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Building an Enriched Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

disinclined to speak out; reserved or restrained

a)

reticent

b)

retroactive

c)

salient

d)

sanguine

2.

retribution

a)

just payment for something else, especially a punishment

b)

a basic principle, element, or skill

c)

malicious damage, destruction, or hindrance of something

d)

an outward projection in a military position; anything that protrudes beyond its surroundings

3.

retroactive

a)

applying or referring to a period prior to enactment

b)

wickedly disrespectful of of sacred or revered things

c)

prominent or conspicuous

d)

cheerfully confident or optimistic

4.

to echo over and over again; to resound

a)

reverberate

b)

revere

c)

ruminate

d)

sabotage

5.

revere

a)

to hold in great awe, esteem, or respect

b)

to echo over and over again; to resound

c)

to ponder at length; to turn over in one's mind

d)

to hamper, injure, or destroy maliciously or stealthily

6.

ritual

a)

a prescribed from or order for some kind of ceremony; something that is regularly and faithfully practiced

b)

a basic principle, element, or skill

c)

an action or device designed to confuse or mislead

d)

a natural or artificial body revolving around a celestial body of larger size

7.

rudiment

a)

a basic principle, element, or skill

b)

a prescribed form or order for some kind of ceremony; something that is regularly and faithfully practiced

c)

an action or device designed to confuse or mislead

d)

a country that is under the domination or influence of a larger or more powerful country

8.

to chew cud - cows and to ponder at length; to turn over in one's mind

a)

ruminate

b)

reverberate

c)

revere

d)

sabotage

9.

ruse

a)

an action or device designed to confuse or mislead

b)

malicious damage, destruction, or hindrance of something

c)

a natural or artificial body revolving around a celestial body of larger size

d)

a basic principle, element, or skill

10.

sabotage - verb and noun

a)

v - to hamper, injure, or destroy maliciously or stealthily

b)

n- malicious damage, destruciton, or hindrance of something

c)

v - to hold in great awe, esteem, or respect

d)

n - an action or device designed to confuse or mislead

11.

wickedly disrespectful of sacred or revered things

a)

sacrilegious

b)

salient

c)

sanctimonious

d)

sanguine

12.

salient noun and adjective

a)

n - an outward projection in a military position; anything that protrudes beyond its surroundings

b)

adj - prominent or conspicuous

c)

n - a basic principle, element, or skill

d)

adj - cheerfully confident or optimistic

13.

sanctimonious

a)

making a great but insincere show of being holy or righteous, usually for the purpose of impressing others

b)

cheerfully confident or optimistic

c)

reddish or ruddy

d)

applying or referring to a period prior to enactment

14.

sanguine - pick two

a)

reddish or ruddy

b)

cheerfully confident or optimistic

c)

reserved or restrained

d)

prominent or conspicuous

15.

satellite noun - pick two and adjective - pick one

a)

n - a country that is under the domination or influence of a larger or more powerful country

b)

adj - dependent

c)

n - a natural or artficial body revolving around a celestial body of larger size

d)

adj - cheerfully confident or optimistic

e)

n- a basic principle, element, or skill

16.

reticent - antonym

a)

talkative

b)

close-mouthed

c)

tight-lipped

d)

uncommunicative

17.

Most ancient peoples looked upon plagues, famines, and other natural disasters as forms of divine _________ for human sin.

a)

retribution

b)

ritual

c)

rudiment

d)

ruse

18.

Lincoln's call for volunteers to fight to preserve the Union __________ through the Northern states

a)

reverberated

b)

revered

c)

ruminated

d)

sabotaged

19.

revere - synonym

a)

cherish

b)

disparage

c)

belittle

d)

denigrate

20.

Any good teacher will tell you that you must master the _________ of a subject before you can proceed to its fine points

a)

rudiments

b)

rituals

c)

salients

d)

satellites

21.

ruminate means to "put on one's thinking cap."

a)

True

b)

False

22.

After ten long years of fruitless fighting, the Greeks finally captured Troy by resorting to a ________.

a)

ruse

b)

satellite

c)

rudiment

d)

retribution

23.

sacrilegious - synonym

a)

sinful

b)

pious

c)

reverant

d)

devout

24.

The newspaper article contained a brief synopsis of the __________ points in the president's address. What part of speech is the missing word?

a)

adjective

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

adverb

25.

The newspaper article contained a brief synopsis of the __________ points in the president's address.

a)

salient

b)

santimounious

c)

sanguine

d)

sacrilegious