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Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A written fragment that cannot be decoded or understood is:

a)

jaded

b)

lurid

c)

inscrutable

d)

inadvertent

2.

Which of the following is the opposite of surly?

a)

vitriolic

b)

hackneyed

c)

affable

d)

inhospitable

3.

A person who is easily annoyed and who complains constantly could be described as:

a)

querulous

b)

unflappable

c)

unctuous

d)

stoical

4.

To argue with someone against something is to:

a)

abominate

b)

exhort

c)

ascribe

d)

remonstrate

5.

Another word for formless is:

a)

callow

b)

intrinsic

c)

remote

d)

amorphous

6.

Which of the following might you use to describe a speech that attacks a political opponent using coarsely abusive language?

a)

nominal

b)

restrained

c)

provincial

d)

scurrilous

7.

Which of the following words could NOT be used to replace erudite?

a)

scholarly

b)

ignorantmodel

c)

learned

d)

well-read

8.

Which of the following could be used to replace aggrandized?

a)

celebrated

b)

diminished

c)

magical

d)

augmented

9.

Aura is used to indicate that superheroes have qualities that are:

a)

distinctive

b)

shocking

c)

ordinary

d)

misunderstood

10.

illegal or prohibited traffic in goods:

a)

mysterious

b)

eerie

c)

contraband

d)

insular

11.

Ghosts are often depicted as wearing tattered clothing or:

a)

gossamer

b)

dense

c)

solid

d)

massive

12.

to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises

a)

indicate

b)

describe

c)

observe

d)

infer

13.

characteristic of a narrow-minded person

a)

insular

b)

irrevocable

c)

resilient

d)

erudite

14.

incapable of being changed

a)

reversible

b)

principle

c)

irrevocable

d)

conceal

15.

an often intense natural inclination or preference

a)

custom

b)

propensity

c)

idea

d)

intelligible

16.

Another word for repudiate is:

a)

concede

b)

confirm

c)

remonstrate

d)

deny

17.

To bounce back into life is to be:

a)

resilient

b)

rigid

c)

stiff

d)

narrow-minded

18.

to return or re-echo (a sound).

a)

rebound

b)

resilient

c)

reverberate

d)

sleazy

19.

accomplished with careful perseverance

a)

idle

b)

sedulous

c)

gossamer

d)

repudiate

20.

lacking firmness of texture

a)

sleazy

b)

sturdy

c)

superior

d)

scurrilous