504(2-4) past simple/present perfect

1. a dead body, usually of a person

• typical

• dismal

• corpse

• shriek

Count Dracula _____ the corpse* in his castle.

• frigid

• inhabit

• recline

• concealed

1. When the weather is so ______, I sometimes stay in bed all day.

• peril

• numb

• temp

• dismal

It was a great hardship for the men to live through the _____ winter at Valley Forge.

• shriek

• wager

• frigid

• recline

live in

• numb

• frigid

• inhabit

• corpse

My fingers quickly became ______ in the frigid* room.

• recline

• shriek

• sinister

• numb

There is great peril in trying to climb the mountain.

• danger

• shriek

• sinister

• tempt

My dog's greatest pleasure is to ___________ by the warm fireplace.

• recline

• wager

• tempt

• corpse

With a loud shriek, Ronald fled from the room.

• wager

• tempt

• scream

• dismal

I was frightened by the sinister shadow at the bottom of the stairs.

• evil; wicked; dishonest; frightening

• try to get someone to do something; test; invite

• a promise that something is true
  

• a man who has not married