Vocabulary Word Power Worksheet-47

Word Power Worksheet – 47

Choose the correct word for the given clue.

1. "to shorten by or as if by cutting off; appearing to terminate abruptly"

(a) culminate    (b) truncate       (c) dominate     (d) sustain

2. "The sponge-like inside of flower stems"

(a) surplus         (b) gourmand   (c) pith               (d) isthmus

3. "Bright, distinct, and intense"

(a) vivid              (b) hardy           (c) defunct         (d) craven

4. "fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold; spirited; original"

(a) audacious    (b) affluence     (c) exuberance (d) fluctuation

5. "to show or express through movement."

(a) resplendent (b) masonry      (c) gesticulate   (d) succumb

6. "rule or control by superior power or influence"

(a) pique            (b) dominate     (c) avert             (d) phantasm

7. "incapable or seemingly incapable of being fatigued; tireless"

(a) meagre                                     (b) endeavour

(c) indefatigable                           (d) circuitously

8. "An ocean wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can reach 30 m high"

(a) resplendent (b) antibiotic     (c) stymie          (d) tsunami

9. "act of ousting from any high position"

(a) conjure        (b) Endeavour  (c) culminate    (d) dethronement

10. "without giving up"

(a) crags            (b) sumptuous  (c) chagrin        (d) doggedly

11. "green substance needed for photosynthesis"

(a) personification                       (b) chlorophyll

(c) cultivated                                 (d) masonry

12. "a building, esp. one of imposing appearance or size"

(a) edifice          (b) glint              (c) exuberance (d) enigma

13. "an assigned or assumed character"

(a) lavish            (b) cleavage      (c) waylay          (d) role

14. "a route of a journey; a record of a journey"

(a) itinerary      (b) aspect          (c) dissentient   (d) gesticulation

15. "a trap, or type of drum"

(a) pique            (b) contrivance (c) snare            (d) savory

16. "decorate; expand on the truth"

(a) sultry                                        (b) discriminating    

(c) embellish                                 (d) lacerated

17. "a list or program of things to be done or considered"

(a) homage                                    (b) despondent

(c) seismograph                           (d) agenda

18. "harmful to health"

(a) noisome       (b) pompous     (c) centennial   (d) allude

19. "mislead by a trick, deceive; to make one believe something by means of deception."

(a) hoodwink    (b) truncate       (c) permeate     (d) resplendent

20. "cause to be dropped from use as inferior or obsolete"

(a) supersede    (b) Centripetal (c) rampart       (d) Projectile

21. "a piece of cloth, usually rectangular, of distinctive color and design, used as a symbol"

(a) flag               (b) quaff            (c) exuberance (d) exposition

22. "vigorous struggle; scuffle"

(a) fluctuation                               (b) tussle

(c) rudimentary                            (d) slender

23. "self confident assurance; poise"

(a) aplomb        (b) audacious   (c) oscillate       (d) doggedly

24. "calm or tranquil"

(a) biosphere    (b) nucleus        (c) placid           (d) masonry

25. "not cultivated or planted for a season or more"

(a) oration         (b) meager        (c) sheepish       (d) fallow

26. "small, sphere-shaped diving vessel used for underwater research"

(a) bathysphere                            (b) arduous

(c) enzyme                                     (d) lens

27. "instrument that measures air pressure"

(a) consent        (b) barometer   (c) Cossack        (d) deforestation

28. "send out; give forth"

(a) polarize        (b) vivid             (c) wiles             (d) emit

29. "magnificent or splendid"

(a) covey            (b) placid           (c) lens               (d) sumptuous

30. "speak or in a violent or vehement manner"

(a) curtail          (b) valour          (c) stymie          (d) rant

1-b;  2-c;  3-a;  4-a;  5-c;  6-b;  7-c;  8-d;  9-d;  10-d;  11-b;  12-a;  13-d;  14-a;  15-c;  16-c;  17-d;  18-a;  19-a;  20-a;  21-a;  22-b;  23-a;  24-c;  25-d;  26-a;  27-b;  28-d;  29-d;  30-d