Vocabulary Workshop Level D unit 1

5 Written Questions

1. (adj.) sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
2. (adj.) lasting for a long time, persistent; (n.) a plant that lives for many years
3. (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
4. (n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through
5. (adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid

5 Matching Questions

1. cumbersome
2. brigand
3. muddle
4. opinionated
5. efface

1. a (adj.) stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
2. b (v.) to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
3. c (v.) to make a mess of; muddle through: to get by; (n.) a hopeless mess
4. d (adj.) clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
5. e (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (adj.) careful, cautious
   1. diffuse
   2. circumspect
   3. predispose
   4. commandeer
2. (v.) to spread or scatter freely or widely; (adj.) wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
   1. dilemma
   2. debris
   3. diffuse
   4. efface
3. (v.) to incline to beforehand
   1. predispose
   2. relinquish
   3. diffuse
   4. efface
4. (v.) to save from fire or shipwreck; (n.) property thus saved
   1. efface
   2. salvage
   3. dilemma
   4. brigand
5. (v.) to seize for military or official use
   1. commandeer
   2. brigand
   3. muddle
   4. unbridled

5 True/False Questions

1. unbridled → (n.) a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

   True        False

2. deadlock → (n.) a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; (v.) to bring to such a standstill

   True        False

3. debris → (adj.) not genuine, not true, not valid

   True        False

4. relinquish → (v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

   True        False

5. dilemma → (n.) a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

   True        False