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Word within a Word #41

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_____ is the act of causing a person or animal's death, without inflicting pain, to end suffering.
a)
euthanasia
b)
neuralgia
c)
synopsis
d)
hypothesis
2.
impossible to express in words
a)
ineffable
b)
latent
c)
malleable
d)
modicum
3.

The new computerized referral system will greatly _________________ the processing of customers' complaints.

a)

expedite

b)

expiate

c)

ascribe

d)

peculate

4.

Find the word that matches the following definition:


To speak or write about in great detail; to elaborate, usually used with on or upon

a)

eschew

b)

iconoclast

c)

expatiate

d)

indigent

5.

Hagiography probably means something to do with...

a)

earth

b)

circle

c)

writing

d)

sleeping

6.

Pleasant and soothing to listen to is ___________.

a)

torpid

b)

mellifluous

c)

frivolous

d)

cacophony

7.

Select the correct vocabulary term for the following definition:

giving business to a company

a)

patronize

b)

interjected

c)

proprietors

d)

mercantile

8.

Which one is NOT a synonym for 'aboriginal'.

a)

indigenous

b)

autochthonous

c)

native

d)

foreign

9.

Bellicose has a root that means...

a)

war

b)

skill

c)

hear

d)

do

10.
(adj) Giving human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods.
a)
Anthropomorphic
b)
Ambidextrous
c)
Bane
d)
Aphorism
11.

a curse

a)

benediction

b)

incredulous

c)

malediction

d)

malevolence

12.

Antonym: Tolerance

a)

Xenophobia

b)

Sanctuary

c)

Intently

d)

Inferior

13.

seemingly believable, but actually misleading and incorrect

a)

specious

b)

staggering

c)

furtive

d)

despicable