WorksheetsSadlier Vocabulary D (Set 2)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
(adj.) firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
illegible
mediocre
unflinching
dissolute
(v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; N. a rude remark of derision
expulsion
alien
jeer
fodder
(adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected, undependable
illegible
illegible
erratic
mediocre
lucrative
(n.) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
expulsion
fodder
expulsion
jeer
fortify
(adj.) bringing in money; profitable
illegible
adjourn
compensate
tantalise
lucrative
Many people find that they can turn a favourite hobby into a highly (a) business.
The judge (a) the hearing until ten o'clock the following morning.
The soldiers (a) the garrison against the expected attack.
His uncanny ability to (a) and counterpunch made the camp unbeatable.
The proud parents and their (a) children posed for a family portrait.
When I am on a diet, the treats in the bakery seem to have been put there to (a) me.
The manuscript for my short story was returned to me with a (a) letter of rejection.
Though he had a great sinker ball, he was so (a) on the mound that fans started to call him "Wild Pitch Hickok."
When the national economy is expanding, new housing developments begin to (a) ; when times are lean, construction slacks off.
The fact that you say you are truly sorry does not (a) for the pain I have suffered as a result of your cruelty.
A (a) student is one who neither fails any subject nor receives any marks that are above average.
The ( feint, alien), two-headed and covered with green scales, was grateful that the local people had welcomed him in spite of their misgivings.
(a)
The little girl wanted to see her brother flinch, so she made a sudden (sully, feint).
(a)
You make me a liar by such language: you sully my honour.
To sully is to
ridicule
praise
tarnish
proclaim
After dinner, we immediately adjourned to the classroom: lessons recommenced and were continued till five o'clock.
If you have adjourned, you have
turned your attention to
moved to another place
sent a message
given up on
""My dear children," pursued the black marble clergyman, with pathos, "this is a sad, a melancholy occasion; for it becomes my duty to warn you, that this girl, who might be one of God's own lambs, is a little castaway: not a member of the true flock, but evidently an interloper and an alien."
Someone who is an alien is a(n)
enemy
orphan
stranger
spy
"I don't think she can ever have been pretty; but, for aught I know, she may possess originality and strength of character to compensate for the want of personal advantage."
If you do NOT compensate for something, you
fail to stay on schedule
forget about it
misplace it
fail to make up for it
"I know how soon youth would fade and bloom or perish, if, in the cup of bliss offered, but one dreg of shame or one flavour of remorse were detected; and I do not want sacrifice, sorrow, dissolution - such is not my taste."
A state of dissolution is characterized by
corruption
loneliness
uncertainty
madness
"No," she said, "i won't (sully, adjourn) your ears by repeating those mean and nasty rumours."
(a)
All great athletes should know that the same fans who are cheering them today may be (jeering, subjugating) them tomorrow.
(a)
As soon as I entered that charming little cottage, I noticed that everything in it was neat and (erratic, comely).
(a)
When I asked my mother why she wouldn't let me borrow the car, she (comely, tersely) explained that she needed it for herself.
(a)
Over the years I've noticed one thing about rumours: Where the facts are few, fictions (proliferate, fortify).
(a)
He was a changed young man after his (a) from West Bant International School for breaking the school rules.
(v.) to make up for; to repay services
proliferate
subjugate
tantalize
compensate
