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Test Prep Words

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

harmful, injurious

a)

deleterious

b)

nefarious

c)

chastise

d)

precocious

2.

to reduce strength

a)

adversity

b)

arid

c)

chastise

d)

enervate

3.

angered at something unjust or wrong

a)

querulous

b)

assiduous

c)

indignant

d)

resilient

4.

to criticize severely

a)

cryptic

b)

chastise

c)

covert

d)

perfidious

5.

exceeding what is sufficient or required; excess

a)

querulous

b)

perfidious

c)

mundane

d)

superfluous

6.

winding, twisted, crooked; devious

a)

dormant

b)

soporific

c)

tortuous

d)

austere

7.

the change of form, shape, substance

a)

metamorphosis

b)

egregious

c)

satiated

d)

jubilation

8.

to get around

a)

circuitous

b)

circumvent

c)

precarious

d)

eclectic

9.

tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy

a)

soporific

b)

discredit

c)

bellicose

d)

languid

10.

drooping from exhaustion, sluggish, slow

a)

soporific

b)

languid

c)

satiated

d)

obstinate

11.

to copy, reproduce, or repeat

a)

circuitous

b)

circumvent

c)

tortuous

d)

replicate

12.

shortened; cut off

a)

truncated

b)

curtail

c)

austere

d)

fortitous

13.

A word meaning 'to lessen in intensity or degree'

a)

A) mitigate

b)

B) exacerbate

c)

C) obliterate

d)

D) fabricate

14.

A word meaning 'to make amends or reparation'

a)

A) atone

b)

B) defile

c)

C) obfuscate

d)

D) exacerbate

15.

A word meaning 'to clear from blame or suspicion'

a)

A) vindicate

b)

B) implicate

c)

C) obfuscate

d)

D) exacerbate