WorksheetsHigh School English Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Harry fell seriously ill.
What is the best meaning for the word ill as used in the above sentence?
sick
chubby
sore
down
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?
outsider
tub
package
smithereens
Innumerable so-called chances accompany him everywhere.
What is the best meaning for the word innumerable as used in the above sentence?
quarrelsome
countless
remarkable
bright
Innumerable so-called chances accompany him everywhere.
What is the best meaning for the word accompany as used in the above sentence?
follow
break
countless
bright
We took steps to compel their cooperation.
What is the best meaning for the word compel as used in the above sentence?
yip
heckle
force
maim
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?
luggage
bliss
memorial
paroxysm
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?
jumble
adviser
liveliness
home
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?
whole
broken
quick
cumbersome
Getting the iron hot was no easy feat.
What is the best meaning for the word feat as used in the above sentence?
deed
rundown
bystander
stockpile
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?
temperment
chute
milk sugar
young dog
The pirates threatened to maroon him on an island.
What is the best meaning for the word maroon as used in the above sentence?
buy
argue
strand
burgandy
Attempts by the doctors to resuscitate him proved futile.
What is the best meaning for the word resuscitate as used in the above sentence?
ponder
revive
overrun
hold
Attempts by the doctors to resuscitate him proved futile.
What is the best meaning for the word futile as used in the above sentence?
unsuccessful
revive
final
long
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?
similar word
word that sounds the same
opposite meaning
comparison
If a synonym is a word with a similar meaning, an antonym is what?
a word with the opposite meaning
a comparing word
the villian in a story
yet another word for synonym
