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WorksheetsGrammar Practice #1 Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Define puerile.
childlessly silly and trivial
mature for one's age
very bad odor
someone who is pure of heart
Define ingenuous.
guilty
childlike and naive
innocent and unsuspecting
extraordinarily smart
Define utter
to whisper
to speak
to holler
to stand silently
Define obliterate
to wipe out entirely
to destroy something by one-tenth
to create something new
to be stunned silent
Define retort
to separate to purify
to answer a question promptly
to speak in front of a crowd
to respond, normally angrily or aggressively
Define indignant.
feeling or showing joy in response to a gift
to be happy with one has; content
feeling or showing anger at perceived unfair treatment
to not have a home
Define garbed
dressed in distinct clothes; costumed
wearing rags
having no clothes to wear
outer clothes, like jackets and scarves
Define puckish
calm
playful in a childlike way
very hungry
mischievously playful
Define waggish
honest and open in manner
humorous in a playful manner; comical
very serious and studious in nature
caring for other's well-being
Define egregious
outstandingly or shockingly bad
marvelous; wonderful
having to do with long-legged birds (egrets)
horrifyingly scary
Define lame.
fabric with interwoven gold or silver threads
unconvincingly feeble
cool
persuasive or convincing
Define vapid
Lively or exciting
Extravagant
Water vapor
Boring and dull
Define barb (ex. a friendly barb).
A sharp projection near the end of an arrow or hook, angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.
Argument
A freshwater fish that typically has barbels around the mouth that are popular in aquariums
A small horse of a hardy breed originally from North Africa
Define sagacious.
Being foolish
Being old and wise
Having or showing good judgement
Lacking common sense
Define clamor.
Silence in a group of people
People shouting loudly and insistently
The noise from a group of people crying
The noise from a group of people laughing
Define regale
To entertain or amuse with talk
To bore with a lecture
Define emanate
To be cold
To begin an adventure
To name something
To issue or spread out from
Define protrude.
To be sunken below a surface
To extend beyond or above a surface
Inconspicuous
To be at the surface
Define eloquent
Graceful in movement
Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing
Someone who is not good at talking
Someone with a strong presence
Define mute
Refraining from speech
Talkative
A pack of hounds
A clamp placed over the bridge of a stringed instrument to deaden the resonance without affecting the vibration of the strings
