Vocabulary Quiz

After being bitten, the boy developed a general ______ to dogs.

• aversion

• default

• adversary

• deception

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.2.4C

Jane, a sophomore, ______ her grandfather’s wise words of advice and stayed in school.

• heeded

• hoarded

• defaulted

• converted

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

Instead of saving the money left to him, the young man ______ it all on entertainment and expensive clothes.

• averted

• solaced

• squandered

• deluded

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

After all of the guests had left, the exhausted hostess stopped to enjoy the ______ sound of silence.

• vain

• versatile

• extroverted

• blissful

The accountant ______ his living room into a home office.

• traversed

• dehydrated

• converted

• deduced

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

The parents gave ______ to their son when he wasn’t chosen to play on the school’s basketball team.

• consequence

• solace

• deception

• dejection

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Not wanting to draw attention to herself, the woman tried to be ______ as she left the concert early.

• extroverted

• delinquent

• blissful

• discreet

After the salesman lost his job, he ______ on his car loan.

• decreed

• averted

• defaulted

• converted

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The prosecutor told the jury to disregard the defendant’s testimony because it was ______ and misleading.

• universal

• blissful

• versatile

• deceptive

Circle the letter of the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning: adversary

• traitor

• planner

• fool

• friend

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B