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ENG 1 Sem 1 VOCABULARY Final 2025

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which sentence best shows the meaning of plummet?

a)

The temperature fell suddenly and steeply

b)

The leaf drifted sideways for minutes

c)

The ball hovered gently in midair

d)

The kite rose slowly and steadily

2.

Fill in the blank with the precise vocabulary word: After hours of rubbing, the tight shoes began to (a)   my heels.

3.

Fill in the blank with the precise term: To sharpen a skill is to (a)   it.

4.

A character who eats greedily at the feast would most likely ______.

a)

bandy

b)

gorge

c)

delude

d)

elude

5.

Identify the term for the main point or central idea of a passage.

a)

Entice

b)

Blunder

c)

Gist

d)

Charisma

6.

A speaker who is charming and draws people in is showing ______.

a)

charisma

b)

blunder

c)

dastardly

d)

pensive

7.

Which word means to hypnotize or enthrall an audience?

a)

elude

b)

bandy

c)

begrudge

d)

mesmerize

8.

During the game, the player flew into a state of violent or destructive rage. Select the word.

a)

elated

b)

berserk

c)

pensive

d)

dastardly

9.

If you resent another’s success and feel envy, which word describes your attitude?

a)

elated

b)

gist

c)

begrudge

d)

bandy

10.

Select the term that means "something suggested."

a)

fray

b)

bilk

c)

qualm

d)

implication

11.

Fill in the blank: The teacher asked for a (a)   summary, meaning brief and concise.

12.

Which word describes a "noisy fight"?

a)

daunt

b)

calamity

c)

enmity

d)

fray

13.

Which definition matches "fluctuate"?

a)

To make afraid or to discourage

b)

To collect bit by bit with patient labor

c)

To consider carefully and reflect on

d)

To change continually, to move up and down

14.

Which word means "to keep doing something in spite of difficulties"?

a)

persevere

b)

impede

c)

bilk

d)

glean

15.

Choose the term meaning "to consider carefully; reflect on."

a)

intrepid

b)

fray

c)

flux

d)

ponder

16.

Which word best matches "filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror"?

a)

aghast

b)

cadaverous

c)

qualm

d)

daunt

17.

What word means "to obstruct or interfere with; to delay"?

a)

impede

b)

felicity

c)

fray

d)

glean

18.

Which word refers to "a feeling of uneasiness"?

a)

felicity

b)

implication

c)

qualm

d)

intrepid

19.

Deep-seated hostility or hatred is called:

a)

fray

b)

enmity

c)

ponder

d)

calamity

20.

Happiness or bliss is best described by which word?

a)

implication

b)

felicity

c)

qualm

d)

fray

21.

Select the term that means enemy.

a)

nemesis

b)

ally

c)

catalyst

d)

itinerant

22.

What term means brisk and cheerful readiness?

a)

bewilder

b)

alacrity

c)

callous

d)

vex

23.

Which word is defined as large-scale slaughter or loss of life?

a)

maltreat

b)

nemesis

c)

dismal

d)

carnage

24.

Fill in the blank: To (a)   means to honor the memory of.

25.

Which word means odd; strange?

a)

commemorate

b)

catalyst

c)

momentous

d)

peculiar

26.

Choose the best match for to confuse or annoy.

a)

embed

b)

bewilder

c)

vex

d)

mimicry

27.

Which word means to puzzle completely; confuse?

a)

bewilder

b)

vex

c)

embed

d)

humane

28.

Select the term defined as the practice in the art of imitating someone or something.

a)

catalyst

b)

alacrity

c)

nemesis

d)

mimicry

29.

Choose the word that means to insert an object created into one file into a different file.

a)

commemorate

b)

embed

c)

itinerant

d)

maltreat

30.

Select the word that means causing gloom or misery.

a)

alacrity

b)

humane

c)

frivolous

d)

dismal

31.

_________ for Leo's auntie, his entire family has brown eyes.

a)

Accept

b)

Except

32.

Of all my cousins, _________ is one that is my favorite.

a)

there

b)

they're

c)

their

33.

I have _________ cousins than Latisha; her family is big!

a)

fewer

b)

less

34.

Caytlyn hit snooze on the alarm knowing if she wakes up late, _________ she might have to skip breakfast.

a)

than

b)

then

35.

I like skim milk less _________ I like 2% milk.

a)

than

b)

then

36.

Gino noticed that his school shirt had lost nearly all _________ buttons.

a)

its

b)

it's

37.

Anyone talking _______ much during the prayer service was given 2 demerits.

a)

to

b)

too

c)

two

38.

According to ABC 7, there is a suspect on the _______ .

a)

Loose

b)

Lose

39.

_____ the pieces of art was an original Monet.

a)

Around

b)

Among

c)

Between

d)

Amongst

40.

I was late for my meeting because I was stuck in traffic ____ Dunlap and Central.

a)

betwixt

b)

amongst

c)

between

d)

among

41.

From the statements I read in the newspaper, I can ____ that he is guilty.

a)

imply

b)

infer

c)

inferring

d)

implied

42.

She is going to ___ down because she has a headache.

a)

lay

b)

laid

c)

lie

d)

lied

43.

I have way too ____ tee shirts from my various hikes.

a)

much

b)

many

c)

less

d)

fewer

44.

What is the part of annotating an essay that we highlight during our first read called?

a)

evidence

b)

claim

c)

prompt

d)

reasoning

45.

What is the part of annotating an article called that we write in the left margin. This essentially summarizes what we highlighted (the evidence) in the paragraph.

a)

evidence

b)

claim

c)

reasoning

d)

prompt

46.

What do we call what we write in the right margin, next to the evidence we highlighted that connects the claim to the evidence and explains it in more detail.

a)

claim

b)

reasoning

c)

evidence

d)

author's message

47.
Who wrote The Odyssey?
a)
Odysseus
b)
Homer
c)
Edgar Allan Poe
d)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
48.
What did the men eat that made them forget about home?
a)
Helios's cows
b)
Circe's potion
c)
Lotus flowers
d)
Polyphemus's sheep's milk
49.
Who is Polyphemus's father?
a)
Another cyclops
b)
Ares
c)
Zeus
d)
Poseidon 
50.
What do the men hide under the escape Polyphemus's cave?
a)
Sheep and rams
b)
Rocks
c)
Goats
d)
Cattle