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Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What's the definition of ken?

a)

Death by fire.

b)

The authority to make official decisions.

c)

One's field of knowledge

d)

To run around looking for fun.

2.

Define dubious.

a)

Doubtful

b)

To hide the truth

c)

Arrogant person

d)

Level with someone on the battlefield

3.

Define Flabbergasted.

a)

Squeeze (someone) tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection.

b)

Excessive pride or self-confidence.

c)

Greatly surprised or astonished.

d)

A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

4.

Define Syncopated.

a)

I am just clicking random ones!!!!

b)

A modest or low view of one's own importance; humbleness.

c)

A written sign representing the pitch and duration of a musical note.

d)

(of music or a rhythm) characterized by displaced beats or accents so that the strong beats are weak and vice versa.

5.

Define Antic.

a)

A small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope.

b)

Grotesque or bizarre.

c)

Regard as probable; expect or predict.

d)

Guess or be aware of (what will happen) and take action in order to be prepared.

6.

define Zenith.

a)

An English muffin.

b)

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

c)

The point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer.

d)

The time at which something is most powerful or successful.

7.

Define Yearn.

a)

(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.

b)

Have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.

c)

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

d)

A system of money in general use in a particular country.

8.

Define Wanton.

a)

(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.

b)

(of a person, animal, or other living organisms) grow or develop healthily or vigorously, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment

c)

an untidy collection or a pile of things

d)

feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful

9.

Define Quixotic

a)

a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death

b)

a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one.

c)

a cowardly person; a coward.

d)

exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.

10.

Define Pique

a)

A dead annoying man.

b)

a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, especially to one's pride.

c)

causing irritation or annoyance.

d)

a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance.

11.

Define Oxymoron.

a)

The change in a particular sentence.

b)

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

c)

the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism.

d)

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

12.

What word has this definition: make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as with a sharp tool or blade.

(a)  

13.

what has the definition of this: the official power to make legal decisions and judgments

a)

Vindictive

b)

Gouge

c)

Jurisdiction

d)

Judicial

14.

define Hyperbole

a)

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

b)

the nature and relative arrangement of places and physical features

c)

be able to

d)

Hot potato

15.

Sentence question: Under the (a)   of a police officer, the crook walked into the bank and easily robbed the vault.

Guise

Judicial

Gouge

16.

define Gallivant

a)

Run around to look for fun

b)

chicken

c)

run fastly

d)

hours