Vocab Quiz 10 7th

To avert your eyes is to

• blink them repeatedly

• open them

• shut them

• turn them away

Someone with a nimble mind is

• clever

• suspicious

• lazy

• disorganized

A person’s plight is

• his or her personality.

• his or her family.

• a difficult situation he or she is in.

• a school or college he or she attends.

The lion mutilated its prey. It

• hid from its prey.

• chased its prey.

• smelled its prey.

• tore its prey apart.

Mona’s behavior verges on the ridiculous. This means that she behaves in a manner that is

• absolutely ridiculous.

• not at all ridiculous.

• close to ridiculous.

• unkind.

Which is an aquatic sport?

• baseball

• swimming

• gymnastics

• basketball

Which of these would you be most likely to do blithely?

• study for an important test

• work out at soccer practice

• babysit your little brother

• play Frisbee in the park with friends on a summer day

Find a SYNONYM for the bold word 'lethal'.

• A) flawed

• B) critical

• C) deadly

• D) rough

Find a SYNONYM for the bold word 'assertion'.

• response

• question

• declaration

• excuse

Find a SYNONYM for the bold word 'blithe'.

• A) kind

• B) cheerful

• C) generous

• D) beautiful