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WorksheetsMP Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Perils: "Putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire." Peril means...
danger
security
adventure
Presumptuous: "The soldier regarded him in the way that middle age is wont to regard presumptuous." Presumptuous means...
overconfident
preppy
modest
Keenly: "If you could have another three wishes," said the old man, eyeing him keenly, "would you have them?" Keenly means...
angrily
casually
intensely
Credulity: "His father, smiling shamefacedly at his own credulity, held up the talisman." Credulity means...
belief
ignorance
foolishness
Interposed: "Her husband interposed. 'There, there, mother,' he said, hastily." Interposed means...
interrupted
pointed
avoided
Compensation: "They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son's services, they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation." Compensation means...
penalty
handout
payment
Apathetically: "A minute or two afterward the old woman came silently and apathetically beside him."
unemotionally
interestingly
knowingly
To presume is to SUPPOSE OR ASSUME something based on probability. Presume is the root wood for the term...
keenly
perils
credulity
presumptuous
To be keen is to be INTERESTED or ATTRACTED to something. Keen is the root word for the term...
credulity
keenly
compensation
apathetically
Apathy is a LACK OF INTEREST, ENTHUSIASM, OR CONCERN. Apathy is the root word for the term...
apathetically
interposed
keenly
compensation
To compensate someone is to PAY THEM FOR THEIR WORK OR TROUBLES. Compensate is the root word for the term...
interposed
apathetically
keenly
compensation
When you assume that you already know something beforehand, you are being...
keen
presumptuous
apathetic
In Spanish, "peligroso" means dangerous. This English word has the same meaning and a similar spelling.
apathetically
perils
keenly
When her favorite actor was on screen, the girl watched the show...
keenly
apathetically
perils
The Latin root "cred" means believe. This word means belief or believability.
keenly
credulity
presumptuous
The root "inter" means between. This word is used when you move between people or speak between parts of an argument.
keenly
interpose
compensation
If you mother asks you to a birthday party that you don't want to attend, you will sing the birthday song _______.
credulity
keenly
apathetically
When the boy had to mow and weed the neighbor's lawn, he expected some kind of _________ for his hard work.
compensation
interposed
perils
"A know-it-all" is very ____________ and thinks she is always right about what will happen.
keenly
apathetically
presumptuous
The movie reviewers disliked the WWI film because the battle scenes were unrealistic and had no ____________.
apathetically
credulity
perils
