Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.
___1. Although the young king was known for his malevolence, his ______was often shown toward the peasants. a. belligerence b. benevolence c. exhilaration d. duplicity
___2. In literature the ______narrator tells the audience thoughts, feelings, plans of the characters.
a. verbatim b. urbane c. scrupulous d. omniscient
___3. Although the students gathered together in the gym for the pep rally were exhilarated, they ______as soon as the bell rang. A. converged b. dispersed c. extolled d. deleted
___4. Mrs. Kennedy has a(n) ______way of recognizing the best route to a destination unless it is in the South Hills. A. scrupulous b. uncanny c. omniscient d. supercilious
Analogies: Identify the item that best completes the comparison
____5. All knowing is to omniscient as expunge is to a. bequeath b. deploy c. augment d. delete
____6. Supercilious is to humble as scrupulous is to a. meticulous b. cursory c. venial d. adroit
____7. Bequeath is to deny as disperse is to a. scatter b. converge c. deploy d. redress
___8. Invincible is to invulnerable as compelling is to a. verbatim b. bereft c. cogent d. convergent
____9. Ascertain is to confuse as esteem is to a. admire b. gape c. scorn d. skulk
Completing the sentence: Write the word spelled correctly on your answer sheet.
Ascertained bequeathed skulked venial panaceaaffiliated
______10. After her demise it was found she had ______most of her millions to her cat, Cat.
______11. He had not ______which university he planned to attend, but he had decided it would most assuredly not be Penn State.
______12. Mr. Lewis, Ms. Wall, and Ms. Kerestury believed that his denial of Penn State was hardly a ______offense.
______13. The student with the cell phone in the class ______in the back of the classroom texting his girlfriend.
______14. In this day and age scientists know there is no ______for global warming, but politicians promise that they can deliver it.
______15. The singer’s being connected or ______with the record company may help her in obtaining a recording deal.
cogentsupercilious converge concise epitomeaffiliated
______16. Abigail’s ______manner in dealing with Rebecca Proctor was one of the more interesting aspects of the Crucible.
______17. Her being______with the university will put her in good stead when she applies for acceptance.
______18. The prosecuting attorney made a very ______argument for the death penalty verdict.
______19. When drivers on the parkway ______at the Edgewood Swissvale ramp, there ______. is usually a lack of concern about following driving rules.
______20. Grapes of Wrath is the ______of the great American novel
______21. However, the novel is not as ______as Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.
___21. The tome was old, dusty, and extremely valuable.
Tome is a. graveb. statuec quality d. book
___22. When a businessman is criticized by his boss for being impetuous, we can assume the businessman is
a. not thoughtfulb. not intelligentc. not talld. not careful
___23. If a lawyer deduces that a witness is lying, he has
a. remembered b. concludedc .imaginedd. denied
___24. The engineer was extremely incisive in hermethod of resolving the problem.
- Cuttingb. sharpc. harshd. insightful