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Test Prep Words

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning; “reading between the lines

a)

Demonstrate

b)

Explain

c)

Infer

d)

Summarize

2.

To make something clear by using description, relevant facts, or ideas

a)

Explain

b)

Interpret

c)

Infer

d)

Demonstrate

3.

Define

a)

To explain the meaning of something; to present something in understandable terms

b)

To examine something in detail in order to understand it

c)

To point out; to show

d)

To give the meaning (definition) of something

4.

To defend; to back up with reasoning and/or evidence

a)

Convey

b)

Support

c)

Define

d)

Summarize

5.

Communicate a message; make an idea known

a)

Convey

b)

Support

c)

Define

d)

Summarize

6.

able to recover quickly

a)

resilient

b)

insipid

c)

deleterious

d)

assiduous

7.

inclined to complain; irritable

a)

adulation

b)

cryptic

c)

querulous

d)

nefarious

8.

unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity

a)

perfidious

b)

novice

c)

adulation

d)

precocious

9.

willing to betray one's trust

a)

covert

b)

cryptic

c)

indignant

d)

perfidious

10.

wealthy

a)

prosperity

b)

opulent

c)

deleterious

d)

chastise

11.

a beginner; one who is inexperienced

a)

novice

b)

inconsequential

c)

haughty

d)

enervate

12.

excessive praise or admiration

a)

adversity

b)

chastise

c)

adulation

d)

mundane

13.

arrogantly superior or disdainful

a)

indignant

b)

haughty

c)

querulous

d)

superfluous

14.

very wicked

a)

assiduous

b)

precocious

c)

superflous

d)

nefarious

15.

hardship; misfortune

a)

adversity

b)

mundane

c)

fervid

d)

deleterious

16.

puzzling; enigmatic

a)

nefarious

b)

cryptic

c)

querulous

d)

covert

17.

causing fear, apprehension, or dread

a)

cryptic

b)

deleterious

c)

novice

d)

formidable

18.

lacking interest or flavor

a)

insipid

b)

assiduous

c)

superfluous

d)

novice

19.

persistent, attentive, diligent

a)

resilient

b)

assiduous

c)

perfidious

d)

precocious

20.

hidden; undercover

a)

cryptic

b)

adulation

c)

perfidious

d)

covert

21.

intensely emotional; feverish

a)

fervid

b)

querulous

c)

haughty

d)

enervate

22.

Which word means 'able to recover quickly'?

a)

resilient

b)

insipid

c)

deleterious

d)

assiduous

23.

What does 'querulous' mean?

a)

adulation

b)

cryptic

c)

querulous

d)

nefarious

24.

What is the meaning of 'precocious'?

a)

perfidious

b)

novice

c)

adulation

d)

precocious

25.

Which word describes someone 'willing to betray one's trust'?

a)

covert

b)

cryptic

c)

indignant

d)

perfidious