Wordly Wise 3000 Book 8 Lesson 20

Inflammatory speech makes people

• feel inspired.

• angry.

• remember the past.

• feel patriotic.

An infection inflamed the wound. This means that the wound

• was healing slowly.

• required stitches.

• was sore and swollen.

• was not serious.

Please forbear revealing my secret. In this sentence, forbear means

• consider.

• don't worry about.

• wait a while before.

• hold back from.

Living far away from home sometimes makes me feel alienated from my family. I feel

• independent and happy.

• distinguished.

• alone and cut off from my family.

• overworked.

The poet wrote with such fervor that Shayna couldn't put the book down. In this sentence, fervor means

• compassion.

• love.

• intense feeling.

• kindness.

My friends love to play practical jokes on me because I am so gullible. I am easily

• excited.

• fooled.

• nauseated.

• upset.

A synonym for hindrance is

• distance

• obstacle

• annoyance

• loss

A synonym for inflamed is

• challenged

• confused

• angered

• saddened

The synonym for the word ordained is

• disordered

• preached

• explained

• ordered

The synonym for the word reproached is

• angered

• blamed

• proceeded

• considered