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Vocab Lesson 8

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the root, "voro, vorare" mean?

a)

to devour

b)

to cook

c)

to clean

d)

to play

2.

Which root means "to play"?

a)

coquo, coquere

b)

voro, vorare

c)

dormio, dormire

d)

ludo,ludere

3.

The ___ child was able to read by the age of three.

a)

herbivorous

b)

carnivorous

c)

voracious

d)

precocious

4.

Pandas eat forty pounds of bamboo a day. What two words can be used to describe them?

a)

herbivorous

b)

carnivorous

c)

voracious

d)

elusive

5.

The small dog thought he was fierce, but he is ___.

a)

delusional

b)

elusive

c)

voracious

d)

herbivorous

6.

Road Runner ___ Wily Coyote once again because he was so sneaky.

a)

colluded

b)

alluded

c)

eluded

d)

precocious

7.

Which one of these animals would be described as carnivorous?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

In the novel, The Outsiders, the author frequently ___to the book Gone with the Wind.

a)

eludes

b)

alludes

c)

colludes

d)

deludes

9.

Voro: to devour:: Coquo: ___

a)

to devour

b)

to play

c)

to cook

d)

to sit

10.

elude: to escape:: delude: ___

a)

to be greedy

b)

to be advanced

c)

to have a secret meeting

d)

to have a false belief

11.

Scarlett can best be described as ___ when it comes to her love of Mac-n-Cheese.

a)

precocious

b)

voracious

c)

delusional

d)

elusive

12.

Panthers can be difficult to capture, making them ___.

a)

delusional

b)

herbivorous

c)

carnivorous

d)

elusive

13.

"I looked like Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky" (Kanye West). This is an example of a(n) ___from the song, "Through the Wire".

a)

elusion

b)

delusion

c)

collusion

d)

allusion

14.

Which word best describes this picture?

a)

collusion

b)

delusion

c)

illusion

d)

carnivorous

15.

Which animal(s) can be described as herbivorous?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

Conspiracy theorists believe there was a ___ involving Area 51.

a)

delusion

b)

allusion

c)

collusion

d)

illusion