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WW_9

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What would be an aggravation to a mail carrier?

a)

post cards

b)

snarling dogs

c)

a new mail truck

d)

a shorter route

2.

A vital personality is

a)

breathing

b)

clever

c)

spirited

d)

imaginative

3.

The necklace was an extravagance. An extravagance is

a)

a purchase you can't afford

b)

an item that does not meet a basic need

c)

an item that is beautifully made

d)

an item you have been saving for

4.

Peril is involved in pearl diving. Peril means

a)

skillfulness.

b)

bravery.

c)

danger.

d)

control.

5.

What could aggravate a headache?

a)

lying down in the dark

b)

taking an aspirin

c)

riding a noisy bus

d)

closing a window

6.

Justin sustained a strained back. Sustained means

a)

convalesced from. (healed)

b)

suffered from.

c)

got treatment for.

d)

caused.

7.

What would imperil pedestrians?

a)

a skateboarder on the sidewalk

b)

an interesting shop window

c)

a crosswalk

d)

a bus stop

8.

It was vital that they find shelter. Vital means

a)

likely.

b)

very important.

c)

impossible.

d)

certain.

9.

The aim of energy conservation is to

a)

use wildness resources to create energy.

b)

force energy suppliers to lower their bills.

c)

save energy by carefully using it.

d)

create more energy by different means.

10.

Rudeness is to aggravation as

a)

sleep is to wakefulness.

b)

laughter is to mirth.

c)

mischief is to apologies.

d)

exercise is to exhaustion.

11.

What would be an extravagant act for the average person?

a)

having friends over for dinner

b)

going out for pizza

c)

building a castle

d)

washing the dishes

12.

Use context clues to match the underlined word with the correct definition:


We have aggravated the problem by allowing chemical pesticides and fertilizers used on crops to run off into our water supplies.

a)

To increase in number or amount; to pile up; collect, or gather

b)

To make worse; to anger or annoy

c)

To save by using carefully

d)

To harm by contact with something undesirable

13.

Use context clues to match the underlined word with the correct definition:


We have to learn to conserve this precious liquid as though our lives depend on it - because they do.

a)

To increase in number or amount; to pile up; collect, or gather

b)

To make worse; to anger or annoy

c)

To save by using carefully

d)

To harm by contact with something undesirable

14.

Use context clues to match the underlined word with the correct definition:


We have also dumped poisonous chemicals into landfills so that in many places the water lying under the ground imperils the health of those who eventually drink it. As a result, the amount of clean water is diminishing.

a)

To make or become smaller or less; to reduce

b)

Severe; extreme; major

c)

Spending, costing, or using more than is required

d)

Careful in spending or using something

15.

Use context clues to match the underlined word with the correct definition:


With the growth of industry and the increase in population over the past two hundred years, the situation has changed drastically.

a)

To make or become smaller or less; to reduce

b)

Severe; extreme; major

c)

Spending, costing, or using more than is required

d)

Careful in spending or using something

16.

Use context clues to match the underlined word with the correct definition:


An extravagant person is sometimes said to "spend money like water."

a)

To make or become smaller or less; to reduce

b)

Severe; extreme; major

c)

Spending, costing, or using more than is required

d)

Careful in spending or using something

17.

To make worse.


[The skater ____________ an old knee injury when she fell.]

a)

aggravated

b)

accumulate

c)

drastic

d)

frugal

18.

To save by using carefully


[Lower speed limits help _________ gasoline.]

a)

accumulate

b)

resourse

c)

frugal

d)

conserve

19.

To make or become smaller or less; to reduce


[The popcorn we ate after school _______ our hunger]

a)

contaminate

b)

perpetual

c)

diminish

d)

impurity

20.

Severe; extreme

a)

drastic

b)

resource

c)

sustain

d)

peril