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WorksheetsSadlier Oxford Unit 11 Level A 11-20
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Moviemakers love rags-to-riches stories, but few people actually experience such a _____ rise in their circumstances.
skimpy
meteoric
relic
prevailing
Comedians loved the President's distinctive voice because it was easy to _____ him in their routines.
skimp
rend
parody
vandalize
The belief that the earth is flat _____ for centuries, until explorers traveled around the globe and returned.
rent
parodied
sleuth
prevailed
The ______ was dug up on the Aventine in 1705, and is now in the Louvre Museum in Paris.
relic
rend
sleuth
meteoric
Campers found that a violent gust of wind had _____ their tent; torn pieces of fabric flapped in the storm.
prevailed
skimped
rent
parodied
It had been a hard day, and I counted on a long nap after work to _____ my energy.
parody
rummage
replenish
prevail
The police _____ through the suspect's car looking for evidence of the crime.
rent
rummaged
replenished
sleuth
If you _____ when you buy the fabric to cover the couch, you may run short and have to buy more to finish the job.
skimp
rummage
sleuth
relic
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.
rummages
parodies
sleuth
skimps
The city council discussed establishing an innovative program to combat _____ in the subways; they would hire people to create art murals instead.
sleuths
rummage
relics
vandalism
antonyms include empty and sap
prevail
skimp
replenish
relic
synonyms include travesty and lampoon
meteoric
rend
parody
skimp
a gumshoe
parody
vandalism
rummage
sleuth
to cleave or splinter
rend
parody
prevail
meteoric
antonyms include splurging and spending lots of money
rummage
relic
replenish
skimp
When you win or overcome something, you.......
skimp
parody
prevail
replenish
an artifact is a(n)
rummage
relic
sleuth
parody
antonyms include lackluster or slow
meteoric
parody
prevail
relic
