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Vocabulary Lesson 7 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ________ host scarcely gave his guests a chance to speak.

a)

exorbitant

b)

ingrate

c)

voluble

d)

moribund

2.

All of the following demonstrate the meaning of the word "injunction" EXCEPT...

a)

When the hurricane warning was announced, my family heeded the order to evacuate.

b)

The court stated the company could not hire permanent replacement workers during the strike.

c)

The owner refused to close the restaurant in spite of the judge's order.

d)

"Can you please put your things away," she kindly asked.

3.

extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious

a)

moribund

b)

sumptuous

c)

amorous

d)

voluble

4.

Poor management led the organization to become ________.

a)

moribund

b)

exorbitant

c)

sumptuous

d)

voluble

5.

All of the following demonstrate the meaning of "subsidize" EXCEPT...

a)

The Fulbright scholarship made it possible for Keisha to study abroad.

b)

Government support helped the solar-panel industry get started.

c)

My parents let me use the house for our club meeting.

d)

Grants from the state made the road project cheaper.

6.

Which of the following are definitions for the word "motif"?

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

a comparison using "like" or "as"

b)

a theme or idea in a work of art or literature that is repeated

c)

lending human qualities to an inanimate object

d)

a figure or design repeated in the decoration of something, such as a building or textile

7.

I felt like a(n) ________ for forgetting to thank my mother for making the food for my party.

a)

ingrate

b)

motif

c)

censure

d)

injunction

8.

The word "amorous" works in all of the following sentences EXCEPT...

a)

It was ___ to answer your grandmother so rudely.

b)

The ___ couple in the romantic comedy had to survive a series of antics before the movie culminated in a wedding.

c)

The swans on the lake entwined their necks in ___ play.

d)

The sonnets are the ___ outpourings of the poet's feelings for his wife.

9.

My friends ____ with me on the wisdom of waiting until the storm had passed before I walked to the park.

a)

censured

b)

subsidized

c)

expostulated

d)

belittled

10.

to present or speak of as unimportant or of little value

a)

subsidize

b)

expostulate

c)

divulge

d)

belittle

11.

Which of the following best demonstrate the meaning of the word "censure"?

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

A hundred years ago, people who divorced experienced harsher criticism than they do today.

b)

Blackbeard shared the location of the treasure with no one.

c)

The judge criticized the lawyer for failing to file the papers on time.

d)

My friends tried to convince me not to play golf in a thunderstorm.

12.

having great or significant consequences

a)

voluble

b)

sumptuous

c)

fateful

d)

exorbitant

13.

The word "deem" works in all of the following sentences, EXCEPT...

a)

You can accompany the kids to the bus stop if you ___ it necessary.

b)

Why not ___ this coupon for the discount it offers?

c)

That model has been ___ obsolete because this year's version outperforms it.

d)

Georgia O'Keefe was ___ the better artist of the two.

14.

to make known something secret; to reveal

a)

subsidize

b)

divulge

c)

deem

d)

belittle

15.

Two hundred dollars seems a(n) ____ price for a man's shirt.

a)

fateful

b)

amorous

c)

moribund

d)

exorbitant

16.

If someone says "It takes two to tango," they mean that ___.

a)

the tango is a difficult dance to master

b)

it takes to people to compose the music for a tango

c)

two people are always considered more guilty than one

d)

two people involved in a situation are equally responsible

17.

If you "hear something through the grapevine," it means that ___.

a)

you only speak when you are outdoors

b)

others think you talk too much when you drink

c)

you overheard people speaking softly in a field

d)

you heard of something through gossip

18.

Original pronunciation for ENVELOPE (paper container for letters)

a)

EN-vuh-lohp

b)

en-veh-LOP

c)

ahn-veh-LOHP

d)

AHN-vah-lohp

19.

Original pronunciation for ERA (period of time)

a)

EH-ruh

b)

eh-RAH

c)

UH-rah

d)

EER-uh


20.

An antonym for DIVULGE

a)

express

b)

announce

c)

conceal

d)

change