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Basic Reading Unit 1-6 Vocab Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

courage in facing difficulties

a)

fortitude

b)

augment

c)

pliable

d)

bereft

2.

intended to deceive or entrap; sly, treacherous

a)

tentative

b)

insidious

c)

guise

d)

unkempt

3.

experimental in nature; uncertain, hesitant

a)

unkempt

b)

tentative

c)

bereft

d)

stolid

4.

word for word; exactly as written/spoken

a)

tentative

b)

reiterate

c)

augment

d)

verbatim

5.

What is given to fighting, warlike, or aggressive?

a)

cursory

b)

belligerent

c)

adroit

d)

impervious

6.

What does scrutinize mean?

a)

decline

b)

fussy

c)

to examine closely

d)

benign

7.

If you are in jeopardy, are you in....

a)

danger

b)

school

c)

laughter

d)

a theater

8.

if you are being quick, hasty, and not thorough what word describes your actions?

a)

adroit

b)

amicable

c)

averse

d)

cursory

9.
(n.) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position
a)
Demise
b)
Redress
c)
Coerce
d)
Fallow
10.
(adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment
a)
Punitive
b)
Coerce
c)
Liquidate
d)
Urbane
11.

It is simply not ________________________ that we will finish painting all of the set pieces in time for the opening day of the musical.

a)

tepid

b)

feasible

c)

meticulous

d)

impervious

12.
to apologize after hurting a friend's feelings
a)
perpetuate
b)
muse
c)
exhilarate
d)
redress
13.
to daydream about the weekend
a)
sojourn
b)
muse
c)
fallow
d)
perpetuate
14.
estranged ex-best friends
a)
harassed
b)
mused
c)
coerced
d)
alienated
15.

The judge ordered the remarks _____ from the court record.

a)

ascertained

b)

bequeathed

c)

expunged

d)

skulked

16.

When a scuffle broke out, the commissioner ordered the police to _____ the crowd.

a)

converge

b)

disperse

c)

expunge

d)

skulk

17.

We need to _____ what it will cost to remodel our kitchen.

a)

ascertain

b)

bequeath

c)

disperse

d)

expunge

18.

The elegantly dressed couple strolled down the boulevard with a _____ air.

a)

cogent

b)

finite

c)

nonchalant

d)

scrupulous

19.

The television coverage resumed as soon as the delegates _____ on the hall to hear the keynote speaker's address.

a)

ascertained

b)

converged

c)

dispersed

d)

expunged

20.

The burglar _____ in the alley looking for a way to get into the darkened jewelry store without attracting the attention of anyone who might be nearby.

a)

converged

b)

dispersed

c)

expunged

d)

skulked

21.

There are only a _____ number of possible answers to a multiple-choice question.

a)

affiliated

b)

cogent

c)

finite

d)

omniscient

22.

After boasting to me of your family's great wealth, how could you have the __________________ to ask me for a loan?

a)

clemency

b)

dearth

c)

repose

d)

temerity

23.

With all the deductions for taxes, there is a substantial ___________________ between my official salary and my weekly paycheck.

a)

dearth

b)

repose

c)

discrepancy

d)

clemency

24.

He is not too well informed on most matters, but when it comes to big-league baseball, he is all but _________________.

a)

indomitable

b)

infallible

c)

remiss

d)

diffident

25.

Attacking the present administration, the candidate said that crime has been _____________________ in the streets.

a)

deft

b)

premeditated

c)

rampant

d)

explicit

26.

The sudden drop in temperature and the unnatural stillness in the air were ____________________ signs of an unfavorable change in the weather.

a)

ominous

b)

deft

c)

destitute

d)

suppressed

27.

Whether your act was ___________________ or the result of carelessness, the fact remains that you have caused great pain to someone who has always been very good to you.

a)

premeditated

b)

rampant

c)

deft

d)

venal

28.

The referee gave a(n) ___________________ warning that if either team protested her decisions, she would be forced to call a technical foul.

a)

ominous

b)

deft

c)

explicit

d)

ironic

29.

Who would have dreamed that the cluttered old attic, with all its darkness, dust, and _____________________ odor, contained such a treasure!

a)

extirpated

b)

musty

c)

stately

d)

suppressed

30.

The students couldn't _________________ their groans of dismay when the teacher announced a surprise quiz.

a)

extirpate

b)

suppress

c)

solace

d)

comprise