Test #21. Name:                                                                 Date:                      Period:

Vocabulary.

1. When we moved, we got rid of everything that we considered _________.   a) exuberant  b) disquieting  c) reluctant  d) expendable  e) NOTA
   
2. The smells ___________(ing) from the kitchen were very tempting.   a) adhere  b) emanate  c) chastise  d) meander   e) NOTA
3. He tried to be very ____________ and calm when he met his girlfriend's parents. a) ample  b) exuberant  c) haphazard  d) disquieting  e) NOTA
   
4. Kids who learn to be ____________ are better able to cope when things go bad.   a) infinitesimal  b) wretched  c) reluctant  d) resilient  e) NOTA
   
5. The cat liked to "bite at the ____(ingly) moving pen."   a) resound  b) tantalize  c) abide  d) incompetent  e) NOTA
   
6. I cannot ____ someone who cheats.  a) abide  b) sham  c) permeate  d) assuage  e) NOTA
   
7. Winning the lottery is not always the _____ people think it will be. Often, the money brings unhappiness instead of happiness.  a) paradox  b) attribute  c) cult   d) boon  e) NOTA
8. Since there was no specific topic, the discussion _________(ed) on for hours and never got anywhere.  a) meander  b) bustle  c) nurture  d) jaunty  e) NOTA
9. Many times organizations try new things and make major changes without testing the _______ of the changes. Sometimes the changes make things worse instead of better.  a) efficacy  b) revelry  c) augment  d) glutton  e) NOTA
10. He didn't know how to do the job he was assigned, and he ______(ed) around for a few days before he asked for help.  a) flounder  b) haphazard  c) undulate  d) indulge  e) NOTA
11. He was always very _______ about doing his homework just right every time.  a) conscientious  b) haphazard  c) dejected  d) daft  e) NOTA
12. When he graduated from Stanford with honors, he had a _______ of choices of where to work. He was in demand by everyone.   a) blight  b) meager  c) cult  d) surfeit  e) NOTA
    
13. The witnesses didn't call the police because they were ________ to get involved.  a) tantalize  b) reluctant  c) barren  d) frigid  e) NOTA
14. The quote in the paper was ______(ed) to him, but he says he never said it.  a) paradox  b) attribute  c) bustle   d) emanate  e) NOTA
15. Alyce doesn't realize that she has many good ______(s) like cleverness and curiosity.  a) magnitude  b) attribute  c) graft   d) emanate  e) NOTA
16. Greedy developers ______(ed) the beautiful meadow with malls and parking lots.   a) infinitesimal  b) wretched  c) reluctant  d) resilient  e) NOTA
17. The root of this word means "to feel." ____________   a) nurture  b) frazzle  c) empathy  d) wretched  e) NOTA
    
18. I tried to be as (in)_______ as possible as I passed the note in class, but Mr. Coward still caught me.  a) tentative  b) frigid  c) haphazard  d) jaunty  e) conspicuous
19. Typewriters have become _______ because everyone now uses computers.   a) tentative  b) frigid  c) haphazard  d) jaunty  e) NOTA
20. The performance was so bad, it was ______ to watch.    a) excruciating  b) frigid  c) barren  d) jaunty  e) clause
21. Much to her relief, the doctor said the tumor was ________.   a) excruciating  b) benign  c) resilient  d) jaunty  e) NOTA
    
22. Whenever she was down about something, she always seemed to find ________ in her music.  a) chastise  b) efficacy  c) solace  d) assuage  e) NOTA
    
23. When Mr. Ingrate opened his last gift and saw that it was not the skateboard he’d asked for, he became very _____.   a) compliant  b)  admonish  c) poised  d) petulant  e)  NOTA 
24. Everyone in the library politely tried to ______ their giggles when Mr. Calandro walked into the wall while looking at his phone.  a) impede  b) suppress  c) resound  d) chastise  e) NOTA
    
25. Some teachers keep their classrooms very cold because they think it keeps the students from being too ____. a) escalate  b) magnitude  c) augment  d) cult  e) NOTA
    

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    D'oh! Homer very stupidly hit his head on the oak door, but that head is made of concrete, so it was fine.
26. D'oh:  a) pronoun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
    
27. very:  a) pronoun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
28. stupidly: a) preposition  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
29. his: a) preposition  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
30. on: a) preposition  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
31. oak: a) pronoun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
32. door: a) noun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) conjunction  e) NOTA
33. but: a) pronoun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) conjunction  e) NOTA
34. that: a) preposition  b) verb  c) adjective  d) conjunction  e) NOTA
35. made a) pronoun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) preposition  e) NOTA
36. of: a) preposition  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
37. so: a) pronoun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
38. was: a) preposition  b) verb  c) adjective  d) conjunction  e) NOTA
39. fine: a) pronoun  b) verb  c) adjective  d) adverb  e) NOTA
40. This sentence is... a) simple  b) compound  c) complex

Mental Floss.