Vocabulary Unit 12

Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly same in meaning to the word in dark print.

glide over the frozen pond

• coast

• climb

• jump

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to punctuate the main idea

• question

• check

• emphasize

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a look of scorn

• disrespect

• delight

• pain

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consume the last of the food

• taste

• devour

• store

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our representative to the United Nations

• gift

• membership

• delegate

For each item, choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in dark print. the stout lumberjack

• large

• weak

• new

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had feelings of woe

• joy

• wonder

• sorrow

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at the origin of the river

• start

• end

• bank

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an audible alarm

• clear

• loud

• indistinct

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if the rules prevent us

• permit

• punish

• stop