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Word Meaning

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Endure

a)

Put up with something or somebody unpleasant

b)

Resist an attack made on (someone or something)

c)

Keep safe from harm or injury.

d)

Aggressive and violent action against a person or place

2.

Dejected

a)

Affected or marked by low spirits

b)

Mentally deranged, especially as manifested in a wild or aggressive way

c)

Experience or be subjected to something bad or unpleasant

d)

Be the target of an attack

3.

Dreary

a)

Unattractive and having nothing of any interest, and therefore likely to make you sad

b)

Suffering or dying from hunger

c)

A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water

d)

A grain used for food, such as wheat, oats, or corn

4.

Cunning

a)

Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

b)

The quality of having or showing good powers of judgment

c)

The process of creating an exact copy of a plant or animal by using its cells

d)

Divide into pieces

5.

Stealthily

a)

In a manner marked by quiet and caution and secrecy

b)

The state of being free from illness or injury

c)

Related to the healthy condition

d)

Take another person's property without permission and without intending to return it

6.

Frolic

a)

Play boisterously

b)

Having turned into ice as a result of extreme cold

c)

A combination of many different parts forming one thing

d)

A piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song that is nearly always rhythmical

7.

Morsel

a)

A small amount of solid food; a mouthful

b)

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole

c)

Cover and become encrusted on

d)

An alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short signals of light or sound

8.

Provender

a)

Food for domestic livestock

b)

A person who provides or supplies something for use

c)

A person who defends someone or something

d)

The one who gives something

9.

Graze

a)

Feed as in a meadow or pasture

b)

The mainly herbaceous plant that constitutes grass and wind-pollinated flowers

c)

Vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves

d)

A slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended particles

10.

Eaves

a)

The overhang at the lower edge of a roof

b)

A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore

c)

A fixed regular payment

d)

Happening or done before the usual or expected time

11.

Commotion

a)

A disorderly tumult

b)

Relating to diseases or medical conditions that are simultaneously present in a patient

c)

A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances or relationships with others

d)

Remembrance, typically expressed in a ceremony

12.

Skirmish

a)

A small fight

b)

Part of the skin

c)

A shoe soles

d)

Wall decoration

13.

Fiendish

a)

To be cruel

b)

Become friend

c)

To be satisfied

d)

Become liar

14.

Gingerly

a)

In a careful or cautious manner

b)

Fibrous propagating

c)

Beneficial to health

d)

Guess at random

15.

Listless

a)

Having no energy and enthusiasm

b)

Without a clear purpose

c)

An incomplete list

d)

Hard to find something

16.

Departures

a)

An area where you go to catch a plane

b)

An area where you go to meet visitors

c)

An area where your bags are examined

d)

An area where your passport and visa are examined

17.

Customs

a)

An area where you go to catch a plane

b)

An area where you go to meet visitors

c)

An area where your bags are examined

d)

An area where your passport and visa are examined

18.

Arrivals

a)

An area where you go to catch a plane

b)

An area where you go to meet visitors

c)

An area where your bags are examined

d)

An area where your passport and visa are examined

19.

Aisle

a)

The space between two rows of seats

b)

A section of an airport

c)

Rough air that causes a plane to shake

d)

A person who helps passengers on a plane

20.

Turbulence

a)

The space between two rows of seats

b)

A section of an airport

c)

Rough air that causes a plane to shake

d)

A person who helps passengers on a plane

21.

Befuddle

a)

Make someone unable to think clearly

b)

Being gentle

c)

A thing serving to hold something else in place

d)

Devoutly religious

22.

Conscientious

a)

Wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly

b)

The action or power of focusing one's attention or mental effort

c)

In a deliberate and intentional way

d)

Unambiguously explicit and direct

23.

Awry

a)

Away from the usual or expected course

b)

Not in a straight or level position

c)

Falling rapidly and in large quantities, generally used for rain

d)

Unambiguously explicit and direct

24.

Categorical

a)

Away from the usual or expected course

b)

Not in a straight or level position

c)

Falling rapidly and in large quantities, generally used for rain

d)

Unambiguously explicit and direct

25.

Askew

a)

Away from the usual or expected course

b)

Not in a straight or level position

c)

Falling rapidly and in large quantities, generally used for rain

d)

Unambiguously explicit and direct

26.

Torrential

a)

Away from the usual or expected course

b)

Not in a straight or level position

c)

Falling rapidly and in large quantities, generally used for rain

d)

Unambiguously explicit and direct

27.

Ignorant

a)

Lacking knowledge or awareness in general

b)

Used to emphasize a lack of restriction in referring to anything or amount

c)

Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern

d)

Able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious