Winning a lucky draw (Vocab)

The whole team was _________ with joy after beating the best team in the competition.

• arrogant

• dejected

• crestfallen

• delirious

After _________ over three hours at the back-breaking task of clearing the overgrown field, we discovered we had only cleared a quarter of the area.

• toiling

• loafing

• poking

• rollicking

I had the ______ of running into my least favorite aunt on bus: she entertained me with storied of her pet dogs!

• blessings

• trauma

• misfortune

• fortune

The whole class was ________ into silence when told by the principal about the tragedy that had befallen their form teacher.

• stunned

• dropped

• shut

• hushed

Due to the fast _________ of rice reserves, the commodity will be rationed out to citizens from next month onwards.

• accumulation

• storage

• deterioration

• depletion

The boy did a frenzied __________ around the stage when announced as the winner of the spelling bee competition.

• song

• jig

• break

• smile

Although reminded _________ to call if he was coming in late, Henry failed to do so and was duly fired by his boss.

• never

• repeatedly

• infrequently

• unnecessarily

The low _______ was indication of what the weather was going to be like that night: thunder and rain.

• tumble

• rumble

• grumble

• tremble

There were loud _______ when the passengers were told to get off the bus in the pouring rain because the bus had broken down.

• whoops

• hissings

• whining

• mutterings

David raised the trophy in _________ as the whole stadium erupted in applause.

• jubilation

• defeat

• remorse

• cheer