Vocabulary, Synonyms & Antonyms

VOCAB: What does refugee mean?

"One day, the orphanage was warned it would be bombed and the children were marched to a distant refugee camp."

• a person that owns land and rents it out to others.

• a person who takes care of someone else

• a person who flees to another country to escape danger, as in a time of war

• a person that buys or controls the power in a given country

VOCAB: What does antagonism mean?

"She still recalls the fierce antagonism of the women."

• kindness; state of being kind to someone else

• hostility; state of being opposed or against someone else

• peaceful or keeping people calm

• curiosity or having a sense of wonder

VOCAB: What does distraught mean?

"Michaela was distraught because she believed that all the other children would be taken to new homes and she would be left behind."

• joyful; showing immense happiness

• very troubled and unhappy

• feeling anger towards someone

• feeling jealous or envious of others

If there were personal antagonism between two candidates running for office, do you think they would be friends?

• Yes

• No

If a person is distraught, he is:

• worried

• sad

• happy

• angry

Because I am a ................................ and do not have a home in my new country, the government has placed me in a temporary shelter.

A synonym is

• a word that has the opposite meaning of another word

• a word that has a similar meaning to another word

• a spice used mostly when baking.

• A word that has at least 15 different meanings.

An antonym is a

• A strategy used to pronounce words in foreign languages

• A word that has a similar meaning to another word.

• A large mound filled with ants

• word that means the opposite of another word

Jenna is one of the nicest people on the planet.  She will do anything to help a friend.

The synonym for nicest is:

• silliest

• kindest

• smartest

Going to the circus and seeing the tightrope walkers makes me so nervous that I can barely watch!

A synonym for nervous is:

• anxious

• lazy

• mad