Vocabulary/Spelling Lesson #3 (Grade 7)

The ancient Greeks thought the gods controlled nature. They believed that earthquakes and other disasters were caused by the ______________ of the gods.

• wrath

• heed

• devoid

• benefactor

We need rain or the lake will be ______________ of water.

• wrath

• devoid

• muse

• admonish

When the teacher discovered the students’ _________________ plan to cheat on the vocabulary quiz, she gave a demerit to everyone involved.

• devious

• heed

• admonish

• unwitting

My cousin is extremely smart; she hopes to be a _____________ in Cancer research.

• pioneer

• muse

• mortal

• bestow

Miss Ignazio waited for the volume of the talkative class to _____________ before continuing the lesson.

• subside

• mortal

• plague

• wrath

According to Greek myth, Pandora was the first woman. Since she lived on Earth as a _________________, it was her fate to die one day.

• mortal

• muse

• benefactor

• heed

A ________________ is anything that causes destruction or suffering.

• plague

• bestow

• admonish

• heed

To __________________ a warning is to pay attention to it.

• heed

• bestow

• muse

• plague

An Academy Award is the highest honor Hollywood can _________________ on a film.

• bestow

• admonish

• annihilate

• muse

Lebron James is a known _______________________ to the Akron Public School System.

• benefactor

• muse

• pioneer

• mortal