Worksheets"Actions" vocabulary
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
alight
to refuse to move
to settle onto or get down from
to play in a carefree manner
to damage or disfigure
pursue
to refuse
to proceed with; to be involved in
to cut unevenly
to calm down
balk
to refuse to move
to settle onto or get down from
to fill with feeling or desire
to act out in movements with no words
propel
to struggle in an awkward way
to move about impatiently
to hang in a loose enough manner to allow a swinging motion
to cause to move forward
contort
to crush into wrinkles
to twist out of normal shape
to play in a carefree manner
to hug
pantomime
to mix; come together
to act out in movements with no words
to play in a carefree manner
to cut unevenly
crumple
to play in a carefree manner
to fill with feeling or desire
to crush into wrinkles
to enter without being invited
dangle
to snarl or trap
to mix; come together
to refuse to move
to hang in a loose enough manner to allow a swinging motion
pacify
to hug
to calm down; make peaceful
to act out in movements with no words
to crush into wrinkles
decline
to move about impatiently
to struggle in an awkward way
to refuse
to snarl or trap
mutilate
to damage or disfigure
to cut unevenly
to refuse to move
to refuse
embrace
to settle onto or get down from
to mix; come together
to enter without being invited
to hug
mingle
to refuse
to proceed with; be involved with
to mix; come together
to play in a carefree manner
entangle
to mix; come together
to settle onto or get down from
to snarl or trap
to crush into wrinkles
intrude
to refuse
to calm down; make peaceful
to play in a carefree manner
to enter without being invited
fidget
to move about impatiently
to struggle in an awkward way
to mix; come together
to proceed with; to be involved in
flounder
to move about impatiently
to struggle in an awkward way
to cut unevenly
to calm down; make peaceful
hack
to act out in movements with no words
decline
to fill with feeling or desire
to cut unevenly
frolic
to play in a carefree manner
to enter without being invited
to cause to move forward
to enter without being invited
inspire
to calm down; to make peaceful
to fill with feeling or desire
to mix; come together
to snarl or trap
The child will _______________at going into the bathtub if he is afraid of water.
propel
balk
frolic
pacify
The warm day will almost always _____________a picnic.
pantomime
inspire
propel
alight
The hair stylist seemed to _______________Jenny's hair as it was uneven.
balk
pacify
hack
entangle
Those who cannot swim often ___________in the water.
fidget
propel
flounder
alight
The mother tried to ______her crabby child by giving him milk.
pantomime
frolic
pursue
pacify
Students sometimes__________in their seats when they don't know the answers to questions
pantomime
intrude
fidget
alight
Teens often feel that parents ___________on their privacy by demanding their phone passwords.
hack
intrude
mingle
embrace
The push from behind ___________(ed) the student three feet down the hall.
frolic
flounder
balk
propel
What career do you wish to _______ in the future?
embrace
pursue
crumple
contort
The teacher was so angry that she ____________(ed) the student's paper into a ball.
propel
decline
crumple
intrude
In __________, the bold girl to the boy to "call her".
pantomime
frolic
inspire
alight
The 8th graders __________(ed) happily at their dance as they talked about the evening.
intrude
mingle
balk
flounder
The vandals tried to ____________ the paintings in the museum with a sharp instrument.
frolic
decline
intrude
mutilate
The spider tried to _______________ the fly in its web.
frolic
entangle
contort
mingle
Please don't _________ my help if you want to do better.
decline
balk
pursue
pacify
The puppies like to _____________ in the snow.
alight
balk
frolic
pantomime
Do you think the eagle will ___________ on the branch?
crumple
contort
frolic
alight
The acrobat could ____________ his body.
balk
hack
frolic
contort
Students are not allowed to _____________in the hallways.
pantomime
contort
embrace
mingle
Lift up the curtain cord so it does not ______________.
contort
dangle
crumple
alight
