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Vocabulary Test: Advantage, Ambition, Defiant, Fearsome, Imply, Merit, Negotiate, Purify, Revoke, Wretched

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
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1.

Choose the word (from UNIT 16) whose meaning is suggested by the clue given.


Something that is ___________________ can also be described as scary.

a)

fearsome

b)

defiant

c)

wretched

2.

Choose the word (from UNIT 16) whose meaning is suggested by the clue given.

A job that is well done _______________ a reward.

a)

implies

b)

merits

c)

purifies

3.

Choose the word (from UNIT 16) whose meaning is suggested by the clue given.

A(an) ________________ is to wish to achieve or be successful.

a)

ambition

b)

merit

c)

advantage

4.

When you cancel something by reversing it, you _______ it.

a)

purify

b)

merit

c)

revoke

5.

Choose the word whose meaning is suggested by the clue given.

A strong desire for success might be called _______.

a)

advantage

b)

ambition

c)

merit

6.

Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in dark print.


revoke your privileges

a)

remove

b)

extend

c)

respect

7.

To be worthy of ______ is to deserve praise.

a)

ambition

b)

advantage

c)

merit

8.

A very unhappy situation might be described as _______.

a)

wretched

b)

defiant

c)

fearsome

9.

Choose the word whose meaning is suggested by the clue given.


Something alarming or frightening is ______.

a)

fearsome

b)

defiant

c)

wretched

10.

If you join an automobile club, you have the ______ of having someone to call if your car breaks down.

a)

advantage

b)

negotiate

c)

defiant

d)

purify

e)

imply

11.

Having fewer cars in the world would help to ________ the air because cars give off unhealthy fumes.

a)

advantage

b)

negotiate

c)

defiant

d)

purify

e)

imply

12.

Let's __________ who will set the table and who will wash dishes.

a)

advantage

b)

negotiate

c)

defiant

d)

purify

e)

imply

13.

Choose the word whose meaning is suggested by the clue given. A person who refuses to obey orders might be described as _______.

a)

A) defiant

b)

B) fearsome

c)

C) wretched

d)

D) ambitious

14.

Choose the word whose meaning is suggested by the clue given. To make something clean or free from impurities is to _______.

a)

A) revoke

b)

B) purify

c)

C) negotiate

d)

D) imply

15.

Choose the word whose meaning is suggested by the clue given. A benefit or favorable position is an _______.

a)

A) ambition

b)

B) advantage

c)

C) merit

d)

D) fearsome