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Qr 1 WEMSSK

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the correct spelling of the word below:

a)

adversary

b)

addversary

c)

adversery

d)

advarsary

2.

Select the correct spelling of the word below:

a)

debrie

b)

debri

c)

debris

d)

dubris

3.

Select the correct spelling of the word below:

a)

jostle

b)

gostle

c)

jossel

d)

jossle

4.

Select the correct spelling of the word below:

a)

noll

b)

nole

c)

knole

d)

knoll

5.

Select the correct spelling of the word below:

a)

outlendish

b)

outlandesh

c)

outlandish

d)

outlandishe

6.

Select the correct spelling of the word below:

a)

vigilant

b)

vigilent

c)

vihgilant

d)

vigillant

7.

What is the meaning of barricade?

a)

The building of a bar

b)

An arcade where a person named Barry works

c)

Block off with barriers

d)

On obstacle course

8.

What is the definition of cunning?

a)

Clever

b)

Foolish

c)

Awkward

d)

Mysterious

9.

What is the definition of monotonous?

a)

Tedious and repetitious

b)

Having sound heard on only one side of a headphone

c)

Someone talking like a robot

d)

Referring to someone who has mononucleosis

10.

What is the definition of narrate?

a)

To tell a story

b)

To be in a bad mood

c)

Someone who reads

d)

To irrigate the ground

11.

What is the definition of adversary?

a)

An enemy or opponent

b)

The day on which a couple were married

c)

Referring to advertisements

d)

Having to do with an adverse reaction to something

12.

What is the definition of commotion?

a)

A commercial locomotive

b)

A type of movement

c)

A noisy disturbance

d)

A specialized type of motion picture

13.

What vocabulary word matches the picture?

a)

Debris

b)

Pristine

c)

Engross

d)

Ominous

14.

What is the definition of eavesdrop?

a)

To listen to someone through a door

b)

Putting your ear to a glass

c)

To listen secretly to private conversations

d)

When the awning outside falls down

15.

What is the definition of subside?

a)

To wear off or die down

b)

To go up and lie down

c)

To do underground

d)

A type of tide that is hidden by the ocean

16.

What is the definition of tactic?

a)

A plan for attaining a particular goal

b)

Saying little

c)

Understood without being stated

d)

A keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain a good relation

17.

What is the definition of unsightly?

a)

Unable to see clearly

b)

Not pleasant to look at

c)

To be blind

d)

The need to use electrical lights

18.

Which vocabulary word matches this picture?

a)

Flame

b)

Match

c)

Ignite

d)

Spark

19.

What is the definition of knoll?

a)

A deformed troll

b)

A type of baked good

c)

A small rounded hill

d)

A seasoning used for cooking

20.

What is the definition of precipice?

a)

The head of a school

b)

A very steep cliff

c)

A precious recipe

d)

A precise slice of pie

21.

What is the definition of sabotage?

a)

To deliberately destroy

b)

It's not a real word

c)

It's French for destruction

d)

A type of camouflage

22.

What is the definition of vigilant?

a)

A citizen who takes the law into their own hands

b)

A criminal

c)

A security guard

d)

On alert; watchful

23.

What is the definition of waver?

a)

Someone who says goodbye

b)

Someone who surfs

c)

To move to and fro, become unsteady

d)

Someone who sews

24.

What is the definition of defiance?

a)

A way to get out of refinancing something

b)

Open resistance or disobedience

c)

Someone you used to be engaged to

d)

To push or shove

25.

What is the definition of falter?

a)

Start to lose strength

b)

To become real

c)

Chaos

d)

Peaceful

26.

What is the definition of grueling?

a)

Preparing and eating gruel

b)

Extremely tiring and demanding

c)

Something that is brutal

d)

A painful situation

27.

What is the definition of jostle?

a)

A person who makes jokes and entertains a king

b)

To secure in place

c)

A new game from Hasbro

d)

To push or shove

28.

