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Vocabtest.com (Unit 3)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The grievous error our media will never be able to _________ is destroying the legitimate hopes of 63 million voters.

a)

expedite

b)

ascribe

c)

expiate

d)

sangfroid

2.

To _________ the process, all attendees had to have their IDs displayed openly.

a)

enjoin

b)

wheedle

c)

nominal

d)

expedite

3.

I ______________ an educational system that places bureaucracy above the needs of students.

a)

abominate

b)

ferment

c)

peculate

d)

ascribe

4.

When you ___________ motives to me that are unverified, my reputation suffers.

a)

enjoin

b)

expiate

c)

wheedle

d)

ascribe

5.

Bad conduct may be considered ____________, or else it might be intrinsic to one's character.

a)

seditious

b)

adventitious

c)

acculturation

d)

tenuous

6.

The local government __________ the loggers to cease cutting trees in the protected area.

a)

enjoined

b)

peculated

c)

expiated

d)

expedited

7.

Good friends often ______________ with each other when tragic situations suddenly arise.

a)

expedite

b)

expiate

c)

commiserate

d)

ascribe

8.

To adopt the ways of a culture that isn't one's own is to practice __________________.

a)

noncommittal

b)

proclivity

c)

sangfroid

d)

acculturation

9.

At the age of eighteen, my sister and I took a long and __________ journey by train and boat to the Far East.

a)

nominal

b)

circuitous

c)

vitriolic

d)

tenuous

10.

The _________ caused by what happened in Minneapolis was felt worldwide.

a)

expiation

b)

acculturation

c)

sangfroid

d)

ferment

11.

Comments that are mean, nasty, and hurtful might be called _________.

a)

vitriolic

b)

inadvertent

c)

nominalization

d)

abomination

12.

Friends who constantly ____________ you into doing dumb things may not be your friends after all.

a)

ascribe

b)

ferment

c)

inadvertent

d)

wheedle

13.

The charges on the indictment speak specifically about my uncle ____________ funds from his employer.

a)

catalyzing

b)

peculating

c)

mesmerizing

d)

superceding

14.

My ___________ for enjoying hot, spicy food is well-known among my friends.

a)

psychology

b)

proclivity

c)

psychic

d)

paranormal

15.

My cousin has only a ___________ interest in what you call "range day."

a)

circuitous

b)

inadvertent

c)

vitriolic

d)

nominal

16.

Wikileaks is widely considered to engage in the kinds of behavior that some people consider ___________.

a)

vitriolic

b)

adventitious

c)

seditious

d)

nominal

17.

In the area of physics, most of my knowledge is rather __________.

a)

tenuous

b)

circuitous

c)

inadvertent

d)

acculturated

18.

Increasingly, young people throughout America are adopting a __________ attitude toward marriage.

a)

nominal

b)

nomenclature

c)

noncommittal

d)

assuaging

19.

I was drawn to this particular girl when I realized how much ___________ she displayed during times of trial.

a)

sangfroid

b)

acculturation

c)

abomination

d)

sedition

20.

Throwing a rock out the window of the truck was not an _____________ act.

a)

circuitous

b)

seditious

c)

tenuous

d)

inadvertent