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High School English Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Harry fell seriously ill.


What is the best meaning for the word ill as used in the above sentence?

a)

sick

b)

chubby

c)

sore

d)

down

2.

A tube ran from her neck to vat of blood on the floor.


What is the best meaning for the word vat as used in the above sentence?

a)

outsider

b)

tub

c)

package

d)

smithereens

3.

Innumerable so-called chances accompany him everywhere.


What is the best meaning for the word innumerable as used in the above sentence?

a)

quarrelsome

b)

countless

c)

remarkable

d)

bright

4.

Innumerable so-called chances accompany him everywhere.


What is the best meaning for the word accompany as used in the above sentence?

a)

follow

b)

break

c)

countless

d)

bright

5.

We took steps to compel their cooperation.


What is the best meaning for the word compel as used in the above sentence?

a)

yip

b)

heckle

c)

force

d)

maim

6.

A shiver is technically a convulsion as it is a body mechanism we cannot control.


What is the best meaning for the word convulsion as used in the above sentence?

a)

luggage

b)

bliss

c)

memorial

d)

paroxysm

7.

Marryat brought ripe experience and unimpaired vivacity to his work when he began to write novels.


What is the best meaning for the word vivacity as used in the above sentence?

a)

jumble

b)

adviser

c)

liveliness

d)

home

8.

Marryat brought ripe experience and unimpaired vivacity to his work when he began to write novels.


What is the best meaning for the word unimpaired as used in the above sentence?

a)

whole

b)

broken

c)

quick

d)

cumbersome

9.

Getting the iron hot was no easy feat.


What is the best meaning for the word feat as used in the above sentence?

a)

deed

b)

rundown

c)

bystander

d)

stockpile

10.

He was a man of strong mind, honourable spirit and affectionate disposition.


What is the best meaning for the word disposition as used in the above sentence?

a)

temperment

b)

chute

c)

milk sugar

d)

young dog

11.

The pirates threatened to maroon him on an island.


What is the best meaning for the word maroon as used in the above sentence?

a)

buy

b)

argue

c)

strand

d)

burgandy

12.

Attempts by the doctors to resuscitate him proved futile.


What is the best meaning for the word resuscitate as used in the above sentence?

a)

ponder

b)

revive

c)

overrun

d)

hold

13.

Attempts by the doctors to resuscitate him proved futile.


What is the best meaning for the word futile as used in the above sentence?

a)

unsuccessful

b)

revive

c)

final

d)

long

14.

When you can't work out the spelling of a word, a good option is to choose a synonym you can spell.


What is the best meaning for the word synonym as used in the above sentence?

a)

similar word

b)

word that sounds the same

c)

opposite meaning

d)

comparison

15.

If a synonym is a word with a similar meaning, an antonym is what?

a)

a word with the opposite meaning

b)

a comparing word

c)

the villian in a story

d)

yet another word for synonym