Vocabulary Word Power Worksheet-38

Word Power Worksheet – 38

Choose the correct word for the given clue.

1. "with constant and careful attention"

(a) sumptuous                               (b) assiduously

(c) degrade                                     (d) lethargy

2. "the process of writing and of compiling a dictionary"

(a) ultimatum                               (b) indiscriminate

(c) stalk                                          (d) lexicography

3. "reechoed sound"

(a) wane                                         (b) reverberation

(c) conveyance                             (d) pluckily

4. "speak or utter rapidly or incoherently"

(a) teak               (b) impose         (c) gibber           (d) implored

5. "The special atmosphere or mood created by a particular environment"

(a) mettle           (b) ambiance    (c) province       (d) genetics

6. "temporary , passing quickly"

(a) disseminate                             (b) mettle

(c) transient                                   (d) silhouette

7. "a scarce supply; a lack; shortage of food; famine"

(a) implored                                  (b) dearth

(c) indiscriminate                        (d) condescend

8. "state of being inactive"

(a) torpor           (b) dominant    (c) acuteness     (d) perplexingly

9. "with confusion of hesitancy"

(a) conceive                                   (b) perplexingly

(c) annals                                       (d) immemorial

10. "To scatter widely, as in sowing seed; to spread"

(a) conceive                                    (b) disseminate

(c) resolute                                     (d) detonation

11. "To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow for"

(a) rue                (b) homage       (c) impunity      (d) deliquesce

12. "a physical defect; a spot, stain, or scar"

(a) blemish        (b) suavity         (c) homage        (d) pinnacle

13. "courageous, bold courage, daring"

(a) audacity       (b) manifesto    (c) furtively       (d) vex

14. "thick growth of shrubs, underbrush, or small trees"

(a) stenography                            (b) annals

(c) thicket                                       (d) peevish

15. "looking grim or starved"

(a) gaunt                                         (b) ruse

(c) cartography                             (d) radiation

16. "determined; unwavering"

(a) invective      (b) verge            (c) resolute        (d) maelstrom

17. "full of elaborate detail"

(a) concussion  (b) wizened       (c) intricate       (d) aversion

18. "to cause to be extremely angry; infuriate"

(a) slough          (b) covetous      (c) incense         (d) implored

19. "a monster with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail, wings, and talons of a bird"

(a) mockery      (b) Harpy          (c) lassitude      (d) misdemeanour

20. "attractive"

(a) cynical         (b) confide         (c) comely         (d) dew point

21. "freedom from punishment"

(a) disposition  (b) iridescent    (c) impunity      (d) deliquesce

22. "A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current"

(a) precarious   (b) eddy             (c) cirrus            (d) ascetic

23. "final offer or demand"

(a) ultimatum   (b) malignant   (c) pestilent       (d) confide

24. "smoke or dust in the air that reduces visibility"

(a) foreboding  (b) haze              (c) torrent          (d) panoply

25. "tropical wood used in furniture and shipbuilding"

(a) maelstrom  (b) teak              (c) disclose        (d) graphic

26. "courage and fortitude; spirit"

(a) cirrus           (b) blemish       (c) mettle           (d) curmudgeon

27. "To solicit customers in a brazen way; publicize"

(a) tout                                            (b) repugnance

(c) travesty                                     (d) inaudibly

28. "a trick"

(a) withhold      (b) deploy          (c) dissuade      (d) ruse

29. "to apply or make prevail by or as if by authority."

(a) drivel            (b) stoic              (c) impose         (d) curmudgeon

30. "twist or pull"

(a) wrench         (b) beleaguer    (c) maw             (d) wrest

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