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Vocab14 Grade 10
Vocabulary 14 Grade 10
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| Something that a finicky person would be most likely to do. | reject food | |
| Something that would cause most airline passengers to feel trepidation | turbulence | |
| Something requiring fastidious planning | space mission | |
| A group that is LEAST likely to make judicious decisions | angry mob | |
| a situation in which a knowledge of miutiae would be most helpful | trivia competition | |
| A place that should NEVER have slovenly appearance | operating room | |
| An example of imprudent behavior | teasing a lion | |
| A likely result of adeguate diligence | success | |
| The opposite of unmindful | aware | |
| Something that requires meticulous attention. | research paper | |
| The ______ sentry remained at his post, intently scanning the horizon | deligent | |
| The new student approached the school with great ____. | trepidation | |
| ___ is often punished by its results. | imprudence | |
| The ____ crafted plan was virtually foolproof. | meticulously | |
| Computers have all sorts of _______ parts | minute | |
| ___ people hold up cafeteria lines. | finicky | |
| The council acted _____ by distributing funds equally to the groups. | judiciously. | |
| If my appearance i______, pleaswe understand that a delayed flight forced me to sleep in the aitport. | slovenly | |
| THe knight entered the castle _____ of the trap his enemies had set. | unmindful | |
| Interior decorators are often ____ people who care about each color and aspect of design in a house or and office | fastidious | |
| One way to avoid pre-exam ____ is to make ____use of your study time. | trepidation...judicious | |
| Senior colleges can be very _______ about whom they choose to admit. | finicky | |
| NASA flight-engineering have to be _____ in their calculations. | meticulous | |
| It is unwise to present a _____ appearance on job interviews. | solvenly | |
| The nervous child proceeded into the haunted house with _________ | trepidation | |
| Deciding to cut class and go to the mall was a very ____ decision. | imprudent | |
| Supreme Court justices are supposed to be ____ in theie legal reasoning. | judicious | |
| Unfortunately, she seemed completely ________ of the number of people whose feelings she waws hurting. | unmindful | |
| Here's some bad advice:"Don't worry about the ____ of your new contract." | minutiae | |
| He was so insanely ________ about his clothes that a raindrop hitting his shoe | fastidious | |
| She wondered if her boss's words "Your ____ won't be forgotten" meant "You will ge a raise." | diligence | |
| untidy | slovenly | |
| anziety | trepidation | |
| hard work | diligence | |
| very precise | meticulous | |
| showing careful attention to detail | fastidious | |
| difficult to please | finicky | |
| inattentive | unmindful | |
| having good, sound judgment | judicious | |
| unwise, thoughtless | imprudent | |
| trivial details | minutia | |
| steady effort; presistent hard work | diligence | noun from Latin dis-, "apart" + legere, "to choose" |
| Becoming a doctor requires intelligence, ____, and a caring nature | diligence | |
| attentive care; carefulness | diligence | |
| Her ______as a copyeditor made her an important asset tot he school newspaper. | diligence | |
| The college graduate was ____ in the pursuit of a job, sending out resumes daily and going to several job fairs. | diligent | |
| possessing or displaying careful attention to detail | fastidious | adjective from Latin fastidium, "squeamishness; haughtiness" |
| He was so ______ about keeping his room clean that his mother had to tell him, "One sock in the wrong place won't kill ou." | fastidious | |
| picky; diffictult to please | fastidious | |
| My cousin Arielle was such a ______ eater that our grandmother worried whether Arielle was getting nutrition. | fastidious | |
| The row of pencils, sorted by size and color and laid out perfectly on the desk, hinted at her ____________. | fastidiousness | noun derived from fastidious |
| Difficult to please;insisting on getting exactly what one wants | finicky | adjective |
| Young children are often ________eaters, uncomfortable with trying different kinds of food. | finicky | |
| unwise; doing things wihtout careful though or judgment. | imprudent | adjective from Latin im-, "not" + providere, "to provide for" |
| It is ________ to spend more than you earn | imprudent | |
| One obvious example of ___________ is riding in a car without a seat belt | imprudence | |
| __________ reporters thoroughly check their sources of information before submitting a story for publication. | Judicious | |
| extremely careful and precise | meticulous | adjective from Latin meticulosus, "timid" |
| Plotting a large ship's coruse through narrow, hazardous waterways require ______work. | meticulous | |
| Though known for _________, PAt accidentally included several factual errors in his big presentation. | meticulousness | noun derived from meticulous |
| A small, minor, or trivial detail | minutia | noun from Latin minutus, "small" |
| The _____ of the company's financial report were listed in the appendix. | minutia | |
| As a good director, he knew the film's script down to the most _____ detail. | minute | |
| untidy, sloppy in dress or appearance | slovenly | adjective from German slove, "To dress carelessly" |
| With her shirt half tucked in and her wrinkled pants, she lookd rather _______. | slovenly | |
| marked by carelessness or negligence; shoddy | slovenly | |
| "You should be embarrassed by the slovenly job you did on that report." said the teacher. | slovenly | |
| anxiety; a state of alarm, dread, or fear | trepidation | noun from Latin trepidu, "anxious" |
| unfortunately, many students approach college entrance exams with _________. | trepidation | |
| involuntary trembling or quivering | trepidation | |
| No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't control my _______at the tohought of delivering the speech | tredipation | |
| failin to give due care or attention; inattentive | unmindful | adjective |
| ____ of the darkening sky and falling barometer, the inexperienced sailors headed out to sea. | unmindful | |
| extremely small; tiny | minute | adjective detived from minutia |
| Having or exhibiting good, sound judgment | judicious | adjective from Latin indiciumn, "judgment" |