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Advanced vocabulary 2 - review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When something is extremely bad, you say it is:

a)

daunting

b)

callous

c)

egregious

d)

ubiquitous

2.

When an opinion, idea, remark is boring because it has been expressed so many times before and so, not original, you say it is:

a)

adamant

b)

ubiquitous

c)

daunting

d)

trite

3.

When a person gives the impression that he feels he is better and more moral than other people, you say this person is:

a)

sanctimonious

b)

callous

c)

trite

d)

ubiquitous

4.

If you are still enthusiastic and determined, despite difficulties, danger, you are definitely:

a)

undaunted

b)

bleak

c)

ubiquitous

d)

hapless

5.

If someone is experiencing extreme bad luck, we can consider him/her:

a)

bleak

b)

trite

c)

hapless

d)

undaunted

6.

If a situation is not giving any reason to have hope or expect anything good, it is:

a)

callous

b)

bleak

c)

trite

d)

adamant

7.

When you are not aware of what you are doing or of the situation you are involved in, you become:

a)

callous

b)

bleak

c)

unwitting

d)

distraught

8.

If a situation is making somebody feel nervous and less confident about doing something; this event is:

a)

daunting

b)

daunted

c)

ubiquitious

d)

callous

9.

Once you are determined not to change your mind or to be persuaded about something, we can say you are:

a)

callous

b)

egregious

c)

daunting

d)

adamant

10.

When you see yourself extremely upset and anxious so that you cannot think clearly, you are:

a)

unwitting

b)

sanctimonious

c)

distraught

d)

hapless

11.

If you are not caring about other people’s feelings, pain or problems, we may say you are being:

a)

callous

b)

daunting

c)

undaunted

d)

trite

12.

If something is so common that it seems to be everywhere or in several places at the same time, we may say it is:

a)

sanctimonious

b)

ubiquitous

c)

egregious

d)

daunting

13.

The (a)   movie star, Tom Hanks is back in a new Steven Spielberg's production this year.

14.

Her (a)   disregard for the feelings of others has made some people, many of whom are family members, suffer.

15.

She’s still too (a)   to speak about the tragedy. She  cannot think clearly.

16.

She has the (a)   task of cooking for 20 people every day.

17.

Eva was (a)   that she would not come.

18.

He seemed (a)   by all the opposition to his idea and continued with the plan.

19.

He became an (a)   accomplice in the crime. He had no idea of his involvement in it.

20.

The medical prognosis was (a)   . This hopeless scenario brought desperation and fear to the family.

21.

Often the (a)   victims have no warning that the flood is on its way.

22.

I’m fed up with his (a)   attitude. He is such a show-off.

23.

“I know it will sound (a)   , but I've loved being part of this club. Thank you so much.”

24.

His (a)   behavior made him been expelled from school several times.