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Vocab lesson 1 & 2 review

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Mrs. Granger keeps a compendium of recipes on the kitchen shelf.
a)
pretty box
b)
written collection
c)
subject
d)
favorite list
2.
The belief that bats are blind is a common misconception
a)
lesson
b)
bit of wisdom
c)
tale
d)
mistake idea
3.
Calvin carries a small abridged dictionary in his backpack
a)
shortened
b)
foreign language
c)
complete
d)
trusted friend
4.
Elise checked a gazetteer to find the location of Lake Louise.
a)
local resident
b)
newspaper
c)
geographical dictionary
d)
trusted friend
5.
Teachers seldom disclose their political views to students.
a)
plead
b)
reveal
c)
change
d)
defend
6.
You can look up diseased in a medical Lexicon.
a)
dictionary
b)
encyclopedia
c)
office
d)
computer
7.
People think of Mr. Larson as a sage because he always gives good advice.
a)
wise person
b)
library
c)
fortune teller
d)
doctor
8.
My grandmother has an ingrained fear of big cities.
a)
understandable
b)
based on experience
c)
mistaken
d)
firmly fixed
9.
Will you clarify the procedure for dividing fractions, please?
a)
read aloud
b)
show publicly
c)
make clear
d)
firmly fixed
10.
Allow plenty of time to browse when you go to the library.
a)
look through reading material
b)
study carefully
c)
ask questions and get help
d)
use a computer
11.
Flu, flew, and flue are _____.
a)
homonyms
b)
browsers
c)
misconceptions
d)
phonetics
12.
Mrs. Jackson teaches a writing _____ on Tuesday evenings.
a)
compedium
b)
seminar
c)
clarification
d)
lexicon
13.
For half an hour Greg _______ on the many benefits of solar power.
a)
disclosed
b)
browsed
c)
expounded
d)
clarified
14.
Sam read and interesting _____ in the encyclopedias about sundials.
a)
etymology
b)
entry
c)
lexicography
d)
sage
15.
Shari only _____ her dream of becoming an Olympic athlete to her best friend
a)
enlightened
b)
abridged
c)
exhibited
d)
confided
16.
This newspaper article contains _____ to some interesting travel books.
a)
seminars
b)
homonyms
c)
entries
d)
citations
17.
Club members waited for the president to _____ them as to why she had called meeting
a)
enlightened
b)
clarify
c)
expound
d)
cite
18.
The _____ of the word cloth can be traced back to an early German language.
a)
Gazetteer
b)
Citation
c)
Etymology
d)
sagacity
19.
Mary _____ three of her paintings in the art show.
a)
browsed
b)
exhibited
c)
confided
d)
disclosed
20.
A knowledge of _______ can help you pronounce unfamiliar words.
a)
abridgement
b)
confidence
c)
misconception
d)
phonetics
21.

Andrew ____ through the books on the library shelf

a)

cited

b)

abridged

c)

browsed

d)

entered

22.

The ____ of medicine includes many specific words.

a)

lexicon

b)

gazetteer

c)

etymology

d)

citation

23.

The _____ spelling showed that the final e in the word is silent.

a)

homonymous

b)

cited

c)

abridged

d)

phonetic

24.

A word that sounds the same as another

a)

homonym

b)

gazetteer

c)

phonetics

d)

abridged

25.

a dictionary of places

a)

homonym

b)

gazetteer

c)

phonetics

d)

abridged

26.

the study of language sounds

a)

homonym

b)

gazetteer

c)

phonetics

d)

abridged

27.

shortened

a)

homonym

b)

gazetteer

c)

phonetics

d)

abridged

28.

collection of writings

a)

compendium

b)

browse

c)

entry

d)

etymology

29.

to look through casually

a)

compendium

b)

browse

c)

entry

d)

etymology

30.

a way in

a)

compendium

b)

browse

c)

entry

d)

etymology

31.

the origin of a word

a)

compendium

b)

browse

c)

entry

d)

etymology

32.

a dictionary

a)

lexicon

b)

citation

c)

expound

d)

seminar

33.

a quotation of an authority

a)

lexicon

b)

citation

c)

expound

d)

seminar

34.

to talk at length

a)

lexicon

b)

citation

c)

expound

d)

seminar

35.

to talk at length a class on a topic

a)

lexicon

b)

citation

c)

expound

d)

seminar

36.

to give insight

a)

enlighten

b)

ingrained

c)

misconception

d)

sage

37.

deep-seated

a)

enlighten

b)

ingrained

c)

misconception

d)

sage

38.

a mistaken idea

a)

enlighten

b)

ingrained

c)

misconception

d)

sage

39.

a wise person

a)

enlighten

b)

ingrained

c)

misconception

d)

sage

40.

to reveal

a)

disclose

b)

exhibit

c)

clarify

d)

confide

41.

display publicly

a)

disclose

b)

exhibit

c)

clarify

d)

confide

42.

to make clear

a)

disclose

b)

exhibit

c)

clarify

d)

confide

43.

to trust someone with information

a)

disclose

b)

exhibit

c)

clarify

d)

confide