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UIL Dictionary Skills Practice #1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A diner is a restaurant in the shape of what?

a)

tunnel

b)

pyramid

c)

railroad car

d)

lighthouse

2.

How long is the Tennessee River?

a)

652 miles

b)

4002 miles

c)

1049 miles

d)

625 miles

3.

Methylene blue is a dye used to reverse the effects of what type of poisoning?

a)

food

b)

cyanide

c)

carbon monoxide

d)

lead

4.

How old would a person be if they were an octogenarian?

a)

74

b)

26

c)

66

d)

81

5.

Auguste Piccard and Jacques Piccard are two Swiss scientists that developed what?

a)

the bathyscaphe

b)

the airplane

c)

the stapler

d)

the telephone

6.

How many passengers does a roadster fit?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

7

7.

A person born or living in Madagascar is called what?

a)

a Mada

b)

a Malagasy

c)

a Gasy

d)

a Gascar

8.

Amblyopia is reduced vision in one eye and is also called what?

a)

cataract

b)

retina

c)

optic nerve disorder

d)

lazy eye

9.

What type of pattern is printed on a chintz?

a)

rainbow

b)

chevron

c)

flowery

d)

southwestern

10.

What happens to a process or progress when it is expedited?

a)

it is cancelled

b)

it is sped up

c)

it is slowed down

d)

it is reversed

11.

How many days in a row is the Roman Catholic devotion novena said?

a)

9

b)

6

c)

19

d)

5

12.

Which of the following takes is not part of the Great Lakes?

a)

Superior

b)

Ontario

c)

Erie

d)

Conroe

13.

A Dane is a person that refers to someone born or living in what country?

a)

Dominica

b)

Danube

c)

Denmark

d)

Dhaka

14.

What time zone is Utah located in?

a)

mountain time

b)

central time

c)

pacific time

d)

eastern time

15.

How many zeros does the number septillion have?

a)

24

b)

20

c)

16

d)

30

16.

What year did Pierre Curie win the Nobel Prize?

a)

1974

b)

1903

c)

1930

d)

1933

17.

What would one be celebrating if they are celebrating a jubilee?

a)

a 10th birthday

b)

a new baby

c)

a retirement

d)

a 50th anniversary

18.

Inst is the abbreviation for all of the following EXCEPT?

a)

instant

b)

institution

c)

interest

d)

institutional

19.

Where might you find a vanishing point?

a)

in a magic trick

b)

at an intersection

c)

in a drawing

d)

in cake mix

20.

A rock, chair, and book are all examples of what?

a)

an inanimate object

b)

an indirect object

c)

a direct object

d)

a prepositional object