WHSS Wordistic: Round 1

"She is all-powerful. She is without mercy. All other witches are petrified of her."

In the sentence above, the word petrify could be a close synonym of:

• incense

• stupefy

• encourage

• comfort

"I know not how it was – but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit."

In the sentence above, the word pervaded closely means:

• to lessen in value

• to spread through

• to turn into stone

• to motivate

a mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers is most likely termed as:

• a glacier

• an iceberg

• a tarn

• a tram

"Babar Azam becomes world’s no 1 batter after prolific performance in T20 World Cup." In this news headline from thecurrent.com, the word prolific most closel means:

• stagnant

• productive

• barren

• stoic

"The baby kittens were so __________ that the nursery school children were able to pick them up, carry them around by the scruffs of their necks, and dress them up in doll clothes." Which word below fills the blank to accurately convey the meaning of the sentence.

• abashed

• peripatetic

• docile

• nefarious

"The fans were __________ when the football team lost its fiftieth game in a row."

• irascible

• despondent

• rapacious

• stigmatized

Feather of birds are collectively labelled as:

• pride

• plumage

• façade

• aviary

Chose the most appropriate word to complete the sentence: "Anesthesia _____."

• sharpens

• stimulates

• numbs

• agitates

Find the word that does not fit in the given group:

"abstain, relegate, forbear, forgo"

• abstain

• relegate

• forbear

• forgo

The president was so __________ by international crises that he found it difficult to watch an entire baseball game without being interrupted.

• beset

• belittled

• bereaved

• bequeathed