Vocabulary 1 test

Don't allow yourself to be __________by every small trouble that may arise during the day.

• gainful

• famished

• beseige

• irked

Because I have reached an age at which I am unwilling to depend on my parents, I am out to find a(n)______________________occupation.

• besiege

• douse

• gainful

• ingenious

A(n) __________will be sent to all our representatives in South America advising them how to handle the problem.

• dispatch

• oaf

• douse

• ingenious

You had no right to call me a clumsy_________ just because I spilled some water on you.

• irk

• oaf

• dispatch

• ingenious

You will be able to get everything into a single suitcase if you __________ all the items as much as possible.

• besiege

• compress

• oaf

• recede

• ingenious

How can we hope to ______a city that is surrounded by such strong walls and has ample supplies of everything it needs?

• compress

• oaf

• dispatch

• besiege

None of us could figure out how the_________magician had managed to escape from the trunk submerged in the tank of water.

• douse

• dispatched

• ingenious

• oaf

Let's make certain to _______the fire before leaving camp.

• dispatch

• irk

• douse

• famish

As it was well past their lunchtime by the time we arrived home, the children were ___________and demanding food.

• irked

• famished

• oafed

• gainful

Unruly or balky; nervous under restraint; restless.

.

• restive

• respite

• resurgence

• retiring

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C