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Davern- ODW 1-40

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lasting a very short time; short lived; transitory

a)

Hinder

b)

Ephemeral

c)

Remiss

d)

Brevity

2.

Extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn as from great hunger- weariness, or torture; emaciated

a)

Bereft

b)

Gaunt

c)

Didactic

d)

Conciliatory

3.

Dutiful respect or regard for parents, homeland, etc.

a)

Piety

b)

Reverent

c)

Ostentatious

d)

Exalt

4.

Charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

a)

Ostentatious

b)

Affluent

c)

Beguiling

d)

Inexorable

5.

Agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance

a)

Didactic

b)

Thwart

c)

Reticent

d)

Acquiescence

6.

Character or conduct that emphasizes practicality

a)

Sardonic

b)

Pragmatism

c)

Conciliatory

d)

Inexorable

7.

Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind

a)

Mercurial

b)

Indignant

c)

Lament

d)

Reverent

8.

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion- intense devotion, eagerness, or zeal- burning heat

a)

Ardor

b)

Lament

c)

Despondent

d)

Reverent

9.

To cause delay, interruption, hamper, impede; to prevent from doing, acting or happening

a)

Brevity

b)

Indignant

c)

Hinder

d)

Pragmatism

10.

Not meant to be taken seriously or literally

a)

Pedantry/Pedantic

b)

Austere

c)

Chastise

d)

Facetious

11.

Shortness of time or duration; the equality of expressing much in few words; terseness

a)

Hinder

b)

Exertions

c)

Piety

d)

Brevity

12.

Severe or strict in manner, attitude or appearance

a)

Facetious

b)

Censure

c)

Sardonic

d)

Austere

13.

Negligent, careless, or slow in preforming one's duty, business

a)

Chastise

b)

Bereft

c)

Remiss

d)

Despondent

14.

High up; far above the ground

a)

Aloft

b)

Wry

c)

Piety

d)

Affluent

15.

To feel or express sorrow or regret for; to mourn for or over

a)

Ardor

b)

Despondent

c)

Erudite

d)

Lament

16.

to bereave- to make desolate, especially by death- to deprive ruthlessly or by force

a)

Sardonic

b)

Despondent

c)

Bereft

17.

Tending to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over

a)

Ardor

b)

Beguiling

c)

Ostentatious

d)

Conciliatory

18.

to treat (a person) as a celebrity

a)

Lionized

b)

Ostentatious

c)

Thwart

d)

Exalt

19.

to discipline; to criticize severely

a)

Indignant

b)

Remiss

c)

Censure

d)

Chastise

20.

Characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering

a)

Chastise

b)

Sardonic

c)

Indignant

d)

Repudiate

21.

Attention to rules, details

a)

Pedantry/Pedantic

b)

Facetious

c)

Reverent

d)

Repudiate

22.

Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom

a)

Despondent

b)

Remiss

c)

Lament

d)

Mercurial

23.

Feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting or base

a)

Exalt

b)

Despondent

c)

Malevolent

d)

Indignant

24.

Abnormally bent or turned to one side; devious in course or purpose; bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing

a)

Facetious

b)

Sardonic

c)

Wry

d)

Malevolent

25.

Characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others

a)

Ostentatious

b)

Beguiling

c)

Reverent

d)

Lionized

26.

Feeling, Exhibiting or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful

a)

Piety

b)

Reverent

c)

Lionized

d)

Ardor

27.

Having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods; prosperous, rich - abounding in anything

a)

Whimsical

b)

Erudite

c)

Remiss

d)

Affluent

28.

Intended for instruction; teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson

a)

Didactic

b)

Thwart

c)

Austere

d)

Aesthetics

29.

To raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc; elevate to stimulate, as the imagination, to elate, as with pride or joy

a)

Annihilation

b)

Pragmatism

c)

Lionized

d)

Exalt

30.

A philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic

a)

Exertions

b)

Aesthetic

c)

Erudite

d)

Beguiling

31.

Unyielding, unalterable. Not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties (a humble request)

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Piety

c)

Inexorable

d)

Facetious

32.

To oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose, to frustrate or baffle, to cross

a)

Affluent

b)

Despondent

c)

Whimsical

d)

Thwart

33.

Disposed to be silent or not speak freely; reserved, reluctant or restrained

a)

Acquiescence

b)

Brevity

c)

Reticent

d)

Annihilation

34.

Strong or vehement expression of disapproval- to criticize or reproach in a harsh manner

a)

Censure

b)

Didactic

c)

Pedantry/Pedantic

d)

Chastise

35.

Vigorous action or effort

a)

Conciliatory

b)

Exalt

c)

Exertions

d)

Pragnatism

36.

To reject as having no authority or blinding force, to cast off or disown, to reject with denial

a)

Repudiate

b)

Censure

c)

Indignant

d)

Gaunt

37.

Characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

a)

Repudiate

b)

Ostentatious

c)

Didactic

d)

Erudite

38.

Given to fanciful notions; capricious; erratic and unpredictable

a)

Mercurial

b)

Whimsical

c)

Wry

d)

Remiss

39.

Wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious

a)

Malevolent

b)

Thwart

c)

Conciliatory

d)

Censure

40.

An act or instance of annihilating or of completely destroying or defeating someone or something

a)

Malevolant

b)

Whimsical

c)

Annihilation

d)

Wry