WorksheetsCall of the Wild Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
I could not stand brussel sprouts, but I was careful to hide my ______ because my grandmother had lovingly prepared this meal.
a)
aversion
b)
amenity
c)
metamorphosis
d)
mandate
2.
President Jones had the ______ distinction of being the least popular president in history.
a)
ignominious
b)
fastidious
c)
lugubrious
d)
voracious
3.
When Pike tried to _____ and not do his fair share of the work, Buck disciplined him.
a)
mandate
b)
imperious
c)
malinger
d)
covert
4.
Christie _____ walked to her car, wiping away a few tears, after she failed to make the volleyball team.
a)
malingeringly
b)
dejectedly
c)
warily
d)
copiously
5.
Ron Clark has a ____ appetite for adventure and travel; he has traveled with his students all over the world!
a)
fastidious
b)
ignominious
c)
vicarious
d)
voracious
6.
Jason ____ slipped his phone out of his pocket, hoping that the substitute teacher did not see him.
a)
fastidiously
b)
covertly
c)
copiously
d)
morosely
7.
The social ____, or nicety, that you hear the most in the South is the use of "yes ma'am/yes sir and no ma'am/no sir."
a)
amenity
b)
celerity
c)
wary
d)
malingerer
8.
The ____ of Hal led him to immaturely lead that pack of dogs to their destruction.
a)
malingerer
b)
celerity
c)
callowness
d)
pandemonium
9.
Spitz ____ looked at the new Southland dog, knowing that this dog would never be a challenge to his leadership.
a)
vicariously
b)
copiously
c)
fastidiously
d)
imperiously
10.
The ___ of the dog sled team, led by Buck, enabled them to cover the Thirty Mile River trail in one day, even though it had taken them ten days to cross before.
a)
imperious
b)
celerity
c)
primeval
d)
pandemonium
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