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Word Study 3 & 4

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hopefully the chocolate bar will ____________________ my desire for something sweet.

a)

delude

b)

knead

c)

blight

d)

gratify

2.

The dog lay so still it scarcely seemed ____________________ .

a)

berserk

b)

belated

c)

animate

d)

fallow

3.

The dog went ____________________ when a wasp stung him.

a)

animate

b)

ostentatious

c)

berserk

d)

belated

4.

In the race, James was the ____________________ who finished in last place.

a)

fallow

b)

ambidextrous

c)

laggard

d)

gambit

5.

I reveived a ____________________ birthday card this morning.

a)

animate

b)

fealty

c)

gambit

d)

belated

6.

In order to avoid being robbery targets, tourists are encouraged to not wear ____________________ jewelry.

a)

ostentatious

b)

animate

c)

chauvinist

d)

fealty

7.

Our special offers are intended to ____________________ people to buy.

a)

elude

b)

entice

c)

fallow

d)

blight

8.

The criminal was able to ____________________ the police in the crowded mall.

a)

fallow

b)

elude

c)

berserk

d)

delude

9.

The justice system is not ____________________ because often the court sentences rich people less harshly than poor people.

a)

egalitarian

b)

belated

c)

fallow

d)

ambidextrous

10.

Mourners around the world watched the celebrity’s televised ____________________ .

a)

fealty

b)

obsequies

c)

blight

d)

edifice

11.

The church on the corner is the oldest ____________________ in the county.

a)

egalitarian

b)

denizen

c)

blight

d)

edifice

12.

The first time I attempted to ____________________ dough, the kitchen looked like a hurricane had hit with flour spread out all over the kitchen floor.

a)

elude

b)

entice

c)

animate

d)

knead

13.

Leaving some fields ____________________ provided a natural check on insect populations.

a)

blight

b)

fallow

c)

belated

d)

knead

14.

Because he is ____________________ , he can write legibly with either hand.

a)

ostentatious

b)

ambidextrous

c)

berserk

d)

belated

15.

Late ____________________ turns the foliage black and then moldy.

a)

fealty

b)

gambit

c)

blight

d)

knead

16.

He's just another male ____________________ who is jealous of his wife's success.

a)

denizen

b)

edifice

c)

egalitarian

d)

chauvinist

17.

The soldier maintained his ____________________ to his country even when he was being tortured by the enemy.

a)

fealty

b)

blight

c)

denizen

d)

gambit

18.

The whale shark is a ____________________ of the ocean.

a)

fealty

b)

blight

c)

chauvinist

d)

denizen

19.

The hypnotist tried to ____________________ the man into thinking he was a chicken.

a)

elude

b)

knead

c)

delude

d)

animate

20.

Jill used a fake pregnancy as a ____________________ to get a millionaire to marry her.

a)

knead

b)

blight

c)

fallow

d)

gambit