Vocabulary Practice
Unit 10
Name _______________________
Part I: Write each word 5 times each (either on this paper or on a separate piece).
Part II:
Choose the word that best completes each sentence.
Enigma
Repudiate
Mellifluous
Labyrinth
Superficial
Provincial
Lucid
Primordial
Contrite
Incessant
1. A witness _________________ his earlier testimony and told the truth.
2. Her knowledge of football is very _________________. She only knows only the basic facts
about the game.
3. The boy was _________________ after he broke the lamp. He quickly made amends with
his mother by offering to buy another one.
4. No one knows what happened to the airplane; its disappearance is a/an _________________.
5. _________________ noise makes me appreciate silence.
6. The singer’s _________________ voice serenaded the two of lovers as they danced under the
moon.
7. She wrote a _________________ explanation of the problem that answered all of our
questions.
8. Life formed in the _________________ oceans millions of years ago.
9. He is a _________________ country boy who doesn't know the ways of big city life.
10. Just for amusement, a rich man had a _________________ made of bushes in his garden.
Part III:
Write a sentence using the given vocabulary word. You must show you understand the word’s
meaning in the sentence. Underline the vocabulary word.
1. Enigma -
2. Repudiate -
Vocabulary Practice
Unit 10
Name _______________________
Part I:
Choose the vocabulary word that is most similar in meaning to the synonym(s) given.
Enigma
Repudiate
Mellifluous
Labyrinth
Superficial
Provincial
Lucid
Primordial
Contrite
Incessant
1. _________________ sweetly flowing
2. _________________ to say is untrue; to reject
3. _________________ a maze
4. ________________ unsophisticated; a narrow outlook
5. ________________ easily understood
6. ________________ mystery
7. ________________ primitive
8. ________________ shallow
9. ________________ feeling sorry for having done something bad
10. _______________ unending
Part II:
Write a sentence using the given vocabulary word. You must show you understand the word’s
meaning in the sentence. Underline the vocabulary word.
1. Superficial -
2. Lucid -
3. Incessant -
4. Contrite -