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Word of the Week, First Semester

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an item of personal, movable, property; slave

a)

chattel

b)

melancholy

c)

curtail

d)

misnomer

2.

depression of spirits, gloomy, weary

a)

melancholy

b)

lament

c)

respite

d)

curtail

3.

to truncate or abridge; to lessen, usually by cutting away

a)

curtail

b)

misnomer

c)

brouhaha

d)

ebulience

4.

enthusiastic; bubbling with excitement

a)

ebullience

b)

impale

c)

connoiseur

d)

fathom

5.

to understand fully; to penetrate the meaning of

a)

fathom

b)

surfeit

c)

impale

d)

respite

6.

a person's face especially the expression

a)

countenance

b)

misnomer

c)

melancholy

d)

ebullience

7.

to express sorrow or regret; to mourn

a)

lament

b)

chattel

c)

abduct

d)

brouhaha

8.

an uproar; hubbub

a)

brouhaha

b)

respite

c)

connoisseur

d)

surfeit

9.

delay; postpone; a brief interval of rest

a)

respite

b)

fathom

c)

truculent

d)

surfeit

10.

an expert, particularly in matters of art and taste

a)

connoisseur

b)

melancholy

c)

ebullience

d)

misnomber

11.

an overabundant amount, especially overindulgence in eating and drinking

a)

surfeit

b)

curtain

c)

fathom

d)

lament

12.

inclined toward conflict; eager to fight

a)

truculent

b)

abduct

c)

fathom

d)

curtain

13.

to kidnap or carry off by force

a)

abduct

b)

impale

c)

fathom

d)

connoisseur

14.

to pierce through with any sharp pointed object

a)

impale

b)

curtail

c)

chattel

d)

lament