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WorksheetsWord of the Day Review 1
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which word means noisily or rowdy?
boisterous
despondent
larcenous
somber
Which word goes with a novel idea or a new kind of fashion?
apparition
luminous
newfangled
noxious
Which word means to babble?
quell
hanker
egregious
jabber
Which definition matches the word cantankerous?
cranky; hard to get along with
gruesome and horrifying
wasting time
vague
Which word best describes a broken piece of earthenware?
aplomb
concontion
shard
fluid
What is the best definition for hullabaloo?
quick and skillfull
sly or clever
terrifying or horrifying
a commontion or fuss
To vanish or disappear is the definition of which word?
rapt
foresight
hubbub
dissipate
Someone who is good-natured or has a friendly disposition can be called____.
outlandish
egregious
amiable
tumultuous
Lord Voldemort is Harry Potter's enemy or his ______.
adversary
exsaperation
jargon
conundrum
Which word best matches the defintion--about to occur?
impending
rapt
terse
uncanny
The best definition for utterly is which word?
absolutely, totally
dishonest, crooked
slighlty salty
serious or sad
To dabble or to fix best goes with which word?
wafting
tinkering
diminishing
dilly dallying
Someone who is dishonest or crooked can be considered to be ____.
luminous
larcenous
ominous
imbibed
Many evil characters are ____, or overbearing or domineering.
ransacking
imperious
headway
jargon
Which word best matches the definition: feeling or showing profound hoplessness or gloom?
despondent
terse
balm
teeter
To search vigorously through something means you are __ it.
hair-raising
outlandish
gusto
ransacking
A supernatural appearance of a person or a thing like a ghost or a phantom is known as an ___.
apparition
concoction
exasperation
jargon
What is the best definition for hair-raising?
raising rabbits
terrifying or horrifying
threatening
concise
Something that is macabre is thought to be ___.
gruesome
beautiful
serious
shining
When you are so engossed in something, that means you are paying ____ attention to it.
larcenous
rambunctious
deft
rapt
Which word means great enjoyment or zest?
gusto
foresight
balm
aplomb
Ideas that are unconventional or strange are called ___.
duplicitious
brackish
outlandish
impending
Dark, black clouds are often ominous or ___.
a sign of trouble or danger
giving off light
gentle and calming
deceitful
What word best goes with something that is difficult to control or handle?
rambunctious
deft
duplicitous
larcenous
Someone who is somber is ___.
brief and to the point
very serious or sad
self-confident
happy or elated
What definition best matches the word egregious?
well beyond the bounds of what is right or proper; outrageous
the ability to imagine what is likely to happen in the future
progress toward a destination or goal
self-confidence, especially in a difficult situation
Having self confidence or poise best matches which vocabulary term?
cunning
diminish
waft
aplomb
Please make sure your answer is____, which means brief and to the point, concise.
headway
chockfull
hubbub
terse
Which word best matches the definition: the aility to imagine what is likely to happen in the future?
hanker
foresight
newfangled
muster
To be cunning means that you are _____.
clever
somber
concise
shining
Which definition best matches the word jargon?
a loud confused noise
to disperse
to calm
the specialized language of trade or profession
Which definition best matches the word deft?
slightly salty
adroit; quick and skillful
to spend or use wastefully
to waste time
Without reasoning, your answer cn be considered __ or difficult to understand.
obscure
hullabaloo
hubbub
dilly dally
Which word means slightly salty?
balm
brandish
brackish
boisterous
The definition to cause something to disappear or to drive away best matches which word?
dilly dally
duplicitious
deft
dispel
What is the definition of quell?
to drive away
to calm or settle
to float easily and gently on the air
to dabble
Which definition matches the word headway?
a mixture of ingredients
a state of anger
progress toward a goal or destintation
a salve
A loud confused noise is known as a ___.
hubbub
conconction
apparition
gusto
Sometimes on injuries, a __ (an oily, fragrant resinous substance with medical value) is used.
balm
brackish
aplomb
brandish
Wizards might __ a wand, which means they might wave it around in a dramatic or threatening way.
luminous
brandish
diminish
macabre
If you listen secreatly to a private conversation your will be ____.
dilly dallying
wafting
hair-raising
eavesdropping
Something that is repugnant is ____.
offensive or repulsive
arousing wonder and fear
reducing or decreasing
fixing or dabbling
Which definition best matches the word waft?
to drift or float easily and gently on the air
to bring forth a feeling or ability from within oneself
to eavesdrop
to calm
When someone is in a state of anger or has great irritation they are ____.
uncanny
luminous
noxious
exsaperated
What do you call a mixture of ingredients?
an aplomp
a hullabaloo
a concotion
a shard
What is the best definition for muster?
to bring forth a feeling or ability from within oneself
to listen secretly to a conversation
to talk rapidly
to dabble with or fix something
Which word best matches the definition: arousing wonder and fear or mysterious or impossible to explain?
obscure
tumultuous
utterly
uncanny
To make something smaller or less means that it is ____.
teetering
diminished
jabbering
straggled
Something that gives off light or is shining is ___.
luminous
bosterous
tumultuous
ominous
When you move unsteadily, like when walking on a tightrope, you are said to be _____.
imbibing
straggling
teetering
glowing
I have a ____, or a desire, for a hot fudge sundae.
dilly dallying
hullabaloo
hubbub
hankering
To spend or use something extravagantly or wastefully means that you are _____ it.
jabbering
squandering
tinkering
eavesdropping
Dancers movements in ballet are __, meaning their moves flow easily.
fluid
noxious
despondent
gusto
What word matches the defintion: something that is loosely made or held together?
impending
ramshackle
imperious
rapt
Which definition best matches the word straggle?
full of tumult or riotousness
about to occur
to play around
to stray from the road, course, or line of march
Lying is considered to be deceitful or ___.
dilly dally
dimish
despondent
duplicitous
The word ___ best goes with the definition marked by a disturbance or an uproar; full of riotousness
luminous
tumultuous
larcenous
noxious
Something that is noxious is defined as ___.
toxic
crooked
sad
cranky
Which word best matches the definition to absorb?
imbibe
dissipate
ransack
waft
It is important that you do not _____, or waste time, when working on your activities for book club.
hanker
imbibed
dilly dally
tinker
This game was filled to overflowing, or ___ of vocabulary terms.
chockfull
ransack
jabbering
hullabaloo
