Unit 8 Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms

For each item below, choose the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word or phrase in boldface.

a well-known academic authority

• gallant

• volunteer

• reserve

• scholar

For each items below, choose the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word or phrase in boldface.

exhausted after the race

• weary

• plentiful

• lukewarm

• awkward

For each items below, choose the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word or phrase in boldface.

heard the racket of the tire chains

• reserve

• scholar

• ration

• clatter

For each items below, choose the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word or phrase in boldface.

plodded through the mud

• smoldered

• trudged

• volunteered

• clattered

For each items below, choose the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word or phrase in boldface.

gave out the treats

• volunteered

• clattered

• rationed

• smoldered

For each items below, choose the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word or phrase in boldface.

an unpaid teacher's aid

• gallant

• volunteer

• weary

• lukewarm

For each item below choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in boldface.

scarce resources

• lukewarm

• plentiful

• awkward

• volunteer

For each item below choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in boldface.

a graceful gesture

• volunteer

• gallant

• weary

• awkward

For each item below choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in boldface.

a bowl of steaming soup

• awkward

• weary

• lukewarm

• plentiful

For each item below choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in boldface.

wasted our energy

• smoldered

• volunteered

• reserved

• clattered