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WorksheetsVocabulary grade 11Mock
Total questions: 151
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
The marathon not only brought in huge sums of money for Africa's starving masses, but also __________ much sympathy for their plight.
reputed
garnered
enervated
delineated
Beneath the man's cultivated manner and impeccable grooming there lurked the ____________ mind of a brutal sadist.
fecund
mundane
depraved
figment
Most people I know are so busy dealing with the ordinary problems of life that they have no time for _____________ philosophical speculation.
sumptuous
reputed
ubiquitous
esoteric
The phonograph is but one of the wonderful new devices that sprang from the ___________ mind of Thomas Edison, our most prolific inventor.
hallowed
overweening
mundane
fecund
You may have many good traits, but I do not admire your ____________ for borrowing things and failing to return them.
penchant
acuity
ignominy
fiat
American-style fast-food shops have gained such popularity all over the world that they are now truly ____________.
nuance
depraved
fecund
ubiquitous
The ground in which those soldiers are buried was __________ by the blood they shed on it.
delineated
hallowed
depraved
reputed
The man is __________ to have mob connections, but so far no one has actually substantiated the allegation.
overweening
reputed
enervated
sumptuous
He means well, but we cannot tolerate his highly __________ behavior in an organization that depends on discipline and teamwork.
fecund
overweening
esoteric
mundane
The conversation between the computer programmers was so _________, that I wasn't sure they were speaking English.
ubiquitous
sumptuous
fecund
esoteric
His _________ sense of superiority dominates his personality in much the same way as his beetling brow dominates his face.
overweening
sumptuous
esoteric
garnered
During the eleven years of his "personal rule," King Charles I bypassed Parliament and ruled England by royal ________.
figment
fiat
ignominy
acuity
I was so __________ by the oppressive heat and humidity of that awful afternoon that I could barely move.
reputed
garnered
depraved
enervated
There is quite a difference between the austere furnishings of my little apartment and the __________ accommodations of a luxury hotel.
hallowed
ubiquituous
reputed
sumptuous
May I interrupt this abstruse discussion and turn your attention to more _________ matters-like what's for dinner?
mundane
esoteric
fecund
nuance
Analysis will show that his "brilliant exposition" of how we can handle the pollution problem without cost to anyone is sheer __________.
fiat
figment
sophistry
nuance
"Your suspicion that I am constantly making fun of you behind your back is a mere _________ of your overheated brain," I replied.
nuance
figment
ignominy
penchant
The pass years lessened her physical vigor but in no way diminished the _________ of her judgment.
penchant
nuance
ignominy
acuity
He was a changed young man after he suffered the ___________ of expulsion from West Point for conduct unbecoming a gentleman.
ignominy
nuance
acuity
sophistry
Music can often express a _________ of mood or feeling that would be difficult to put into words.
ubiquitous
hallowed
nuance
figment
The artist's sketch not only __________ the model's appearance accurately, but also captured something of her personality.
reputed
garnered
enervated
delineated
credence
belief; mental acceptance
kinship
high praise
wordiness
exhume
to disguise or conceal
to display clearly
to condemn
to bring to light
verbiage
belief; mental acceptance
kinship
high praise
wordiness
murky
dark and gloomy
agitated or upset
gelatinous or gluey
not usual or expected
decry
to disguise or conceal
to display clearly
to condemn
to bring to light
propinquity
belief; mental acceptance
kinship
high praise
wordiness
substantive
ineffective; weak; unreliable
wicked
fundamental; basic
real; meaningful; considerable
eulogy
belief; mental acceptance
kinship
high praise
wordiness
nefarious
ineffective; weak; unreliable
wicked
fundamental; basic
real; meaningful; considerable
evince
to disguise or conceal
to display clearly
to condemn
to bring to light
primordial
ineffective; weak; unreliable
wicked
fundamental; basic
real; meaningful; considerable
feckless
ineffective; weak; unreliable
wicked
fundamental; basic
real; meaningful; considerable
verdant
lacking in strength
spicy; pungent; stimulating
ideal; impractical
green; immature
dissemble
to disguise or conceal
to display clearly
to condemn
to bring to light
piquant
lacking in strength
spicy; pungent; stimulating
ideal; impractical
green; immature
unwonted
dark and gloomy
agitated or upset
gelatinous or gluey
not usual or expected
cavort
to remove from a grave
romp; prance; make merry
to disapprove
to provoke
viscous
dark and gloomy
agitated or upset
gelatinous or gluey
not usual or expected
utopian
lacking in strength
spicy; pungent; stimulating
ideal; impractical
green; immature
distraught
dark and gloomy
agitated or upset
gelatinous or gluey
not usual or expected
Acquisitive
to claim or take without right
able to retain information; concerned with acquiring wealth
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
Arrogate
to claim or take without right
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
capable of being held or defended
Banal
capable of being held or defended
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
hackneyed, trite, commondplace
Belabor
holding on sticking together; comprehensible, meaningful
tending to find fault, petty, nagging criticism
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
Carping
to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexoble
tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty way
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
Coherent
to avoid, shun, keep away from
holding on sticking together; comprehensible, meaningful
relevant, appropriate; fitting
Congeal
change from liquid to solid, thicken; make inflexible, rigid
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness & resentment
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to tale very little
Emulate
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
Encomium
retain ideas; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
hackneyed, trite, commondplace
Eschew
to avoid, shun, keep away from
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
German
to claim or take without right
hackneyed, trite, commonplace
relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Insatiable
together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
offensive, hateful; causing bitterness and resentment
Intransigent
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
capable of being held or defended
stall or evasive to gain time, avoid a confrontation
Invidious
a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness & resentment
survey, military purposes any kind of preliminary inspection
Largesse
generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
to establish by evidence, prove; to give substantial form to
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
Reconnaissance
petty, nagging criticism
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
survey made for military purpose; preliminary inspection
Taciturn
capable of being held or defended
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Substantiate
stall, act evasively to gain time, avoid confrontation
establish by evidence, prove; concrete or substantial from to
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
Temporize
stall, evasively to gain time; avoid confrontation, postpone
so great or demanding as not to be satisfied
find fault, in petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way
Tenable
habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
capable of being held or defended
generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
antonym for irrelevant comments
encomiums
eschew
germane
insatiable
