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WorksheetsVocab List 1.8: Words from Great Literature #4
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 8mins
venerate
the state of having rest or tranquility
to gradually reduce or diminish
to treat with reverence and respect
obscene, crude, lacking good taste
to travel across or pass over
abate
the state of having rest or tranquility
to gradually reduce or diminish
to treat with reverence and respect
obscene, crude, lacking good taste
to travel across or pass over
repose
the state of having rest or tranquility
to gradually reduce or diminish
to treat with reverence and respect
obscene, crude, lacking good taste
to travel across or pass over
vulgar
the state of having rest or tranquility
to gradually reduce or diminish
to treat with reverence and respect
obscene, crude, lacking good taste
to travel across or pass over
traverse
the state of having rest or tranquility
to gradually reduce or diminish
to treat with reverence and respect
obscene, crude, lacking good taste
to travel across or pass over
Which one of these is NOT a synonym for "venerate?"
reverence
adore
eat vigorously
worship
Which of these is a verb?
vulgar
venerate
venerator
vulgarly
By your glorious father, and by yourself, whom I love and ____________above all the world, I swear it.
abate
venerate
vulgar
repose
Which are antonyms for "abate?"
accumulate
build
rebate
grow
decrease
What part of speech is "abate?"
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
We worked on; but the water increasing in the hold, it was apparent that the ship would founder; and though the storm began to ________a little, yet it was not possible she could swim till we might run into any port; so the master continued firing guns for help; and a light ship, who had rid it out just ahead of us, ventured a boat out to help us.
repose
venerate
abate
traverse
Which TWO definitions are there for "repose?"
the state of having rest or tranquility (noun)
to gradually reduce or diminish (verb)
to lay at rest (verb)
to travel across (verb)
Which parts of speech might "repose" be?
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
Why is it called an "angle of repose?"
The material won't slide or move, just rest and stay put
It is less than 45 degrees
The angle is almost lying down
It could have a landslide
I have been well for ten days, but have remained in bed in the hope of gaining by __________the strength that would justify me in taking your medicines.
abating
reposed
repose
venerating
Which are synonyms for "vulgar?"
common
gross
inferior
upper-class
gentle
What part of speech is "vulgar?"
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
And do not suppose, senor, that I apply the term ________here merely to plebeians and the lower orders; for everyone who is ignorant, be he lord or prince, may and should be included among the __________.
vulgar, vulgar
abate, vulgar
venerate, vulgar
vulgar, repose
What parts of speech can "traverse" be?
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
What words could be synonyms for "traverse?"
crossing
verse
travail
average
crosswise
TWO FROGS were neighbors. One inhabited a deep pond, far removed from public view; the other lived in a gully containing little water, and _____________by a country road.
traverse
traversed
traversing
traverses
