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WorksheetsDGDP Chapter 1-3 Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?
I guess that’s why I was being asphyxiated by her perfume.
surprised
surrounded
suffocated
intoxicated
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?
Having any brother would be horrible, I suppose, but having my particular brother, Jeffrey, is an unrelenting nightmare.
obedient
determined; non-stop
agreeable; easy to stop
spineless; weak
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Pots and pans were everywhere— don’t ask me how I had somehow not noticed this on my way downstairs the first time—and Jeffrey was stirring some pretend concoction in the deepest pot of all.
reproduction of a common item
ingredient used in cooking
things randomly mixed together
baked good
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?
Yet still, I knew I would never have time to run across town to the local zoo, steal an elephant tranquilizer gun, run back, and fire it into Jeffrey’s buttock before he could blurt out something that would mortify me and destroy my social status forever.
impress
scare; terrify
give pride
humiliate; embarrass
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?
Miss Palma gave me an A on the journal entry—she called it “droll."
humorless
humorous
serious
depressing
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?
This fiasco happened after my All-City High School Jazz Band concert last June.
huge success
good fortune
opportunity for improvement
ridiculous failure
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?
And while he’s being much too cute and following me around, he also destroys all of my stuff, including my self-esteem and my sanity.
dishonor
pride
attitude
disgrace
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?
Take, for example, the “Dangerous Pie” incident.
intention
law
something that happens
non-occurrence
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?
I advanced toward him, with what must have been a disturbing gleam of violence in my eye.
faint or brief light
gloominess
dullness
extremely bright twinkle
What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?
He started to scream like a banshee, and the drop of blood turned into a torrent.
spirit in the form of a crying woman
a person who won the lottery
a person filled with rage
a ghost that lost its head
What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?
He started to scream like a banshee, and the drop of blood turned into a torrent.
small stream of something
slow, free-flowing river
slow stoppage of something
huge, uncontrolled amount
What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?
So while everybody else was writing whatever the day’s journal was supposed to be, I was agonizing over the details of this math problem.
welcoming feelings
experiencing pure joy
suffering extreme pain or suffering
sad; depressed
What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?
Through my haze of math and memory, I gradually noticed that the class was cracking up.
confusion
dreaming
clarity
maze
What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?
It wasn’t the first time I noticed this—how Renee kind of swished around in a cloud of perfume, and Annette just popped up like some spastic hand puppet.
awkward or clumsy
planned
ordinary or plain
reliable
What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?
Renee took her time walking off, too, so I had to plod along behind her. It’s hard to storm and shuffle at the same time, let me tell you.
move slowly
skip
walk quickly
strut
