Word of the Day #2

Imagine Wayne. He thinks he is the best-looking man in the world. Wayne is vain. What does vain mean?

• excessive admiration for oneself

• depressed

• awkward

• ugly

Imagine Sam. He doesn’t have much money. He lives in an old shack. Its floors sag and creak, and the doors are falling apart. Sam’s shack is ramshackle. What is a synonym for ramshackle?

• glamourous

• wealthy

• dilapidated

• gleaming

Imagine a roach that lived safely in a home until a bunch of ants showed up there. The humans in the home saw the ants and sprayed bug killer everywhere. The roach’s family

members all began to die, and he blamed the ants. The roach reproached the ants for the presence of the bug spray. What does reproach mean?

• hated

• love

• reward

• scare

Imagine all of the work that ants do to build their mounds. They don’t have any time to waste. These incessant insect ants are continuous hard workers. What is an antonym for incessant?

• diligent

• fast

• progressive

• occasional

Imagine Ginger. She is afraid of everything. Whenever she leaves her house, she is afraid that something bad will happen to her, so she does everything carefully and cautiously. Ginger leaves her house gingerly. What does gingerly mean?

• careless

• reckless

• cautious

• angry

Imagine a man who had been doing 500 sit-ups every morning and night. After two weeks of this strenuous workout, he was sure he had no more flab around his middle. He was stunned and surprised at the amount of flab he grasped in his hands! Boy was he flabbergasted! What is another word for flabbergasted?

• punish

• dazed

• surprise

• confession

Imagine Paul. He cannot carry a tune, but he sings frequently. When Paul sings, others find it appalling that this man is such a horrifying singer but is singing aloud. What does appalling mean?

• beautiful

• calming

• comforting

• horrendous

Imagine a little boy who gathered clams at the beach. He placed them in the tea pitcher in the refrigerator. He told his mom and dad that he had made a special flavor of tea for them and poured them each a glass. They said, “YUCK! What is this calamity?” What does calamity mean?

• blessing

• greatness

• awesome

• disaster

The little boy makes rude noises and tells crude jokes about people which shows he has very bad manners. What is an antonym for crude?

• sophisticated

• course

• primitive

• natural

Mel has always wanted a dog, but her mom wouldn’t let her have one. Finally, one day her mom let her get a border collie. Three short days later, the collie was killed. Mel was so sad. The death of Mel’s only collie caused her to be melancholy. What is an antonym for melancholy?

• sadness

• desolation

• depression

• cheerful