Test Questions on Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 9 – Flashcards
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As soon as the hurricane (abated, equivocated), rescue teams rushed out to help people in the devastated area.
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Abated
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Is it any wonder that a 17-year-old star athlete becomes smug when she receives such (recapitulation, adulation) from the entire school.
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Adulation
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As the election drew nearer, the candidates went from reasonable discussion to quarrelsomeness to (anathematizing, recapitulating) each other.
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Anathematizing
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Sportswriters attribute the success of the pennant-winning team largely to the (astute, evanescent) managing of old Buck Coakely.
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Astute
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Since my mother is such a(n) (astute, dilatory) manager, she was the perfect choice to run the children's museum in our community.
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Astute
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He is completely indifferent to wealth and luxurious living; his (anathema, avarice) is directed instead toward fame and prestige.
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Avarice
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What do you think of the concept that when a crime is committed, society is often as (culpable, astute) as the criminal.
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Cuplable
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In playing chess, she deliberately uses (dilatory, nebulous) tactics to make her opponent impatient and tense.
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Dilatory
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When the results of her mistakes became public knowledge, she gained a well-deserved reputation for being an (astute, egregious) blunderer.
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Egregious
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I was absolutely stunned when I reviewed my bank statement, not realizing I had an (irresolute, egregious) error in accounting.
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Egregious
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In everyone's life, a situation may arise that calls for a basic moral choice to be made, without compromise or (abatement, equivocation).
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Equivocation
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The glory of this perfect spring day seems to be all the more precious because it is so (torpid, evanescent).
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Evanescent
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It is difficult to remember my dreams, as I find them to be (evanescent, astute).
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Evanescent
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As a result of (irresolution, egregiousness) when that novel was first submitted, the publishing house lost the biggest best-seller of the year.
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Irresolution
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What she calls her "philosophy of life" seems to me a hodgepodge of childish fallacies and (dilatory, nebulous) generalizations.
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Nebulous
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Sheila was feeling insecure after experiencing a (culpable, nebulous) sense of dread that something terrible was going to happen during her speech.
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Nebulous
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Only a (penury, novice) at golf would have tried to use a driver when hitting into such a strong wind.
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Novice
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Before becoming a successful writer, Jack London was a (torpid, novice) prospector, searching for gold in Alaska.
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Novice
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In the densely populated and underdeveloped countries we visited, we saw the depths to which people can be reduced by (penury, anathema).
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Penury
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Since he is known to be a multimillonaire, it seems almost (culpable, pretentious) of him, in an inverted sense, to drive around in a small, battered, inexpensive car.
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Pretentious
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Biologists have a theory that every plant or animal in the course of its development (abates, recapitulates) all the stages of its evolution.
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Recapitulates
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The say that school spirit at Central High is dead, but I am confident that it can be (resuscitated, equivocated) if the right methods are used.
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Resuscitated
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The (slovenly, pretentious) physical appearance of the report was matched by its careless writing and disorganized content.
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Slovenly
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You may be right in your belief that she won't let us use her car, but remember that this is till only a(n) (anathema, supposition).
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Supposition
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The heat in the room, the quite drone of the fly at the window, and the bright sunlight put me into a (torpid, slovenly) state.
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Torpid
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Synonym: DITHERING over a choice
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Irresolute
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Synonym: guilty of BRAZEN rudeness
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Egregious
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Synonym: a delicate and FLEETING beauty
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Evanescent
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Synonym: RESTATE your requirements
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Recapitulates
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Synonym: ashamed of a SLIPSHOD job
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Slovenly
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Synonym: PREVARICATED about the true amount
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Equivocate
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Synonym: BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO the dull party
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Resuscitate
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Synonym: made LISTLESS by the heat
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Torpid
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Synonym: a maddeningly MURKY explanation
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Nebulous
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Synonym: a muttered EXECRATION
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Anathema
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Antonym: their SUBTLE errors
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Egregious
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Antonym: a WELL-GROOMED AND CAREFUL dresser
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Slovenly
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Antonym: closing with a WORD OF APPROVAL
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Anathema
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Antonym: an experienced and TENACIOUS nanny
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Irresolute
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Antonym: the presentation of a FULLY DEFINED concept
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Nebulous
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Using the most up-to-date equipment, the firefighters worked tirelessly to ______ the victim of smoke inhalation.
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Resuscitate
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I don't think I'd call such a(n) ______ grammatical mistake I minor "slip of the pen."
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Egregious
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I was so ______ about whether to go out for basketball or for swimming that I ended up going out for neither.
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Irresolute
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When you are ______ in returning a book to the library, you are preventing someone else from using it.
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Dilatory
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As her anger slowly ______, she realized that such childish outburst of emotion would do nothing to help solve her problems.
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Abated
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It would mean more to him to gain the approval of the few people who can appreciate his work than to receive the ______ of the crowd.
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Adulation
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I told my friend that dress for the party was casual, but he showed up looking, in my opinion, just plain ______.
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Slovenly
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How can you consider him ______ when the accident was caused by a landslide that no one could have foreseen or prevented?
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Culpable
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Since I truly loathe people who think they are "above the common herd," any form of snobbery is absolutely ______ to me.
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Anathema
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The study of history teaches us that a hunger for land, like other kinds of ______, is the cause of a great many wars.
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Avarice
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He holds forth in great detail on what is wrong with our city government, but the remedies he suggests are exceedingly ______.
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Nebulous
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The ______ she had experienced in her childhood and youth made her keenly aware of the value of money.
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Penury
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Since he was a(n) ______ at the game, the three veteran players hoped to find someone more suitable to play on their team.
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Novice
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Your brilliant plan is based on one false ______ -- that I am willing to work without pay.
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Supposition
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Does he use all the quotations as means of clarifying his meaning, or simply as a(n)_____ display of his learning?
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Pretentious
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Sure, it's great to be a big-league ballplayer, but bear in mind that the years of stardom are brief and ______.
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Evanescent
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I was impressed by the ______ way our hostess guided the conversation away from topics that might be embarrassing to her guests.
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Astute
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After giving us extremely detailed instructions for more than an hour, she briefly ______ and then sent us out on our assignments.
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Recapitulated
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Although she tried to ______, we insisted on a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
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Equivocate
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Her mind, ______ as a result of hours of exposure to the bitter cold, was not alert enough to sense the impending danger.
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Torpid
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Being in a penury state suggests: a) indigence b) euphoria c) affluence d) insolence
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A - indigence
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A person displaying astuteness is: a) juvenile b) suspicious c) inconsiderate d) perceptive
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D - perceptive
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A supposition is a(n): a) yearning b) conclusion c) delusion d) inaccuracy
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B - conclusion
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If a person pauses irresolutely, he or she acts with: a) hesitation b) resolve c) authority d) refinement
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A - hesitation
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A nebulous impression is not: a) distant b) indistinct c) precise d) vague
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C - precise
