Unit 15 - Quiz

Select the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in boldface.

complicate my life

• enjoy

• observe

• experience

• simplify

Select the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in boldface.

deep discomfort

• thought

• boredom

• peace

• pain

Select the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in boldface.

moral behavior

• ordinary

• wicked

• merciful

• wise

Select the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in boldface.

a universal love for pizza

• local

• striking

• common

• puzzling

Select the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in boldface.

her courteous response

• honest

• amusing

• impolite

• immediate

Select the word that best completes each sentence.

The doctor advised my dad to _____ fatty foods from his diet.

• trifle

• complicate

• eliminate

• scorch

Select the word that best completes each sentence.

Queen Victoria _____ for years after her husband died.

• grieved

• eliminated

• complicated

• scorched

Select the word that best completes each sentence.

Being sent to bed without dinner is too _____ a punishment for a toddler.

• severe

• universal

• courteous

• moral

Select the word that best completes each sentence.

The holiday parade is a colorful, loud _____ that attracts huge crowds each year.

• trifle

• spectacle

• discomfort

• moral

Select the word that best completes each sentence.

Many lives were lost in the _____ fire.

• moral

• courteous

• universal

• tragic