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Vocabulary grade 11Mock

Total questions: 151

Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
degraded, contemptible; complete and unrelieved
a)
derelict
b)
abject
c)
plenary
d)
inane
2.
formal accusation
a)
equity
b)
perspicacity
c)
neophyte
d)
indictment
3.
open to discussion; unresolved
a)
sylvan
b)
testy
c)
moot
d)
indubitable
4.
silly; meaningless
a)
inane
b)
testy
c)
motif
d)
derelict
5.
prolonged verbal attack
a)
plenary
b)
diatribe
c)
effigy
d)
travesty
6.
forested; having to do with forests
a)
neophyte
b)
sylvan
c)
motif
d)
effigy
7.
a watch
a)
travesty
b)
neophyte
c)
indubitable
d)
surveillance
8.
a skeptic
a)
complicity
b)
abject
c)
agnostic
d)
travesty
9.
keenness in observing
a)
sylvan
b)
inane
c)
perspicacity
d)
diatribe
10.
involvement in wrongdoing
a)
moot
b)
perspicacity
c)
derelict
d)
complicity
11.
abandoned or neglected
a)
travesty
b)
motif
c)
derelict
d)
abject
12.
crude image of a dispised person
a)
effigy
b)
diatribe
c)
agnostic
d)
plenary
13.
fairness, justice
a)
testy
b)
neophyte
c)
moot
d)
equity
14.
certain
a)
indubitable
b)
surveillance
c)
sylvan
d)
moot
15.
stopped and beginning again
a)
moot
b)
intermittent
c)
travesty
d)
abject
16.
a principal idea, feature, or element
a)
motif
b)
plenary
c)
inane
d)
intermittent
17.
newbie; nube; beginner; convert
a)
derelict
b)
neophyte
c)
indictment
d)
equity
18.
complete; absolute; attended by all qualified members
a)
sylvan
b)
moot
c)
indictment
d)
plenary
19.
easily irritated
a)
inane
b)
moot
c)
testy
d)
travesty
20.
grossly inferior imitation
a)
travesty
b)
testy
c)
agnostic
d)
moot
21.

The marathon not only brought in huge sums of money for Africa's starving masses, but also __________ much sympathy for their plight.

a)

reputed

b)

garnered

c)

enervated

d)

delineated

22.

Beneath the man's cultivated manner and impeccable grooming there lurked the ____________ mind of a brutal sadist.

a)

fecund

b)

mundane

c)

depraved

d)

figment

23.

Most people I know are so busy dealing with the ordinary problems of life that they have no time for _____________ philosophical speculation.

a)

sumptuous

b)

reputed

c)

ubiquitous

d)

esoteric

24.

The phonograph is but one of the wonderful new devices that sprang from the ___________ mind of Thomas Edison, our most prolific inventor.

a)

hallowed

b)

overweening

c)

mundane

d)

fecund

25.

You may have many good traits, but I do not admire your ____________ for borrowing things and failing to return them.

a)

penchant

b)

acuity

c)

ignominy

d)

fiat

26.

American-style fast-food shops have gained such popularity all over the world that they are now truly ____________.

a)

nuance

b)

depraved

c)

fecund

d)

ubiquitous

27.

The ground in which those soldiers are buried was __________ by the blood they shed on it.

a)

delineated

b)

hallowed

c)

depraved

d)

reputed

28.

The man is __________ to have mob connections, but so far no one has actually substantiated the allegation.

a)

overweening

b)

reputed

c)

enervated

d)

sumptuous

29.

He means well, but we cannot tolerate his highly __________ behavior in an organization that depends on discipline and teamwork.

a)

fecund

b)

overweening

c)

esoteric

d)

mundane

30.

The conversation between the computer programmers was so _________, that I wasn't sure they were speaking English.

a)

ubiquitous

b)

sumptuous

c)

fecund

d)

esoteric

31.

His _________ sense of superiority dominates his personality in much the same way as his beetling brow dominates his face.

a)

overweening

b)

sumptuous

c)

esoteric

d)

garnered

32.

During the eleven years of his "personal rule," King Charles I bypassed Parliament and ruled England by royal ________.

a)

figment

b)

fiat

c)

ignominy

d)

acuity

33.

I was so __________ by the oppressive heat and humidity of that awful afternoon that I could barely move.

a)

reputed

b)

garnered

c)

depraved

d)

enervated

34.

