Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Week 1-5-21

Optimist

• One who looks at things in the positive way.

• A cheerful, hopeful person.

• Pat and Jean are optimist and so, of course, they believed the plane would not leave without us.

Multiple Choice

An optimist would be sure they were going to win the game.

• True

• False

Lure

• To tempt or attract with the promise of something good.

• Something that attracts.

• The lure of the sea led us to take up sailing.

Multiple Choice

To lure someone is to _______ that person with promises.

• help

• advise

• tempt

• offer

Challenge

• To invite others to take part in a contest

• To cause a person to use a lot of skill or effort

• To question or argue against, especially when something is unfair or unjust .

• An interesting task or problem; something that takes effort or skill.

• A call to take part in a contest

• I accepted the challenge to run a marathon.

Multiple Choice

A challenge is a call to ______ part in a contest .

• offer

• cry

• win

• take

Avalanche

• A great mass of ice, earth, or snow mixed with rocks sliding down a mountain.

• A great amount of something.

• Our company had a avalanche of of orders after we used a television ad for our new game.

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Multiple Choice

An avalanche is a mass of falling rocks and snow.

• true

• false

Vertical

• Running straight up and down; upright

• The black vertical lines in this painting are what one notices first.

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Fill in the Blanks

A vertical file is one that stores things

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Thwart

• To block or defeat the plans or efforts of.

• Heavy fighting thwarted the UN's attempts to deliver food.

Multiple Choice

To be thwarted is to be ___________ from carrying out one's plans.

• successfully

• prevented

• helped

• threatened

Foolhardy

• Unwisely bold or daring

• It would be foolhardy to go sailing during a gale.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is foolhardy?

• eating a salad

• losing your wallet

• riding a horse

• skating on thin ice

Terse

• Short and to the point

• When I said I was sure we would be rescued soon, my friend's terse reply was, "How?"

Multiple Choice

A terse remark is one that is ________ and to the point.

• tall

• long

• cute

• short

These are our vocabulary words for the week. Make sure you study the test will be on Thursday. 1-8-21