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WorksheetsVocabulary 7 Practice Quiz: Advanced Word Power
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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?
to praise highly
to malign or speak evil of
to ignore completely
to defend strongly
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?
irrefutable
indefensible
probable
mysterious
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?
randomly placed
fashionable
consistent in size or appearance
brightly colored
In the sentence, "I hate going shopping with my sister; she is so IRRESOLUTE about everything she buys," what does IRRESOLUTE most nearly mean?
able to decide quickly
unable to decide
excited
careless
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?
ambiguous or vague
encouraging
precise
humorous
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?
honesty
deceit or deception
bravery
clumsiness
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?
to become smaller
to expand
to stabilize
to relocate
Which word matches the definition: "not moving or flowing; standing still; boring"?
uniform
stagnant
evident
evasive
Which word matches the definition: "to cancel or revoke"?
rescind
contract
vilify
equivocate
Which word matches the definition: "not able to hold up in court; not defendable or supportable with evidence"?
uniform
untenable
rescind
stagnant
Which word matches the definition: "indecisive; unable to make a decision"?
irresolute
equivocal
uniform
clamor
Which word matches the definition: "noise, usually from voices"?
equivocate
clamor
untenable
irresolute
Which word matches the definition: "To talk badly about someone"?
vilify
contract
rescind
uniform
Which word BEST completes the sentence? "When Sally divorced Tom, all she wanted to do was ________ him, making him look like a monster."
praise
vilify
ignore
defend
Which word BEST completes the sentence? "At the pet store, we could not hear the clerk over the ________ of hundreds of parakeets."
uniform
clamor
duplicity
untenable
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?'"
unequivocal
equivocal
uniform
untenable
Which word BEST completes the sentence? "Fearing the American art thief would flee, the Italian judge ________(ed) his passport."
contract
rescind
vilify
equivocate
Which word BEST completes the sentence? "The couple's relationship had grown ________, so they went their separate ways in search of new love."
equivocal
stagnant
uniform
untenable
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."
uniform
stagnant
clamorous
irresolute
Which word BEST completes the sentence? "Most fake news spread through social media is ________; any amount of research quickly dispels the lies."
irresolute
stagnant
untenable
uniform