There is quite a difference between the austere furnishings of my little apartment and the __________ accommodations of a luxury hotel.

a)

hallowed

b)

ubiquituous

c)

reputed

d)

sumptuous

35.

May I interrupt this abstruse discussion and turn your attention to more _________ matters-like what's for dinner?

a)

mundane

b)

esoteric

c)

fecund

d)

nuance

36.

Analysis will show that his "brilliant exposition" of how we can handle the pollution problem without cost to anyone is sheer __________.

a)

fiat

b)

figment

c)

sophistry

d)

nuance

37.

"Your suspicion that I am constantly making fun of you behind your back is a mere _________ of your overheated brain," I replied.

a)

nuance

b)

figment

c)

ignominy

d)

penchant

38.

The pass years lessened her physical vigor but in no way diminished the _________ of her judgment.

a)

penchant

b)

nuance

c)

ignominy

d)

acuity

39.

He was a changed young man after he suffered the ___________ of expulsion from West Point for conduct unbecoming a gentleman.

a)

ignominy

b)

nuance

c)

acuity

d)

sophistry

40.

Music can often express a _________ of mood or feeling that would be difficult to put into words.

a)

ubiquitous

b)

hallowed

c)

nuance

d)

figment

41.

The artist's sketch not only __________ the model's appearance accurately, but also captured something of her personality.

a)

reputed

b)

garnered

c)

enervated

d)

delineated

42.
to waste away; any progressive decline or failure
a)
concord
b)
consummate
c)
atrophy
d)
recumbent
43.
fortified place
a)
bastion
b)
incarcerate
c)
flotsam
d)
mordant
44.
treaty, pact; state of agreement
a)
jocular
b)
nettle
c)
pecuniary
d)
concord
45.
complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring about a state of completion or perfection
a)
glean
b)
consummate
c)
disarray
d)
pusillanimous
46.
disorder, confusion; to throw into disorder
a)
disarray
b)
bastion
c)
nettle
d)
grouse
47.
urgency, pressure
a)
glean
b)
pecuniary
c)
exigency
d)
stratagem
48.
floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
a)
pecuniary
b)
flotsam
c)
mordant
d)
ludicrous
49.
frenzied; highly agitated
a)
frenetic
b)
disarray
c)
grouse
d)
jocular
50.
to gather bit by bit; to gather bits of harvest left in the fields left by reapers
a)
atrophy
b)
glean
c)
bastion
d)
flotsam
51.
game bird; complain
a)
jocular
b)
flotsam
c)
grouse
d)
nettle
52.
to imprison
a)
concord
b)
incarcerate
c)
nettle
d)
bastion
53.
obligatory; one who holds office currently
a)
concord
b)
atrophy
c)
mordant
d)
incumbent
54.
humorous
a)
jocular
b)
grouse
c)
recumbent
d)
ludicrous
55.
ridiculous
a)
bastion
b)
ludicrous
c)
recumbent
d)
exigency
56.
bitterly harsh
a)
mordant
b)
nettle
c)
frenetic
d)
jocular
57.
prickly plant; to irritate severly
a)
nettle
b)
mordant
c)
pusillanimous
d)
concord
58.
related to money
a)
mordant
b)
pecuniary
c)
pusillanimous
d)
glean
59.
contemptibly cowardly or meanspirited
a)
recumbent
b)
pusillanimous
c)
grouse
d)
incumbent
60.
in the posture of one sleeping or resting
a)
grouse
b)
pecuniary
c)
incumbent
d)
recumbent
61.
a scheme to outwit an opponent
a)
stratagem
b)
glean
c)
bastion
d)
disarray
62.
spell viscus
a)
viscous
b)
vischus
c)
vischous
d)
vishous
63.
spell distraut
a)
distraut
b)
distraught
c)
distrought
d)
distrout
64.
spell cavoert
a)
cavoart
b)
cavorte
c)
cavort
d)
cevorte
65.
spell evence
a)
evance
b)
evenc
c)
evinse
d)
evince
66.
spell peakant
a)
piquant
b)
peaqant
c)
peequant
d)
peekant
67.
part of speech of viscous
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
68.
part of speech of distraught
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
69.
part of speech of evince
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
70.
part of speech of cavort
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
71.
part of speech of piquant
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
72.
involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical
a)
credence
b)
dissemble
c)
propinquity
d)
utopian
73.
 to disguise or conceal
a)
credence
b)
dissemble
c)
propinquity
d)
utopian
74.
 belief, mental acceptance
a)
credence
b)
dissemble
c)
propinquity
d)
utopian
75.
nearness in place or time; kinship
a)
credence
b)
dissemble
c)
propinquity
d)
utopian
76.
synonym for wicked practices
a)
feckless
b)
nefarious
c)
primordial
d)
verdant
77.
synonym for an original species
a)
feckless
b)
nefarious
c)
primordial
d)
verdant
78.
synonym for a green landscape 
a)
feckless
b)
nefarious
c)
primordial
d)
verdant
79.
synonym for an ineffective assistant
a)
feckless
b)
nefarious
c)
primordial
d)
verdant
80.
antonym for with customary haste                                                                   
a)
articulate
b)
decry
c)
unwonted
d)
verbiage
81.
antonym for a halting speaker 
a)
articulate
b)
decry
c)
unwonted
d)
verbiage
82.
antonym for  praise our efforts 
a)
articulate
b)
decry
c)
unwonted
d)
verbiage
83.
antonym for  a short and concise statement
a)
articulate
b)
decry
c)
unwonted
d)
verbiage
84.
Archeologists carefully ________ the remains of a warrior who had lain buried for centuries. 
a)
eulogy
b)
exhume
c)
murky
85.
Divers searched the ________ waters for hours before finally recovering the body   of the drowning victim. 
a)
eulogy
b)
exhumed
c)
murky
86.
A fellow officer was asked to deliver the ____________ at the memorial service for the   fallen soldier. 
a)
eulogy
b)
exhumed
c)
murky
87.

