Vocabulary Chapter 1 Test

_{Sheriff in the Greenwood}

_{One day, Little John, one of Robin Hood's band, saw the sheriff of Nottingham hunting in Sherwood Forest. Little John stopped the sheriff and his party. First, he stole the sheriff's silver. Then he persuaded the sheriff's cook to come with him to Robin's camp. Finally, Little John accosted the sheriff and offered to lead him to a large herd of deer.}

_{With the sheriff following him, Little John galloped into Robin's camp deep in the forest. The sheriff was terrified, but all Robin did was invite him to stay for dinner. The sheriff's own cook prepared the meal and served it on the sheriff's own silver plates. Purple with rage, the hungry sheriff could hardly eat the meal. Used to sleeping in a soft bed, he did not sleep a wink on the hard ground.}

_{Int he morning, Robin cheerfully announced his plan to keep the sheriff in the camp for a year. The sheriff, cold and miserable and hungry, said he would rather die. So Robin agreed to let him go, but the sheriff had to swear that he would never harm Robin or his followers.}

_{With no intention of ever keeping his promise, the sheriff gladly swore the oath, and Robin set the humiliated sheriff on the road back to Nottingham.}

_{^{Find the word accosted in the passage. Which words are antonyms for the meaning of accosted?}}

• ignored

• arrested

• took

• kidnapped

• freed

The monologue about the young accountant on her very first day on the job --- me helpless with laughter.

• rendered

• emancipated

• chided

• bleaked

• exploited

Any theory that is not backed up by convincing evidence should make a good scientist --- about its validity.

• skeptical

• extemporaneous

• despicable

• adept

• impaired

Despite the knee injury that had --- his skills, the goalie's reflexes were as sharp as ever.

• impaired

• exploited

• adepted

• rugged

• bleaked

--- children when they misbehave does little to correct their behaviors and teach them new skills.

• chiding

• adepting

• languiding

• miring

• rendering

Proving beyond a doubt that the charges are --- will go a far ways in showing that someone is lying.

• erroneous

• exploited

• diminutive

• extemporaneous

• despicable

His expression was --- and upsetting when I asked him if he planned on attending the party.

• bleak

• obtrusive

• rugged

• despicable

• languid

There is no doubt that she is --- at handling the president's schedules and organizing his notes.

• adept

• rugged

• obtrusive

• invincible

• skeptical

As the basketball player talked with the first graders, he wondered if they felt ---- looking up to him.

• diminutive

• exploited

• despicable

• skeptical

• slipshod

When I think of a tired whale, his --- behavior comes to mind.

• languid

• diminutive

• obtrusive

• extemporaneous

• bleak