B1 - Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary List 6 - 2019/2020

I have an ___________________ for videogames; I have always loved them.

• affinity

• alacrity

• bombast

• enmesh

The cat was extremely ________________ and easily caught the mouse.

• agile

• dilatory

• enmeshed

• laconic

A good synonym (means the same) for alacrity is...

• ready

• bored

• angry

• sad

The mermaid _________________ the sailor and drowned him.

• beguiled

• peevish

• mitigated

• mutiny

The big-headed and proud student was a ________________; he did not know as much as he thought he did.

• bombast

• affinity

• penitent

• paragon

A good synonym (means the same) for castigation is...

• rebuke

• praise

• help

• comfort

A good antonym (means the opposite) for dilatory is...

• quickly

• slowly

• angrily

• hungrily

The nets _______________ the poor dolphin and he drowned.

• enmeshed

• homaged

• laconic

• mitigated

Many soldiers receive ____________ after they die in battle; the Congressional Medal of Honor is frequently given to deceased soldiers.

• homages

• mutinys

• agiles

• alacrities

A good antonym (means the opposite) for laconic is...

• bigmouth

• quiet

• shy

• angry