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WWL1-3 Vocab Test!

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Deserving contempt or scorn

a)

despicable

b)

concise

c)

excruciating

2.

Short and to the point

a)

concise

b)

despicable

c)

evoke

3.

To try to equal; to imitate

a)

emulate

b)

evoke

c)

anthology

4.

Very painful

a)

excruciating

b)

despicable

c)

evoke

5.

An owner of a store or another business

a)

proprietor

b)

avid

c)

demean

6.

The 1930s was a _________ decade in European history.

a)

turbulent

b)

rebuff

c)

anthology

7.

The __________ of the first president took place in 1777.

a)

rebuff

b)

inauguration

c)

demean

8.

A ________ is a fictitious pen name.

a)

pseudonym

b)

inauguration

c)

evoke

9.

A ________ remark is one that is abrupt in manner.

a)

brusque

b)

evoke

c)

avid

10.

You can expect a ________ sea after calm weather.

a)

turbulent

b)

concise

c)

avid

11.

Steven showed _________ when his broken bones healed in only 4 weeks!

a)

resilience

b)

avid

c)

spontaneity

12.

synonym for spread

a)

pervade

b)

evoke

c)

despicable

13.

What can you expect when attacking a stronger force?

a)

resilience

b)

spontaneity

c)

rebuff

14.

synonym for eager

a)

avid

b)

brusque

c)

demean

15.

synonym for call forth

a)

evoke

b)

avid

c)

pervade

16.

A scraped or worn area

a)

abrasion

b)

clad

c)

cursory

17.

Clothed or covered

a)

clad

b)

abrasive

c)

dehydrate

18.

synonym for confirm

a)

corroborate

b)

surmise

c)

clad

19.

antonym for lengthy

a)

cursory

b)

dehydrate

c)

abrasion

20.

To rid of water

a)

dehydrate

b)

clad

c)

surmise

21.

synonym for obtain, take, or receive

a)

derive

b)

electrify

c)

endeavor

22.

To thrill or shock; to wire or equip with electric power.

a)

gingerly

b)
electrify
c)

clad

23.

synonym for attempt or effort

a)

endeavor

b)

gingerly

c)

surmise

24.

Cautious(ly); very careful.

a)

gingerly

b)

grimace

c)

surmise

25.

Facial expressions that express pain, disgust, or contempt

a)

grimace

b)

surmise

c)

abrasion

26.

Causing horror or disgust

a)

gruesome

b)

clad

c)

spontaneous

27.

synonym for possessions or goods

a)

inventory

b)

clad

c)

corroborate

28.

antonym for realize (as in make real)

a)

simulate

b)

surmise

c)

abrasion

29.

synonym for yield

a)

succumb

b)

clad

c)

guile

30.

To guess without sufficient evidence

a)

surmise

b)

abrasion

c)

guile

31.

Urgent; pressing; having the power or authority to command.

a)

imperative

b)

avid

c)

generation

32.

To free from a difficult or dangerous situation.

a)

extricate

b)

generation

c)

instill

33.

To enclose or encircle; to include.

a)

encompass

b)

imperative

c)

conjecture

34.

Commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced.

a)

prevalent

b)

modify

c)

anonymous

35.

A _______ event is one of great importance.

a)

pivotal

b)

guile

c)

conjecture

36.

An _________ is a collection of writings.

a)

anthology

b)

avid

c)

brusque

37.

To ______ something is to make changes to it.

a)

modify

b)

generation

c)

instill

38.

After the hurricane, we hoped that a terrible storm like that would never _____.

a)

recur

b)

guile

c)

instill

39.

antonym for honesty

a)

guile

b)

conjecture

c)

spontaneity

40.

synonym for surmise

a)

conjecture

b)

guile

c)

avid

41.

antonym for known

a)

anonymous

b)

guile

c)

spontaneous

42.

synonym for sudden

a)

spontaneous

b)

generation

c)

recurring

43.

My son and I are a _______ apart.

a)

generation

b)

instill

c)

disposition

44.

St. Monica prayed that God would ______ the virtues in her son, St. Augustine.

a)

instill

b)

disposition

c)

guile

45.

If I am known to argue with people a lot, that is known as my _________.

a)

guile

b)

disposition

c)

generation