credence

a)

belief; mental acceptance

b)

kinship

c)

high praise

d)

wordiness

88.

exhume

a)

to disguise or conceal

b)

to display clearly

c)

to condemn

d)

to bring to light

89.

verbiage

a)

belief; mental acceptance

b)

kinship

c)

high praise

d)

wordiness

90.

murky

a)

dark and gloomy

b)

agitated or upset

c)

gelatinous or gluey

d)

not usual or expected

91.

decry

a)

to disguise or conceal

b)

to display clearly

c)

to condemn

d)

to bring to light

92.

propinquity

a)

belief; mental acceptance

b)

kinship

c)

high praise

d)

wordiness

93.

substantive

a)

ineffective; weak; unreliable

b)

wicked

c)

fundamental; basic

d)

real; meaningful; considerable

94.

eulogy

a)

belief; mental acceptance

b)

kinship

c)

high praise

d)

wordiness

95.

nefarious

a)

ineffective; weak; unreliable

b)

wicked

c)

fundamental; basic

d)

real; meaningful; considerable

96.

evince

a)

to disguise or conceal

b)

to display clearly

c)

to condemn

d)

to bring to light

97.

primordial

a)

ineffective; weak; unreliable

b)

wicked

c)

fundamental; basic

d)

real; meaningful; considerable

98.

feckless

a)

ineffective; weak; unreliable

b)

wicked

c)

fundamental; basic

d)

real; meaningful; considerable

99.

verdant

a)

lacking in strength

b)

spicy; pungent; stimulating

c)

ideal; impractical

d)

green; immature

100.

dissemble

a)

to disguise or conceal

b)

to display clearly

c)

to condemn

d)

to bring to light

101.

piquant

a)

lacking in strength

b)

spicy; pungent; stimulating

c)

ideal; impractical

d)

green; immature

102.

unwonted

a)

dark and gloomy

b)

agitated or upset

c)

gelatinous or gluey

d)

not usual or expected

103.

cavort

a)

to remove from a grave

b)

romp; prance; make merry

c)

to disapprove

d)

to provoke

104.

viscous

a)

dark and gloomy

b)

agitated or upset

c)

gelatinous or gluey

d)

not usual or expected

105.

utopian

a)

lacking in strength

b)

spicy; pungent; stimulating

c)

ideal; impractical

d)

green; immature

106.

distraught

a)

dark and gloomy

b)

agitated or upset

c)

gelatinous or gluey

d)

not usual or expected

107.

Acquisitive

a)

to claim or take without right

b)

able to retain information; concerned with acquiring wealth

c)

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

108.

Arrogate

a)

to claim or take without right

b)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

c)

capable of being held or defended

109.

