Wordly Wise

To avert your eyes is to

• blink them rapidly

• open them

• shut them

• turn them away from something

Someone with a nimble mind is

• clever

• lazy

• disorganized

• suspicious

The lion mutilated its prey. This means the lion

• hid from its prey

• tore its prey apart

• tracked its prey through the savanna

• hunted its prey

Which is an aquatic sport?

• baseball

• swimming

• tennis

• basketball

Which are you most likely to do blithely?

• study for an important test

• train for a marathon

• perform surgery

• play Frisbee in the park

Find a synonym for the word lethal

• safe

• deadly

• flawed

• rough

Find a synonym for the word verge

• cliff

• beginning

• end

• edge

Complete the analogy with the best option.

swift: antelope ::

• ponderous : hippo

• ponderous: cat

• ponderous: snake

• ponderous: mouse

Find the antonym for docile

• startling

• disobedient

• impetuous

• stringent

Find the antonym for asserted

• began

• revealed

• denied

• divided