Wordly Wise Lesson 4

Kevin received many accolades after saving the dog.

Click on the synonym for the underlined word above

• anger

• praise

• awards

• hope

After last year's outburst, security at the match was heightened to prevent altercations.

Please choose the synonym of the underlined word above.  

• respect

• teasing

• violence

• anger

Only a reporter as assiduous as Lisa could have gotten the story.

Please choose the synonym of the underlined word above.

• pretty

• connected

• boasting

• perisistent

The millionaire endowed her alma mater with the funds for a new science lab.

Please choose the synonym of the underlined word above.

• provided

• billed

• Manipulated

• threatened

Maya felt that gossiping behind peoples back was a perversity she could not engage in.

Please choose the synonym of the underlined word above.

• morality

• hobby

• wrong

• connected

Which of the following is most closely related to tutelage?

• danger

• instruction

• responsibility

• beginning

Which word best describes ephemeral?

• brief

• eternal

• forever

• flimsy

The cool kids’ ________ always sits in the last row of the auditorium.

• pantheon

• chary

• ephemeral

• clique

If someone in your class places an apple on your teacher's desk in an _________ manner, that means he's making a calculated move to suck up and win your teacher's favor.

• adulating

• assiduous

• ingratiating

The communist-run country's aging and __________ infrastructure has frequent outages

• perverse

• tutalage

• decrepit

• endow