Banal

a)

capable of being held or defended

b)

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

c)

hackneyed, trite, commondplace

110.

Belabor

a)

holding on sticking together; comprehensible, meaningful

b)

tending to find fault, petty, nagging criticism

c)

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

111.

Carping

a)

to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexoble

b)

tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty way

c)

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

112.

Coherent

a)

to avoid, shun, keep away from

b)

holding on sticking together; comprehensible, meaningful

c)

relevant, appropriate; fitting

113.

Congeal

a)

change from liquid to solid, thicken; make inflexible, rigid

b)

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness & resentment

c)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to tale very little

114.

Emulate

a)

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

b)

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

c)

imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

115.

Encomium

a)

retain ideas; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

b)

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

c)

hackneyed, trite, commondplace

116.

Eschew

a)

to avoid, shun, keep away from

b)

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

c)

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

117.

German

a)

to claim or take without right

b)

hackneyed, trite, commonplace

c)

relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

118.

Insatiable

a)

together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

b)

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

c)

offensive, hateful; causing bitterness and resentment

119.

Intransigent

a)

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

b)

capable of being held or defended

c)

stall or evasive to gain time, avoid a confrontation

120.

Invidious

a)

a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

b)

offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness & resentment

c)

survey, military purposes any kind of preliminary inspection

121.

Largesse

a)

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

b)

to establish by evidence, prove; to give substantial form to

c)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

122.

Reconnaissance

a)

petty, nagging criticism

b)

to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

c)

survey made for military purpose; preliminary inspection

123.

Taciturn

a)

capable of being held or defended

b)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

c)

refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

124.

Substantiate

a)

stall, act evasively to gain time, avoid confrontation

b)

establish by evidence, prove; concrete or substantial from to

c)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

125.

Temporize

a)

stall, evasively to gain time; avoid confrontation, postpone

b)

so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

c)

find fault, in petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way

126.

Tenable

a)

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

b)

capable of being held or defended

c)

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

127.
spell aquisitive
a)
aquisative
b)
acquisitive
c)
acquisative
128.
spell congeel
a)
congeal
b)
congel
c)
congile
129.
spell tacitern
a)
tasitern
b)
tasiturn
c)
taciturn
130.
spell reconaissance
a)
recconnaissance
b)
reconnaissance
c)
reconaisance
131.
spell imulate
a)
emulate
b)
imullate
c)
emullate
132.
to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
a)
belabor
b)
coherent
c)
invidious
d)
temporize
133.
offensive, hateful, causing bitterness
a)
belabor
b)
coherent
c)
invidious
d)
temporize
134.
having clarity
a)
belabor
b)
coherent
c)
invidious
d)
temporize
135.
to stall or act evasively
a)
belabor
b)
coherent
c)
invidious
d)
temporize
136.
part of speech of acquisitive
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
137.
part of speech of congeal
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
138.
part of speech of taciturn
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
139.
part of speech of reconnaissance
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
140.
part of speech of emulate
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
141.
trite lyrics
a)
arrogate
b)
banal
c)
carping
d)
intransigent
142.
synonym for tired of their nit-picking
a)
arrogate
b)
banal
c)
carping
d)
intransigent
143.
synonym for an unyielding opponent
a)
arrogate
b)
banal
c)
carping
d)
intransigent
144.
synonym for expropriate a right
a)
arrogate
b)
banal
c)
carping
d)
intransigent
145.
antonym for a speech filled with criticisms
a)
encomiums
b)
eschew
c)
germane
d)
insatiable
146.
antonym for embrace easy solutions
a)
encomiums
b)
eschew
c)
germane
d)
insatiable
147.

antonym for irrelevant comments

a)

encomiums

b)

eschew

c)

germane

d)

insatiable

148.
When the major saw that his position was no longer ____________, he ordered his unit to withdraw to more defensible ground.
a)
largesse
b)
substantiate
c)
tenable
149.
People who itemize deductions on their income tax forms must keep careful records and receipts to __________ their claims.
a)
largesse
b)
substantiate
c)
tenable
150.
Thanks to the _______ of alumni and corporate benefactors, the college raised enough money to build a new science center.
a)
largesse
b)
substantiate
c)
tenable
151.
antonym for quenched his thirst
a)
encomiums
b)
eschew
c)
germane
d)
insatiable