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

    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.