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11 Qtr 1/Week 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group:

a)

ascribed

b)

ambiguous

c)

jargon

d)

feigning

2.

What is the opposite of "frantically"?

a)

Calmly

b)

Quickly

c)

Loudly

d)

Excitedly

3.

What is this a picture of?

a)

jargon

b)

prodigious

c)

gibbett

d)

pious

4.

Which of the following is a correct definition of "pliable"?

a)

Easily broken

b)

Easily bent or shaped

c)

Hard to influence

d)

Difficult to control

5.

Which word means "capable of being bent or flexed"?

a)

Unbending

b)

Pliable

c)

Stubborn

d)

Hard

6.

Something pleasing and appealing, especially a choice food

a)

pristine

b)

delicacies

c)

recompense

d)

macabre

7.

pure or unspoiled

a)

appease

b)

vanquish

c)

prodigious

d)

pristine

8.

to make a judgment in a dispute outside of a legal court

a)

pious

b)

mundane

c)

arbitrate

d)

ameliorate

9.

humble submission and respect

a)

feigning

b)

arbitrate

c)

deference

d)

predilection

10.

Which word is NOT a synonym of "vanquish"?

a)

Beat

b)

Conquer

c)

Submit

d)

Subdue

11.

food supply

a)

gibbet

b)

delicacies

c)

pristine

d)

provision

12.

feeling or showing no sympathy for others; insensitive or cruel

a)

pious

b)

callous

c)

prodigious

d)

gibbett

13.

To twist out of shape; change the usual or normal shape, form, or appearance of

a)

mudane

b)

distort

c)

feigning

d)

jargon

14.

very ordinary and not at all interesting or unusual

a)

frantic

b)

macabre

c)

mundane

d)

jargon

15.

dealing with, or representing death (esp. its grimmer or uglier aspects)

a)

macabre

b)

mundane

c)

distort

d)

callous

16.

capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways

a)

ameliorate

b)

ascribed

c)

feigning

d)

ambiguous

17.

to make something bad or unsatisfactory better; to improve

a)

jargon

b)

ascribed

c)

ameliorate

d)

appease

18.

a preference or special liking for something

a)

appease

b)

ameliorate

c)

predilection

d)

prodigious

19.

deeply religious

a)

pious

b)

prodigious

c)

jargon

d)

callous

20.

deceptively charm or entertain

a)

vanquish

b)

beguile

c)

ameliorate

d)

arbitrate