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Test Prep Words

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

warlike in manner or temperament

a)

tortuous

b)

languid

c)

surreptitious

d)

bellicose

2.

holding fast; persistent

a)

tenacious

b)

curtail

c)

truncatated

d)

tortuous

3.

trifling; unimportant

a)

precocious

b)

inconsequential

c)

covert

d)

resilient

4.

extremely dry

a)

mundane

b)

arid

c)

opulent

d)

perfidious

5.

boring

a)

insipid

b)

covert

c)

cryptic

d)

mundane

6.

severe or stern in manner

a)

obstinate

b)

arcane

c)

austere

d)

dormant

7.

conspicuous, standing out from the mass

a)

eclectic

b)

flamboyant

c)

precarious

d)

egregious

8.

unstable, insecure, dangerous

a)

bellicose

b)

precarious

c)

discredit

d)

garrulous

9.

satisfied; filled up

a)

fortuitous

b)

satiated

c)

soporific

d)

metamorphosis

10.

What does convey mean?

a)

To point out; to show

b)

To communicate a message; make an idea known

c)

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

d)

To briefly share the main points of something

11.

What does it mean to infer something?

a)

To briefly share the main points of something

b)

To give the meaning (definition) of something

c)

To figure something out by using evidence and reasoning

d)

To make something clear by using description

12.

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

a)

DEMONSTRATE

b)

DESCRIBE

c)

SUPPORT

d)

INDICATE

e)

SUMMARIZE

13.

What does 'ephemeral' mean?

a)

A) Lasting for a very short time

b)

B) Extremely complicated

c)

C) Full of energy

d)

D) Very old

14.

Choose the word that means 'to make something less severe or intense'.

a)

A) Mitigate

b)

B) Exacerbate

c)

C) Aggravate

d)

D) Intensify

15.

What is the meaning of 'cogent'?

a)

A) Clear, logical, and convincing

b)

B) Difficult to understand

c)

C) Full of energy

d)

D) Very old