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Sadlier Oxford Unit 11 Level A 11-20

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Moviemakers love rags-to-riches stories, but few people actually experience such a _____ rise in their circumstances.

a)

skimpy

b)

meteoric

c)

relic

d)

prevailing

2.

Comedians loved the President's distinctive voice because it was easy to _____ him in their routines.

a)

skimp

b)

rend

c)

parody

d)

vandalize

3.

The belief that the earth is flat _____ for centuries, until explorers traveled around the globe and returned.

a)

rent

b)

parodied

c)

sleuth

d)

prevailed

4.

The ______ was dug up on the Aventine in 1705, and is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

a)

relic

b)

rend

c)

sleuth

d)

meteoric

5.

Campers found that a violent gust of wind had _____ their tent; torn pieces of fabric flapped in the storm.

a)

prevailed

b)

skimped

c)

rent

d)

parodied

6.

It had been a hard day, and I counted on a long nap after work to _____ my energy.

a)

parody

b)

rummage

c)

replenish

d)

prevail

7.

The police _____ through the suspect's car looking for evidence of the crime.

a)

rent

b)

rummaged

c)

replenished

d)

sleuth

8.

If you _____ when you buy the fabric to cover the couch, you may run short and have to buy more to finish the job.

a)

skimp

b)

rummage

c)

sleuth

d)

relic

9.

Because of his eccentric personality and his uncanny ability to solve the most difficult cases, Sherlock Holmes is probably the most famous fictional _____ of all time.

a)

rummages

b)

parodies

c)

sleuth

d)

skimps

10.

The city council discussed establishing an innovative program to combat _____ in the subways; they would hire people to create art murals instead.

a)

sleuths

b)

rummage

c)

relics

d)

vandalism

11.

antonyms include empty and sap

a)

prevail

b)

skimp

c)

replenish

d)

relic

12.

synonyms include travesty and lampoon

a)

meteoric

b)

rend

c)

parody

d)

skimp

13.

a gumshoe

a)

parody

b)

vandalism

c)

rummage

d)

sleuth

14.

to cleave or splinter

a)

rend

b)

parody

c)

prevail

d)

meteoric

15.

antonyms include splurging and spending lots of money

a)

rummage

b)

relic

c)

replenish

d)

skimp

16.

When you win or overcome something, you.......

a)

skimp

b)

parody

c)

prevail

d)

replenish

17.

an artifact is a(n)

a)

rummage

b)

relic

c)

sleuth

d)

parody

18.

antonyms include lackluster or slow

a)

meteoric

b)

parody

c)

prevail

d)

relic