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WorksheetsLevel C Unit 12
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:
WILLFUL is to TRACTABLE as
PRONE is to APT
VORACIOUS is to RETENTIVE
STAID is to OUTLANDISH
WHIMSICAL is to FRIVOLOUS
Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:
SHIFTLESS is to ENTERPRISING as
WAVERING is to UNFLAGGING
PERTINENT is to RELEVANT
GINGERLY is to UNGAINLY
AMPLE is to BOUNTIFUL
Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:
CAPACIOUS is to ROOM as
OBLIQUE is to DIRECTION
LAGGARD is to TIME
PRODIGIOUS is to SIZE
JAUNTY is to ATTITUDE
Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:
WRANGLE is to ACCORD as
OSTRACIZE is to FAVOR
VIE is to RIVALRY
COMPLY is to AGREEMENT
COLLABORATE is to COMPETITION
Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:
TAINT is to DEFILE as
QUALM is to HESITATE
DEFECT is to REPAIR
QUIRK is to HABITUATE
DETRIMENT is to HARM
Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:
PLAUSIBLE is to SCOFF AT as
COMMENDABLE is to UPBRAID
PERCEPTIBLE is to OBSERVE
AUDIBLE is to HEAR
DURABLE is to WEAR
Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:
SEQUEL is to ENSUE as
PROLOGUE is to PRECEDE
PREFACE is to FOLLOW
AFTERMATH is to INTRODUCE
FINALE is to IMPEND
Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:
SCAVENGER is to FERRET as
RECIPIENT is to ENDOW
MENDICANT is to BEG
SCAPEGOAT is to PRECLUDE
TURNCOAT is to RAVAGE
Choose the item that BEST completes the comparison below:
TENET is to DOCTRINE as
BANTER is to RUBBLE
REPERCUSSION is to BACKLASH
ANGUISH is to INTRIGUE
CRONY is to ENEMY
Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:
The levity of some gases in respect to air ideally suits them to use in dirigibles, weather balloons, and other such devices.
The word LEVITY most nearly means
fickleness
lightness
frivolity
mildness
Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:
As Great Britain pushed its colonial empire to the limit in the late 19th century, English men and women began to turn up in the most inaccessible and outlandish places.
The word OUTLANDISH can best be defined as:
out-of-the-way
unconventional
freakish
foreign-looking
Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:
Writing may have come to ancient Egypt directly from Sumer, or it may have arrived by some mediate process involving Syria and Palestine.
The word MEDIATE can best be defined as:
indirect
casual
middle
agreed
Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:
As Dickens points out, the fierceness with which Mr. Boythorn expresses his opinions hardly accords with his overall mildness of temperament.
The word ACCORDS can best be defined as:
bestows on
approves of
adapts to
harmonizes with
Choose the BEST answer using the sentence below:
Once young Mr. Sedley, whose sweet tooth was decidedly pronounced, had glutted himself on chocolates, he fell asleep, much to the annoyance of his sister and Miss Sharp.
The word GLUTTED most nearly means:
flooded
overstuffed
choked
sickened
Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:
With all the fervor of the ________ Knights of the Round TAble and other fabled heroes of old, Don Quixote embarked on his hilarious personal ________ to right the wrongs of the world.
elite...embargo
legendary...crusade
myriad...juncture
renowned...ruse
Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:
Though ______________ like the mountain lion and the lynx have entirely disappeared from the settled parts of this country, they can still be found in areas that ____________ with wildlife.
predators...teem
scavengers...bask
milieus...wallow
decoys...cover
Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:
"Certain misguided students may think that they can ________ school property with ________, but I assure them that such acts of vandalism will not go unpunished," the principal warned.
maim...longevity
bestow...incognito
incapacitate...nonentity
deface...impunity
Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:
When labor and management cannot arrive at an agreement through collective bargaining or some other means, they sometimes have ________ to outside ________ to settle a dispute.
proximity...infiltration
transition...intrigue
recourse...mediation
proxy...jurisdiction
Choose the pair of words that BEST completes the sentence below:
Since he derived no pleasure from the more serious pursuits of life, the fun-loving prince _____ himself with hunts, balls, and other ____________ entertainments.
bolstered...solicitous
glutted...ethical
regaled...frivolous
asserted...conventional
Choose the word that is BEST suggested by the phrase:
"If you will mow my lawn, I'll wash your car."
mediate
regale
barter
impart
