.

baffled; confused

e)

surplus

5.

an amount beyond what is necessary

2.

When the sailors saw ________________ seabirds on the horizon, they understood that they were getting closer to land.

a)

enumerate

b)

singular

c)

innumerable

d)

single

3.

Gary felt that his gift for acting was not (a)   , but rather something that lots of people were good at.

4.

Though she tried to ________________ her children against rudeness and cruelty, Mrs. Hunter knew that they would see these behaviors in day care.

a)

single

b)

enumerate

c)

nonplussed

d)

insulate

5.

At first, Earl seemed _________________ by the streamers and balloons, but he soon realized his friends were throwing him a surprise party.

a)

idiosyncrasy

b)

nonplussed

c)

insular

d)

singular

6.

We ended up with a vast (a)   of bottled water since so many agencies donated to our community after the storm.

7.

Match the following

a)

single

1.

to isolate; to choose

b)

plurality

2.

the greater part

c)

insular

3.

limited in knowledge or perspective

d)

idiosyncrasy

4.

a peculiar quality; a quirk

e)

enumerate

5.

to list separately

8.

An _________________ of my little sister is that she will only eat the purple Skittles.

a)

idiosyncrasy

b)

idiom

c)

insulate

d)

enumerate

9.

Doris searched for the perfect (a)   to describe her chaotic day.

10.

There would be new local laws about car sound systems because of the _____________ of citizens voting for reduced noise pollution.

a)

singular

b)

surplus

c)

idiosyncrasy

d)

plurality

11.

If you ______________ all the things that can do wrong, a lot of people will probably back out of the hike.

a)

insulate

b)

enumerate

c)

single

d)

nonplussed

12.

Every day, the school nurse would (a)   out a child who had lice.

13.

Laura enjoyed living in a small, _______________ town that did not have the same issues as a large city.

a)

single

b)

insular

c)

singular

d)

idiom

14.

Match the following

a)

Latin root meaning "island"

1.

INSUL

b)

Greek root meaning "single," "personal, "peculiar"

2.

IDIO

c)

Latin root meaning "to count"

3.

NUM

d)

Latin root meaning "many"

4.

PLUS, PLUR

e)

Latin root meaning "single"

5.

SING

15.

Idiosyncrasy, surplus, and plurality are which part of speech?

a)

noun

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

verb