What is the definition of stamina?

a)

To sustain prolonged physical effort

b)

A type of wheat fed to cows

c)

A type of bacteria

d)

To stutter

29.

knoll

a)

to talk rapidly and in a senseless manner

b)

giving off light; shining

c)

to build and start a fire or to arouse or excite a feeling

d)

a small, rounded hill

30.

monotonous

a)

repetitive and boring

b)

productive

c)

detailed

d)

uncertain

31.

narrate

a)

to wonder

b)

to go away

c)

to forget

d)

to tell a story

32.

outlandish

a)

unable to continue

b)

about to happen

c)

sounding bizarre

d)

slightly salty

33.

precipice

a)

grassy hill

b)

steep cliff

c)

a home

d)

disobedience

34.

recluse

a)

hesitation

b)

momentum

c)

one who likes others' company

d)

one who lives a solitary life

35.

sabotage

a)

to become less

b)

to purposefully destroy

c)

to put an end to

d)

unfamiliar

36.

stamina

a)

disobedient

b)

movement backward

c)

ability to maintain effort

d)

reluctant

37.

subside

a)

loss

b)

tighten up

c)

become less extreme

d)

to take away

38.

tactic

a)

a mix of something

b)

a strategy

c)

a made up story

d)

a barrier

39.

unsightly

a)

open to attack

b)

displeasing to look at

c)

a small hill

d)

a steep cliff

40.

vigilant

a)

emotionally stressed

b)

keeping careful watch

c)

standing out

d)

engaging

41.

waver

a)

to stop abruptly

b)

to be uncertain between choices

c)

to maintain energy

d)

to be social

42.

The word barricade most nearly means

a)

face and withstand with courage

b)

easily influenced

c)

give a detailed account of

d)

block off with barriers

43.

The word defiance most nearly means

a)

a hostile challenge

b)

deceive someone about your strengths or intentions

c)

a feeling of strong eagerness

d)

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

44.

The word ignite most nearly means

a)

cause to start burning

b)

give a detailed account of

c)

a small or inadequate amount

d)

secret and sly

45.

The word sabotage most nearly means

a)

move in large numbers

b)

destroy property or hinder normal operations

c)

restore to good faith or health

d)

move hesitatingly, as if to give way

46.

The word jostle most nearly means

a)

a small or inadequate amount

b)

make one's way by pushing or shoving

c)

great coolness and composure under strain

d)

force to go away

47.

The word narrate most nearly means

a)

give a detailed account of

b)

fill with sublime emotion

c)

force to go away

d)

existing in possibility

48.

The word precipice most nearly means

a)

brief and to the point

b)

a small or inadequate amount

c)

a very steep cliff

d)

someone who offers opposition

49.

The word knoll most nearly means

a)

a small natural hill

b)

make one's way by pushing or shoving

c)

allow light to pass through diffusely

d)

be driven or carried along, as by the air

50.

The word vigilant most nearly means

a)

give a detailed account of

b)

carefully observant or attentive

c)

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

d)

move or cause to move in a winding, curving course

51.

The word outlandish most nearly means

a)

noticeably or extremely unconventional or unusual

b)

a very steep cliff

c)

great coolness and composure under strain

d)

speak in response

52.

The word unsightly most nearly means

a)

unpleasant to look at

b)

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of dislike

c)

the absence of mental stress or anxiety

d)

speed up the process of; facilitate

53.

The word tactic most nearly means

a)

fill something that had previously been emptied

b)

friendly and pleasant

c)

gather or bring together

d)

a plan for attaining a particular goal

54.

The word eavesdrop most nearly means

a)

move about or proceed hurriedly

b)

stubbornly unyielding

c)

listen without the speaker's knowledge

d)

capable of being wounded or hurt

55.

The word stamina most nearly means

a)

taking heed

b)

enduring strength and energy

c)

speak in response

d)

offensive to the mind

56.

The word falter most nearly means

a)

move hesitatingly, as if to give way

b)

surpassing the ordinary or normal

c)

technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject

d)

call forth, as in emotion, feeling, or response

57.

The word grueling most nearly means

a)

uneasiness about the fitness of an action

b)

vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

c)

a feeling of strong eagerness

d)

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

58.

The word debris most nearly means

a)

a feeling of strong eagerness

b)

the remains of something that has been destroyed

c)

marked by extreme care in treatment of details

d)

listen without the speaker's knowledge

59.

The word subside most nearly means

a)

extend out or project in space

b)

having or showing superiority

c)

wear off or die down

d)

obvious to the eye or mind

60.

The word recluse most nearly means

a)

one who lives in solitude

b)

having or showing superiority

c)

wear off or die down

d)

obvious to the eye or mind

61.

The word cunning most nearly means

a)

stubbornly unyielding

b)

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

c)

offensive to the mind

d)

come into being; come into reality