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Vocab 7-8 practice

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the vocabulary word with the correct definition.

a)

egregious

1.

remarkably bad

b)

distraught

2.

really upset

c)

acrimonious

3.

bitter

d)

duplicity

4.

trickery

e)

paucity

5.

scarcity, lack of

2.

Match the vocabulary word with the correct definition.

a)

pernicious

1.

harmful

b)

elicit

2.

to draw forth

c)

tolerate

3.

to put up with

d)

misconstrue

4.

interpret wrongly

e)

impunity

5.

freedom from punishment

3.

Match the vocabulary word with the correct definition.

a)

chagrin

1.

feeling of diappointment

b)

precocious

2.

reaching maturity early

c)

perverse

3.

contrary, persisting in error

d)

deride

4.

to ridicule, scoff at

e)

perfunctory

5.

superficial, done without care

4.

Match the vocabulary word with the correct definition.

a)

laudable

1.

praiseworthy

b)

masticate

2.

to chew up

c)

eschew

3.

avoid

d)

fiasco

4.

complete failure

e)

disparage

5.

to discredit, belittle

5.

Drag the vocabulary word to the correct column.

Categorize the following

laudable

tolerate

fiasco

masticate

chagrin

distraught

pernicious

elicit

positive
negative
nuetral
6.

Which vocab word is a SYNONYM for disparage?

a)

distraught

b)

tolerate

c)

deride

d)

pernicious

7.

Although it was a creative writing class, the teacher complained about the (a)   of talent there.

8.

My teacher (a)   my comment and sent me to the office.

9.

Edith gave only (a)   attention to the new year, skipping our NYE party.

10.

To the (a)   of many taxpayers, some citizens seem to cheat the government with impunity.

11.

When I correct my brother's math, he is (a)   enough to insist that he is right.

12.

The affluent storeowner (a)   the efforts of his small competitors saying that he could always tolerate that kind of rivalry.

13.

In an acrimonious letter, he described the project as a complete ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
fiasco
elicit
distraught
acrimonious
14.

The dictator's ​ (a)   rules failed to intimidate the leaders of the underground.

Choose from the below words
pernicious
impunity
tolerate
disparage
15.

The border guards allowed the doctors to cross the border with ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
impunity
duplicty
paucity
chagrin
16.

We tried to ​ tolerate her ​ (a)   comments, but that took considerable restraint.

Choose from the below words
acrimonious
distraught
impunity
eschew
perverse