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Week 1: Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Use the new words in the proper blanks: The pickets agreed to ______ against the law that curtailed their freedom.

a)
inveigh
b)

Aspire

c)

nettle

d)

overt

e)

relegate

2.

Use the new words in the proper blanks: When they tried to ______ the star to a minor role she was furious.

a)

aspire

b)

inveigh

c)

relegate

d)

nettle

e)

overt

3.

Use the new words in the proper blanks: Poe's hero watched the rats ______ across his inert body.

a)

lethal

b)

scurry

c)

incisive

d)

precipitate

e)

stereotype

4.

Use the new words in the proper blanks: The jockey received a ______ kick from the fractious horse.

a)

lethal

b)

scurry

c)

incisive

d)

precipitate

e)

stereotype

5.

Use the new words in the proper blanks: The director was ousted from his ______ when he angered the mayor.

a)

stentorian

b)

singular

c)

valor

d)

bias

e)

sinecure

6.

Use the new words in the proper blanks: The word 'surrender' is anathema to people of ______.

a)

stentorian

b)

singular

c)

valor

d)

bias

e)

sinecure

7.

Use the new words in the proper blanks: A viable peace was brought about as a result of the diplomat's ______ contribution.

a)
singular
b)

stentorian

c)

valor

d)

bias

e)

sinecure

8.

Match the new words with their meanings: singular

a)

prejudice

b)

soft job

c)

courage

d)

extraordinary

e)

loud

9.

Match the new words with their meanings: bias

a)

prejudice

b)

soft job

c)

courage

d)

extraordinary

e)

loud

10.

Match the following

a)

aspire

1.

to strive for

b)

inveigh

2.

attack verbally

c)

nettle

3.

to irritate or annoy

d)

overt

4.

open

e)

relegate

5.

to assign to a lower position

11.

Match the following

a)

supine

1.

to lie on one's back

b)

mammoth

2.

huge

c)

repulse

3.

to drive back or repel

d)

havoc

4.

ruin

e)

raze

5.

destroy

12.

Match the following

a)

lethal

1.

deadly

b)

scurry

2.

run hastily

c)

incisive

3.

acute

d)

precipitate

4.

hasten

e)

stereotype

5.

unvarying pattern

13.

Match the following

a)

stentorian

1.

loud and powerful

b)

singular

2.

extraordinary

c)

valor

3.

courage

d)

bias

4.

prejudice

e)

sinecure

5.

soft job

14.

Use the new words in the proper blanks: Following the revolution, the people ___________ the subterranean dungeons of the dictator

a)

supine

b)

mammoth

c)

repulse

d)

havoc

e)

razed

15.

Use the new words in the proper blanks: The virulent plague cause __________ among the populace.

a)

supine

b)

mammoth

c)

repulse

d)

havoc

e)

razed