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WorksheetsVocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 2
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
protest against a course of action
a)
expostulate
b)
jaded
c)
innuendo
d)
hiatus
2.
to exceed one's limitations
a)
transcend
b)
lurid
c)
expostulate
d)
hiatus
3.
gruesome tales of grave robbers
a)
lurid
b)
intercede
c)
expostulate
d)
petulant
4.
What word means "to make better"?
a)
ameliorate
b)
callow
c)
exhort
d)
intrinsic
5.
What word refers to a span of 1000 years?
a)
occult
b)
lassitude
c)
inveigh
d)
millennium
6.
Which word would describe an educated guess?
a)
lassitude
b)
surmise
c)
permeate
d)
inveigh
7.
Someone who stands too close is guilty of doing this
a)
ingratiate
b)
precipitate
c)
surmise
d)
infringe
8.
What word would apply to a soggy paper towel left in the sink?
a)
occult
b)
lassitude
c)
permeate
d)
exhort
9.
drool; nonesense
a)
aplomb
b)
callow
c)
drivel
d)
lassitude
10.
cool, calm, and collected
a)
bombastic
b)
aplomb
c)
ameliorate
d)
exhort
11.
I urge you to study for this quiz!
a)
ingratiate
b)
intrinsic
c)
exhort
d)
infringe
12.
If you study, you will get a good grade and avoid doing this later
a)
inveigh
b)
infringe
c)
lassitude
d)
ex officio
13.
If you don't study, you can't be the ____ of a star student
a)
drivel
b)
aplomb
c)
callow
d)
epitome
14.
After four years of high school, the incoming freshmen will look so _____ to you
a)
callow
b)
bombastic
c)
ex officio
d)
interloper
15.
to try to get in good with someone
a)
intrinsic
b)
permeate
c)
precipitate
d)
ingratiate
16.
the supernatural
a)
interloper
b)
occult
c)
millennium
d)
intrinsic
17.
something essential to the very nature of a person or thing
a)
inveigh
b)
intrinsic
c)
drivel
d)
infringe
18.
Let me beg you to consider your options before making a decision
a)
ex officio
b)
infringe
c)
permeate
d)
exhort
19.
someone who butts in
a)
lassitude
b)
ingratiate
c)
aplomb
d)
interloper
20.
the opposite of being humble and true to yourself
a)
bombastic
b)
callow
c)
epitome
d)
precipitate
21.
May I ask what may ____ your sudden interest in sports?
a)
stringent
b)
occult
c)
aplomb
d)
precipipate
22.
After being sick all week, a certain amount of ____ can be expected.
a)
permeate
b)
stringent
c)
lassitude
d)
aplomb
23.
While easier on some issues, the police tend to be stringent when it comes to weapons in school.
a)
intrinsic
b)
stringent
c)
precipitate
d)
lassitude
24.
to steal something that has been given into one's trust
a)
seditious
b)
peculate
c)
enjoin
d)
expiate
25.
to make amends; to make up for
a)
sangfroid
b)
expedite
c)
ascribe
d)
expiate
26.
accidental
a)
vitriolic
b)
inadvertent
c)
nominal
d)
circuitous
27.
to have an intense hatred for
a)
commiserate
b)
proclivity
c)
expiate
d)
abominate
28.
I followed a ____ path through the woods when i was lost.
a)
circuitous
b)
seditious
c)
tenous
d)
vitriolic
29.
Caught up in the ____ of revolution, the young men enlisted with the local militias.
a)
proclivity
b)
wheedle
c)
ferment
d)
nominal
30.
Dictators usually begin their reigns by searching out and silencing ____ opinion.
a)
expedite
b)
seditious
c)
peculate
d)
adventitious
31.
Through ____, America has become a Melting Pot.
a)
acculturation
b)
commiserate
c)
tenous
d)
proclivity
32.
She asked for an RSVP, but I prefer to remain ____.
a)
inadverdent
b)
noncommittal
c)
enjoin
d)
adventitious
33.
to assign or refer to; to attribute
a)
commiserate
b)
expiate
c)
ascribe
d)
enjoin
34.
to direct or order; to prohibit
a)
ferment
b)
sangfroid
c)
wheedle
d)
enjoin
35.
thin, slender; poorly supported
a)
wheedle
b)
circuitous
c)
tenuous
d)
seditious
36.
An experienced actor can perform with what seems like limitless ____, even when he forgets a line.
a)
acculturation
b)
sangfroid
c)
proclivity
d)
commiserate
37.
resulting from chance
a)
adventitious
b)
circuitous
c)
ferment
d)
noncommittal
38.
to make easy
a)
sangfroid
b)
seditious
c)
expedite
d)
tenuous
39.
Though hurt by his ____ language, I had to admit that some of his points were valid.
a)
seditious
b)
tenuous
c)
inadvertent
d)
vitriolic
40.
Because so many of his patients were poor, the doctor charged only a ____ fee.
a)
noncommittal
b)
nominal
c)
expedite
d)
tenuous
41.
The spy used charm and flattery to ____ the information from the diplomat.
a)
ferment
b)
peculate
c)
wheedle
d)
enjoin
42.
Fond of long walks outdoors, Karen displayed a ____ for nature study.
a)
proclivity
b)
peculate
c)
sangfroid
d)
expiate
43.
to share a feeling of distress
a)
commiserate
b)
ascribe
c)
abominate
d)
wheedle
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