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Vocab Set 4.1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.

a)

Amicable

b)

Acumen

c)

Cogent

d)

Vindicate

2.

Friendly and without anger or bad feelings, often used to describe relationships or agreements.

a)

Earnest

b)

Fraught

c)

Facetious

d)

Amicable

3.

A feeling of trust and friendship among a group of people who spend a lot of time together.

a)

acumen

b)

tangential

c)

camaraderie

d)

aspersion

4.

A person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.

a)

neophyte

b)

salient

c)

cavort

d)

pariah

5.

After hours of negotiation and mounting pressure, the union finally ________ to the company’s demands to avoid a strike.

a)

extolled

b)

fettered

c)

capitulated

d)

unsullied

6.

“You probably wouldn’t understand—it’s quite advanced,” he said with a _________ smirk, making her feel belittled and irritated.

a)

pretentious

b)

contrived

c)

melancholic

d)

condescending

7.

Shrunk or decreased slowly over time.

a)

vacuously

b)

cavorted

c)

dwindled

d)

relegate

8.

Serious, sincere, and intense in intention or effort.

a)

gingerly

b)

earnest

c)

bombastic

d)

incontrovertible

9.

The elusive fox managed to _______ the hunters once again, darting through the underbrush and disappearing into the forest.

a)

elude

b)

substantiate

c)

enervate

d)

construe

10.

The hikers carefully made their way down the ________ mountain path, where a single misstep could send them tumbling down the sharp, rocky incline.

a)

extraneous

b)

inimical

c)

arduous

d)

precipitous

11.

As winter dragged on, their supply of firewood _________, forcing them to ration what little they had left.

a)

despairing

b)

fettered

c)

confounded

d)

dwindled

12.

With her sharp ________ for finance, she quickly spotted the investment opportunity others had missed, leading the company to record profits.

a)

qualm

b)

volition

c)

acumen

d)

kowtow

13.

To give in or surrender after resistance, often because it becomes clear that further opposition is futile.

a)

capitulate

b)

vindicate

c)

acquiesce

d)

ameliorate

14.

 Often characterized by being boisterous, bubbly, chatty, openly emotional, and social.

a)

phlegmatic

b)

sanguine

c)

bombastic

d)

inane

15.

Behaving as though one is superior to others intellectually; talking down to people.

a)

Didactic

b)

Condescending

c)

Callous

d)

Sanctimonious