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Vocabulary Challenge

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means to run or jump playfully?

a)

annihilate

b)

revoke

c)

taint

d)

gambol

2.

Which word means "contradiction?"

a)

whim

b)

aurora

c)

paradox

d)

regiment

3.

What is this?

a)

aurora

b)

grackle

c)

vigilance

d)

whim

4.

Which adjective means "strong and flexible?"

a)

resilient

b)

subliminal

c)

finicky

d)

infinitesimal

5.

Jack bought that truck on a ________ .

a)

solvent

b)

whim

c)

aurora

d)

grackle

6.

After numerous unpaid speeding tickets, Harley's license was ___________.

a)

gaped

b)

annihilated

c)

revoked

d)

stagnated

7.

A picky eater could also be called __________.

a)

finicky

b)

resilient

c)

sublime

d)

infinitesimal

8.

The entire city in "There Will Come Soft Rains" has been _____________.

a)

annihilated

b)

stagnated

c)

gaped

d)

flounced

9.

Bakers and cats both do this.

a)

stagnate

b)

flounce

c)

knead

d)

flounce

10.

Arlen stared with his mouth wide open. In other words, he ____________.

a)

capered

b)

quavered

c)

gaped

d)

annihilated

11.

The poem in "There Will Come Soft Rains" said that nature would not notice if mankind would ___________.

a)

caper

b)

perish

c)

stagnate

d)

quaver

12.

The voice of a shy student will often __________ when he or she is called on to speak.

a)

quaver

b)

knead

c)

taint

d)

gambol

13.

The T-Rex's leg was compared to a __________.

a)

whim

b)

grackle

c)

piston

d)

caper

14.

The fire in the home started when some _________ spilled onto the stovetop.

a)

piston

b)

grackle

c)

paradox

d)

solvent

15.

The traffic leaving the game gradually slowed until - to our frustration - it appeared to ____________.

a)

stagnate

b)

knead

c)

flounce

d)

manifest

16.

Some commercials use __________ messaging to sell their product.

a)

resilient

b)

infinitesimal

c)

subliminal

d)

finicky

17.

I hope Jerry is on our Scholars' Bowl team, because that guy is a __________ of knowledge!

a)

piston

b)

fount

c)

solvent

d)

vigilance

18.

Her anxiety usually will _________ in nail-biting.

a)

manifest

b)

revoke

c)

caper

d)

perish

19.

The fleck of Dragon Sand was __________, but oh, how deadly!

a)

vigilance

b)

finicky

c)

solvent

d)

infinitesimal

20.

It will take a lot of _________ to be sure nothing inappropriate happens at the event.

a)

aurora

b)

vigilance

c)

quaver

d)

solvent

21.

"That chocolate dessert is so ____________! I definitely need the recipe," sighed Mrs. Hill.

a)

stagnate

b)

whim

c)

finicky

d)

sublime