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Vocabulary Word Power Worksheet-51

Word Power Worksheet – 51

 

Choose the correct word for the given clue.

  1. "abundance of riches"

(a) enigma                                     (b) affluence

(c) physiological                           (d) gesticulate

 

  1. "A scientist who studies earthquakes"

(a) vitality                                      (b) evict

(c) Seismologist                            (d) covey

 

  1. "Force that causes an object moving along a circular path to move toward the centre of a circle"

(a) generalization                         (b) Centripetal

(c) cistern                                       (d) gravity

 

  1. "basic; fundamental"

(a) chromosomes                         (b) remonstrance     

(c) nucleus                                     (d) rudimentary

 

  1. "weaken; decline"

(a) lurid             (b) phantasm    (c) centennial   (d) ebb

 

  1. "to lie in wait for and attack from ambush"

(a) sultry            (b) waylay         (c) gesticulate   (d) doggedly

 

  1. "unbearable, too severe to be endured"

(a) evict              (b) intolerable  (c) indolently    (d) sham

 

  1. "the large-scale cutting down of forests"

(a) deforestation                           (b) discriminating    

(c) century                                      (d) Endeavour

 

  1. "not leading to a definite result"

(a) inconclusive                            (b) resplendent

(c) pugnacious                              (d) savoury

 

  1. "quality of being warm-hearted or kind-hearted"

(a) magnanimity                          (b) gesticulate

(c) implore                                     (d) vivid

 

  1. "not able to see through"

(a) frond            (b) opaque         (c) flag                (d) paradoxical

 

  1. "separate into opposing groups"

(a) biopsy          (b) fatuous        (c) polarize        (d) petulant

 

  1. "cross or pass through"

(a) recoil            (b) traverse       (c) savory           (d) masonry

 

  1. "a receptacle for holding water or other liquid, especially a tank for catching rainwater"

(a) cistern          (b) assemble     (c) sinister         (d) microbe

 

  1. "torn roughly"

(a) scheme        (b) edict             (c) lavish            (d) lacerated

 

  1. "structures in the nucleus that are responsible for passing on traits to new cells"

(a) incur                                         (b) microbe

(c) chromosomes                         (d) scheme

 

  1. "rock or shake as if about to fall"

(a) permeate     (b) fracture       (c) teeter            (d) succumb

 

  1. "uneven parts of cliffs"

(a) crags            (b) garrulous    (c) timorous      (d) lacerated

 

  1. "a large, very thick growth of tall trees that usually have large broad leaves"

(a) titanium      (b) rainforest    (c) ferocity         (d) microbe

 

  1. "vivid in a harsh way"

(a) myriad                                      (b) remonstrance

(c) cell wall                                    (d) lurid

 

  1. "The part of Earth and its atmosphere in which living things exist"

(a) equivocate   (b) defunct        (c) biosphere    (d) covet

 

  1. "give"

(a) conjure        (b) convulsive   (c) impart          (d) lethargic

 

  1. "basic units of structure and function in all living things"

(a) magnanimity                           (b) cell     

(c) manifest                                   (d) subside

 

  1. "to drink heartily"

(a) vivacious     (b) lavish           (c) vivacious      (d) quaff

 

  1. "a decree or proclamation issued by an authority and having the force of law"

(a) opulent        (b) edict             (c) demure        (d) manifest

 

  1. "unrelenting"

(a) persistent                                 (b) bicentennial

(c) paradoxical                              (d) pompous

 

  1. "energetic movement"

(a) morbidity                                 (b) ruse

(c) gesticulation                            (d) demure

 

  1. "ghost; specter"

(a) bland            (b) arduous       (c) phantasm    (d) setting

 

  1. "something ingeniously constructed; invention"

(a) Endeavour                               (b) contrivance

(c) surplus                                      (d) polarize

 

  1. "deep valley; stuff with food"

(a) masonry      (b) gorge            (c) rampart       (d) boorish

 

Answers:

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