Woods Runner vocabulary chapters 10-12

The hunger ______________, and she dropped her head back to the pillow, satisfied.

• abated

• ravenous

• atrocious

After several days without food the dog will become ravenous and will eat almost anything.

Which word most likely means the same as ravenous?

• extremely sleepy

• extremely wild

• extremely hungry

Conditions in the prison were ______________. Prisoners were forced into crammed sleeping conditions without any running water.

• atrocious

• dominated

• confiscate

Jail guards ______________knives and other weapons from the prisoners.

ravenous

obnoxious

confiscated

Causing great ________________, the tsunami swept through the city and swallowed it whole.

traumatize

devastation

abated

Because Bill has more wrestling experience, he will probably dominate his opponent.

Which word most likely means the same as the word dominate?

• really like

• help

• crush

He was so _________________by the attack that he could not work for a year.

• obnoxious

• traumatized

• inferior

The game became very ______________. Spectators from each team started to fight each other!

barring

pealed

hostile

I felt very inferior among all those extreme athletes because they were so much better than me.

Which word or words best means the same as the word inferior?

• smart

• second-class (below)

• dominate

He's a staunch believer in the value of regular exercise.

Which two words are most like the word staunch in this sentence?

• strong

• disloyal

• firm