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Vocabulary/Spelling Lesson #3 (Grade 7)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ancient Greeks thought the gods controlled nature. They believed that earthquakes and other disasters were caused by the ______________ of the gods.

a)

wrath

b)

heed

c)

devoid

d)

benefactor

2.

We need rain or the lake will be ______________ of water.

a)

wrath

b)

devoid

c)

muse

d)

admonish

3.

When the teacher discovered the students’ _________________ plan to cheat on the vocabulary quiz, she gave a demerit to everyone involved.

a)

devious

b)

heed

c)

admonish

d)

unwitting

4.

My cousin is extremely smart; she hopes to be a _____________ in Cancer research.

a)

pioneer

b)

muse

c)

mortal

d)

bestow

5.

Miss Ignazio waited for the volume of the talkative class to _____________ before continuing the lesson.

a)

subside

b)

mortal

c)

plague

d)

wrath

6.

According to Greek myth, Pandora was the first woman. Since she lived on Earth as a _________________, it was her fate to die one day.

a)

mortal

b)

muse

c)

benefactor

d)

heed

7.

A ________________ is anything that causes destruction or suffering.

a)

plague

b)

bestow

c)

admonish

d)

heed

8.

To __________________ a warning is to pay attention to it.

a)

heed

b)

bestow

c)

muse

d)

plague

9.

An Academy Award is the highest honor Hollywood can _________________ on a film.

a)

bestow

b)

admonish

c)

annihilate

d)

muse

10.

Lebron James is a known _______________________ to the Akron Public School System.

a)

benefactor

b)

muse

c)

pioneer

d)

mortal

11.

We were __________________ at the photographs of starving children in Africa.

a)

aghast

b)

unwitting

c)

wrath

d)

devoid

12.

An _____________________ insult is one that is unintended.

a)

unwitting

b)

muse

c)

annihilate

d)

devious

13.

To ___________________ someone is to criticize that person.

a)

admonish

b)

annihilate

c)

muse

d)

wrath

14.

To ___________________ something is to destroy it completely.

a)

annihilate

b)

muse

c)

pioneer

d)

aghast

15.

After her grandmother passed away, Sherry’s family decided to _______________ over whether to sell the house right away.

a)

muse

b)

aghast

c)

subside

d)

bestow