Vocabulary Unit 12 Assessment
Name ______________________________ Date_________________
1. Mom continued to hope that her upstart brother would _____________ with age and experience.
2. There is a great difference between being quietly confident of your own ability and being an obnoxious
_____________.
3. Why would a world-famous writer choose to live in the ____________ of a country village far from the
“madding crowd”?
4. Apparently, the man could pay off his staggering gambling debts by _____________ funds from the
company that employed him.
5. Arthritis is a(n) _______________ that attacks many millions of people, especially in middle and old
age.
6. Instead of such ________________ efforts to prevent air pollution, we need a unified campaign that will
be continued for as long as necessary.
7. When I first entered this country, I was classified as a “resident alien”, but my __________ has changed
since then.
8. It’s natural for you to feel to feel a little ______________ over not getting the job, but don’t let that
prevent you from applying for other positions.
9. For many years after the Civil War, the South remained a society in ____________.
10. Lush fruit trees ____________ in the orchards of central California.
11. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word ABOUND?
a. Ailment, affliction
b. Moving, sad, heartbreaking
c. Burst with, overflow with
d. Slow, relaxed
e. Swindle, defraud
12. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word CACHE?
a. Elucidation
b. Unripe, green
c. Bit by bit
d. All at once
e. Stockpile, hoard
13. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word DESPONDENT?
a. Lazy, sluggish, listless
b. Dejected, depressed, forlorn
c. Lack, want
d. A sickness, illness, disease
e. Jubilant, elated
14. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word HEARTRENDING?
a. Moving, sad, heartbreaking
b. Upheaval, tumult
c. Rave, fume, spout
d. Pursuit, venture
e. accidental
15. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word LETHARGIC?
a. Recognition, standing
b.
c.
d.
e.
Strengthen, bolster, prop up
Haphazard, accidental
Pursuit, venture
Lazy, sluggish, listless
16. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word MELLOW?
a. Dulcet, creamy, ripe
b. Ailment, affliction
c. Swindle, defraud
d. Stockpile, hoard
e. Burst with, overflow with
17. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word PIECEMEAL?
a. All at once
b. Bit by bit
c. Health, well-being
d. Hasty, hurried, rushed
e. An explanation
18. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word RANDOM?
a. By chance, irregular, haphazard
b. Planned, systematic
c. Pursuit, venture
d. Upheaval, tumult
e. The thick of things
19. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word REINFORCE?
a. Burst with, overflow with
b. Swindle, defraud
c. Moving, sad, heartbreaking
d. Slow, relaxed
e. Strengthen, bolster, prop up
20. Which of the following are SYNONYMS for the word STATUS?
a. Pursuit, venture
b. Recognition, standing
c. Dejected, depressed, forlorn
d. Dulcet, creamy
e. Aloneness, solitariness
21. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word TURMOIL?
a. Peace and quiet, order
b. Planned, systematic
c. Whisper, murmur
d. Jubilant, elated
e. Hasty, hurried, rushed
22. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word SECLUSION?
a. Lack, want
b. Amusing, funny, hilarious
c. Wide-awake, alert
d. Health, well-being
e. The thick of things
23. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word RANT?
a. All at once
b. Stationary, settled
c. Whisper, murmur
d. Jubilant, elated
e. Hasty, hurried, rushed
24. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word QUEST?
a. Escape, retreat
b. Pursuit, venture
c. Weaken, undermine
d. Jubilant, elated
e. Lack, want
25. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word NOMADIC?
a. Hasty, hurried, rushed
b. Amusing, funny, hilarious
c. Stationary, settled, rooted
d. Health, well-being
e. Jubilant, elated
26. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word MALADY?
a. Unripe, green, harsh
b. Health, well-being
c. Wide-awake, energetic
d. Amusing, funny
e. Stationary, settled, rooted
27. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word LEISURELY?
a. Weaken, undermine, sap
b. Whisper, murmur
c. Planned, systematic
d. The thick of things
e. Hasty, hurried, rushed
28. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word EMBEZZLE?
a. Give, pay, return
b. Swindle, defraud
c. Jubilant,
d. The thick of things
e. Whisper, murmur
29. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word CLARIFICATION?
a. To make unclear
b. Lack, want
c. Stationary, settled
d. All at once
e. Hasty, hurried, rushed
30. Which of the following are ANTONYMS for the word BRAGGART?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Bigmouth
Ailment, affliction
Wide-awake, alert, energetic
Quiet, not to boast
Dulcet, creamy