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Vocab Set 4.2

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

make (guilt or an offense) seem less serious or more forgivable. __________

a)

Extenuating

b)

Substantiating

c)

Condescending

d)

Ameliorating

2.

The ability to make quick, accurate, and intelligent decisions or judgments, especially in a particular domain.

a)

Aversion

b)

Acquiesce

c)

Acumen

d)

Multiplicity

3.

Completely or directly opposed to something ________

a)

diametrically

b)

didactic

c)

deference

d)

elude

4.

I would be ________ opposed to lengthening the school day, since I think it’s too long already.

a)

diametrically

b)

earnestly

c)

garishly

d)

prohibitively

5.

not feeling or showing emotion ________

a)

nefarious

b)

sanctimonious

c)

salient

d)

impassive

6.

using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive. ________

a)

aspersions

b)

construing

c)

sanctimonious

d)

intuitive

7.

The teacher’s perspective nature allowed him to ________ that there was something wrong with his student.

a)

Construe

b)

Prognosticate

c)

Intuit

d)

Acumen

8.

Utterly bewilder or perplex ________

a)

mystified

b)

perseverated

c)

confounded

d)

extraneous

9.

Optimistic or hopeful, especially in a difficult or challenging situation

a)

prattle

b)

sanguine

c)

amorphous

d)

facetious

10.

The toddler incessantly ________ about his day, exhausting his friends and parents.

a)

prattled

b)

confounded

c)

unsullied

d)

fettered

11.

a person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.

a)

kowtow

b)

pariah

c)

protégé

d)

quail

12.

Completely, directly opposite.

a)

diametrically

b)

gingerly

c)

cholerically

d)

callously

13.

Showing no emotion.

a)

inane

b)

arduous

c)

fortuitous

d)

impassive

14.

Confused, puzzled.

a)

prognosticated

b)

mystified

c)

paradigm

d)

temerity

15.

A person mentored by someone experienced.

a)

protégé

b)

mentor

c)

adversary

d)

colleague

16.

The small village sat on the _______ of the forest, right at the very edge of the dense trees.

a)

fringe

b)

antithetical

c)

cogent

d)

abject

17.

She had an _______ understanding of people, able to sense their emotions without them saying a word.

a)

intuitive

b)

literal

c)

clumsy

d)

oblivious

18.

She had a _______ for organizing things, always arranging her books by color and keeping her workspace tidy.

a)

Camaraderie

b)

Perseverate

c)

Proclivity

d)

Acumen