Vocabulary 7.1

Vocabulary 7.1

Soft c and Soft g

Stingy

Unwilling to give or spend. Not generous.

Example: Scrooge was very stingy with his money.

Synonyms: ungenerous, cheap, skimping

placid

calm or peaceful

Example: He watched the placid surface of the lake,

acrid

bitter taste, harsh smell

sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor 

recede

“to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.”

reciprocate

to make an effort, gesture, or gift in return for something done for one.

They invited us to their party, and now I think we should reciprocate.

docile

Easy to manage, obedient

Labradors are gentle, docile dogs.

rancid

having an unpleasant smell or taste

The rotten fruit is rancid.

Multiple Choice

Spike, the calm cat is so ____ that she will sit and watch movies with me for hours.

• stingy

• rampage

• docile

• rancid

Multiple Choice

After leaving leaving the banana in his desk for a week it was ____

• precede

• placid

• docile

• rancid

Multiple Choice

rancid

• calm

• rotten

• small

• greedy

Multiple Choice

The Sunday football game was _____ by the pregame announcements.

• preceded

• stingy

• dingy

• rancid

Multiple Choice

The old, motel rooms was dark and _______.

• precede

• docile

• placid

• dingy

Multiple Choice

He sat by the calm, ____lake and watched the sunrise.

• placid

• dingy

• rancid

• precede

Multiple Choice

She used very little sugar in the cake. She was very ___ with it.

• dingy

• stingy

• docile

• supercaligragilstic

Multiple Choice

Which word is spelled correctly?

• dingey

• dingy

• dinngy

• dingie

Multiple Choice

Which word is spelled correctly?

• plasid

• plaside

• placide

• placid

Multiple Choice

Which word is spelled correctly?

• preced

• precede

• preseed

• presead

Multiple Choice

Which word is spelled correctly?

• dosile

• dossile

• docil

• docile

Multiple Choice

Which word is spelled correctly?

• rankid

• ransid

• rancid

• ranside

Multiple Choice

Which word is spelled correctly?

• stingy

• stinge

• stungy

• stingey