Week 8/9 Vocabulary

Buying those expensive basketball shoes will deplete my savings.

Which is a synonym for deplete?

• stretch

• gather

• empty

• inflate

Which simile would be the opposite of glutton?

An all you can eat restaurant is the perfect place for a glutton.

• eats like a bird

• eats like a horse

• eats like a pig

• eats like there's no tomorrow

Which word is a synonym for implore?

It doesn't matter how much we implore-- our mother never lets us watch R rated movies.

• discourage

• query

• inform

• beg

What happens at a harmonious gathering?

After the argument was settled, a harmonious feeling returned to the class.

• everyone gets along well

• everyone argues

• everyone has a different idea

• everyone wants to leave

For brief moment, everyone was getting along so well. It felt so _____________________.

• harmonious

• depleted

• implored

• vigorous

The playground was a popular rendezvous for the girls on the basketball team. They planned to rendezvous there after school.

What is the meaning for the RED rendezvous?

• Noun: a place to meet someone

• Verb: To go meet someone

• Noun: a type of sandwich

• Verb: a new yoga position

You should take some time to ponder the question before blurting out your response.

Choose a word that means about the same as ponder.

• ignore

• consider

• brush off

• reject

They evacuated the workers from the factory after a noxious chemical spilled.

Which would be an antonym for noxious?

• harmless

• flammable

• frozen

• liquid

When the trail led us to the edge of a quagmire, we were in a quagmire about how to get around the large, muddy area.

Which of these would be a quagmire? (Either type of quagmire)

• Your friends all want to go out for pizza.

• Your friends like to see the same movies.

• Your friends pooled their money and bought you a present.

• Your friends want you to take sides in an argument.

After the thunderstorms the other day, my backyard was just a big messy __________________. I couldn't even walk to the shed without sinking in the muddy mess.

• ponder

• garland

• quagmire

• junction