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ELL Vocabulary Lesson #2

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The children were pleased with the ___________________ fairy tale, but the adults found it too sweet.

Los niños estaban contentos con el cuento de hadas ___________________, pero a los adultos les pareció demasiado dulce.

a)

Saccharine-Sacarina

b)

Meager-pobre

c)

Envious-envidiosa

2.

To break a law or boundary.

para romper una ley o límite.

a)

retrograde-

b)

transgress-transgredir

c)

egregious-

3.
withdrawn, standing apart from others by choice 
a)
aloof
b)
anguish
c)
genial
d)
bask
4.

antonyms: involved, concerned

a)

purge

b)

resolute

c)

aloof

5.

Synonyms: fake, Insincere

a)

Saccharine

b)

Demure

c)

Coquette

6.

There are legal consequences for companies that __________ labor laws.

a)

transgress

b)

contingent

c)

mercurial

7.

Synonyms: reserved; distant

a)

aloof

b)

gyrate

c)

fiat

8.

Travel across or through

a)

Avert

b)

Diverse

c)

Versatile

d)

Traverse

9.

In order to _ the boggy woods, a small boat would be preferred.

a)

avert

b)

traverse

c)

convert

d)

extrovert

10.

Which word fits best in the blank: "The tiger’s body was _________ and deadly."

a)

Incarnate

b)

Grimace

c)

Lithe

d)

Emit

11.

having a long and flexible quality.

a)

Lithe

b)

Aesthetic

c)

Gambit