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Bell Ringer Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pay Attention; take notice

a)

Portend

b)

Reticent

c)

Heed

d)

Languish

2.

Pause or gap in sequence

(a)  

3.

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clingy or adhering

a)

Tenacious

b)

Bombastic

c)

Oblique

d)

Laconic

4.

Easily Influence

(a)  

5.

Using very few words

a)

Portend

b)

Reticent

c)

Languish

d)

Laconic

6.

The witches in Macbeth_______Macbeth's downfall in the very​ first scene.

a)
portend
b)
Hiatus
c)
Blithe
d)

Boorish

7.

The senator resigned shortly after his sexist ______ was posted online.

a)

boorish

b)

enunciation

c)

acrid

d)

tirade

8.

An award or privilege granted as a special honor.

a)

Headstrong

b)

Accolade

c)

Laconic

d)

Pliable

9.

Not revealing one's thoughts or feeling readily.

a)

Portend

b)

Reticent

c)

Resplendent

d)

Oblique.

10.

Person who boast about achievements or possessions.

a)

Braggart

b)

Boorish

c)

Tenuous

d)

Bombastic

11.

Self-willed and Obstinate

a)

Pliable

b)

Enunciation

c)

Accolade

d)

Headstrong

12.

Attractive and impressive through being richly colorful.

a)

Oblique

b)

Resplendent

c)

Bombastic

d)

Heed

13.

Rough or bad-mannered coarse.

a)

Languish

b)

Tenuous

c)

Acrid

d)

Boorish

14.

Showing a casual and cheerful indifference and considered to be callous or improper.

a)

Blithe

b)

Heed

c)

Pliable

d)

Headstrong

15.

Formal announcement or statement.

a)

Tenuous

b)

Enunciation

c)

Resplendent

d)

Bombastic

16.

Having irritatingly strong unpleasant taste or smell.

a)

Acrid

b)

Heed

c)

Tirade

d)

Boorish

17.

High-sounding but with little meaning.

a)

Oblique

b)

Hiatus

c)

Tenuous

d)

Bombastic

18.

Neither parallel nor at a right angle to a line.

a)

Tenacious

b)

Oblique

c)

Laconic

d)

Pliable

19.

pay attention; take notice of.

a)

Blithe

b)

Acrid

c)

Heed

d)

Tirade

20.

Very weak or slight.

a)

Boorish

b)

Reticent

c)

Portend

d)

Tenuous