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Vocabulary 7 Practice Quiz: Advanced Word Power

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the sentence, "The quickest way to hurt a political opponent is to VILIFY him or her with negative ads," what does VILIFY most nearly mean?

a)

to praise highly

b)

to malign or speak evil of

c)

to ignore completely

d)

to defend strongly

2.

In the sentence, "Brady's story seeing Bigfoot during his hunting trip is highly UNTENABLE since no reports or sightings have ever been confirmed for a hundred years," what does UNTENABLE most nearly mean?

a)

irrefutable

b)

indefensible

c)

probable

d)

mysterious

3.

In the sentence, "To make the paired buttons on the coat look more UNIFORM, the seamstress spaced them exactly 3 inches apart from the collar to the waist," what does UNIFORM most nearly mean?

a)

randomly placed

b)

fashionable

c)

consistent in size or appearance

d)

brightly colored

4.

In the sentence, "I hate going shopping with my sister; she is so IRRESOLUTE about everything she buys," what does IRRESOLUTE most nearly mean?

a)

able to decide quickly

b)

unable to decide

c)

excited

d)

careless

5.

In the sentence, "When the class asked the teacher what was on the test, he just gave an EQUIVOCAL hint: 'Oh, some of this, some of that, maybe,'" what does EQUIVOCAL most nearly mean?

a)

ambiguous or vague

b)

encouraging

c)

precise

d)

humorous

6.

In the sentence, "It is nearly impossible to detect a professional spy's DUPLICITY, as they are trained liars and imposters," what does DUPLICITY most nearly mean?

a)

honesty

b)

deceit or deception

c)

bravery

d)

clumsiness

7.

In the sentence, "As time passed and people moved away in search of jobs, the town population CONTRACTED to just a dozen folks living on their pension checks," what does CONTRACTED most nearly mean?

a)

to become smaller

b)

to expand

c)

to stabilize

d)

to relocate

8.

Which word matches the definition: "not moving or flowing; standing still; boring"?

a)

uniform

b)

stagnant

c)

evident

d)

evasive

9.

Which word matches the definition: "to cancel or revoke"?

a)

rescind

b)

contract

c)

vilify

d)

equivocate

10.

Which word matches the definition: "not able to hold up in court; not defendable or supportable with evidence"?

a)

uniform

b)

untenable

c)

rescind

d)

stagnant

11.

Which word matches the definition: "indecisive; unable to make a decision"?

a)

irresolute

b)

equivocal

c)

uniform

d)

clamor

12.

Which word matches the definition: "noise, usually from voices"?

a)

equivocate

b)

clamor

c)

untenable

d)

irresolute

13.

Which word matches the definition: "To talk badly about someone"?

a)

vilify

b)

contract

c)

rescind

d)

uniform

14.

Which word BEST completes the sentence? "When Sally divorced Tom, all she wanted to do was ________ him, making him look like a monster."

a)

praise

b)

vilify

c)

ignore

d)

defend

15.

Which word BEST completes the sentence? "At the pet store, we could not hear the clerk over the ________ of hundreds of parakeets."

a)

uniform

b)

clamor

c)

duplicity

d)

untenable

16.

Which word BEST completes the sentence? "Every time the children tried to guess about the location of their next summer vacation, their father gave ________ answers: 'Maybe, maybe not, perhaps, you think?'"

a)

unequivocal

b)

equivocal

c)

uniform

d)

untenable

17.

Which word BEST completes the sentence? "Fearing the American art thief would flee, the Italian judge ________(ed) his passport."

a)

contract

b)

rescind

c)

vilify

d)

equivocate

18.

Which word BEST completes the sentence? "The couple's relationship had grown ________, so they went their separate ways in search of new love."

a)

equivocal

b)

stagnant

c)

uniform

d)

untenable

19.

Which word BEST completes the sentence? "The child lined up the dominos in a ________ manner to guarantee they fell accurately to create multiple chain reactions."

a)

uniform

b)

stagnant

c)

clamorous

d)

irresolute

20.

Which word BEST completes the sentence? "Most fake news spread through social media is ________; any amount of research quickly dispels the lies."

a)

irresolute

b)

stagnant

c)

untenable

d)

uniform