Vocab Practice Quiz 9

Directions: Each of the following 20 items consists of a word in CAPITAL letters, followed by three words. Select the word that is most similar in meaning to the word in CAPITAL letters.

1.EMISSARY
(A)rival
(B)secret envoy
(C)refugee

2.ALACRITY
(A)slowness
(B)promptness
(C)caution

3.REPRESS
(A)sharpen
(B)suppress
(C)grieve

4.CONCOCT
(A)cook up
(B)link together
(C)temporary

5.JETTISON
(A)throw over board
(B)dismantle
(C)camouflage

6.VACILLATE
(A)glitter
(B)vibrate
(C)swerve

7.VINDICTIVE
(A)gloomy
(B)coward
(C)despiteful

8.PLACARD
(A)souvenir
(B)medicine
(C)poster

9.UNSCATHED
(A)unharmed
(B)uninterested
(C)courage

10.PROVISO
(A)treaty
(B)condition
(C)a document

11.PERTURB
(A)pierce
(B)filter
(C)disturb

12.JAUNTY
(A)debonair
(B)envious
(C)quarrelsome

13.DRIVEL
(A)shrill laugher
(B)untidy dress
(C)foolish talk

14.MACABRE
(A)meager
(B)fantastic
(C)gruesome

15.IMPUNITY
(A)shamelessness
(B)self-reliance
(C)exemption

16.POACH
(A)squander
(B)trespass
(C)bully

17.DEFECTION
(A)abandonment
(B)exemption
(C)respect

18.MASTICATE
(A)slaughter
(B)tangle
(C)chew

19.PROGENITOR
(A)magician
(B)genius
(C)forefather

20.AUGUR
(A)foretell
(B)suggest
(C)evaluate