Wordly Wise list 5 book 9

Which word means" to show great respect for"?

• strife
• venerate
• wane
• despot

Which is the best synonym for "voracious"?

• ravenous
• scared
• intolerable
• sneaky

If someone is considered to be cynical, they are also thought to be...

• hilarious
• highly sensitive
• untrustworthy
• skeptical

Does the following sentence make sense?
Joanne speculated that her father would miss her son's baseball game because he usually is late to most events.

• Yes
• No

Which word means "to get smaller, weaker or dimmer"?

• speculate
• wane
• indolent
• callow

Which word would be best used to describe someone who is inexperienced or immature?

• secular
• indolent
• callow
• cynical

In speech class we learned about correct pronunciation of words.
Which word would best be used to describe this situation?

• enunciate
• impoverish
• strife
• sagacious

Mark Twain was a sagacious man and writer.

• True
• False

Is the word indolent used correctly?
Jim and Janie needed to show they were indolent in order to get the babysitting jobs they wanted for summer work.

• yes
• no

It is a good thing to assist the impoverished people in a community.

• True
• False