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Words ever HS should know

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word accentuate mean?

a)

To make more noticeable or prominent

b)

To camouflage and hide

c)

To add flavor or spice

d)

To make more interesting

2.

What does the word aspire mean?

a)

To hope or have ambitions towards achieving something

b)

To grow into an adult

c)

To daydream and visualize your future

d)

To make a schedule to follow weekly

3.

What does the word bamboozle mean?

a)

To be gullible

b)

To fool or cheat

c)

To be loud and obnoxious

d)

To be forgetful

4.

What does the word boisterous mean?

a)

To be overwhelmed and nervous

b)

To be loud, noisy, and energetic

c)

To get lost and need to ask for help

d)

To be overly active and hyper

5.

What does the word commemorate mean?

a)

To recall and show respect for

b)

To mourn and grieve

c)

To be emotional and supportive

d)

To show your true feelings

6.

What does the word cower mean?

a)

To crouch down in fear

b)

To hide from a predator

c)

To be too shy to speak up

d)

To be quiet and light on one's feet

7.

What does the word decorum mean?

a)

Appropriate behavior

b)

A nicely decorated room

c)

A prominent statue in one's home

d)

A polite attitude towards adults

8.

What does deduction mean?

a)

Action of subtracting

b)

Taking away one's rights

c)

Action of addition

d)

Taking someone else's belongings

9.

Christopher Columbus failed to ____________________ the world because he found the "New World."

a)

nomenclature

b)

recapitulate

c)

circumnavigate

d)

homogeneous

e)

facetious

10.

Scientist have created an elaborate ______________________ for the genus and species of all living things.

a)

nomenclature

b)

homogeneous

c)

infrastructure

d)

circumnavigate

e)

recapitulate

11.

The politician ___________________ the points of his speech at the end by restating his plan briefly.

a)

homogeneous

b)

facetious

c)

nomenclature

d)

recapitulated

e)

infastructure

12.

The _____________________ mixture could not be separated into the original ingredients after being stirred together.

a)

infrastructure

b)

circumnavigate

c)

recapitulated

d)

kowtow

e)

homogeneous

13.

The teenage girl was _______________ with emotional turmoil after being kicked off the team and receiving 5 days of OSS after getting into a fight.

a)

wrought

b)

auspicious

c)

facetious

d)

obsequious

e)

kowtow

14.

The couple hoped the date of their wedding would prove to be __________________ after consulting the elder of the village.

a)

wrought

b)

facetious

c)

auspicious

d)

obsequious

e)

kowtow

15.

"Don't be ____________________!" my mother insisted when I was making light of the domestic terrorist targeting innocent drivers on the freeway.

a)

infrastructure

b)

kowtow

c)

facetious

d)

obsequious

e)

wrought

16.

One of the plots the CIA thwarted included a plan to take down the power grid on the east coast. A hit to the ________________ like that would cause mass chaos.

a)

facetious

b)

homogeneous

c)

auspicious

d)

infrastructure

e)

wrought

17.

The fashion designer was constantly followed by _________________ assistants who will do anything she tells them to.

a)

infrastructure

b)

obsequious

c)

circumnavigate

d)

kowtow

e)

recapitulate

18.

Even though truck sales are soaring, the car industry will not ________________ to the overly lush demands of some buyers - trucks are meant for work.

a)

obsequious

b)

kowtow

c)

infrastructure

d)

wrought

e)

facetious