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Vocabulary - Week of 11/29: Test Date 12/2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I could tell she was upset. "He broke up with me," she said _____________________.

a)

imperiously

b)

morosely

c)

gingerly

d)

recumbently

2.

The meaning of "junctures" is:

a)

fragments broken into pieces

b)

connections

c)

clever

d)

imitating someone's mannerisms/gestures

3.

After meeting with the vice principal about a detention, he ________________ into the room. We all knew he was mad!

a)

sloughed

b)

scoffed

c)

flounced

d)

yammered

4.

The word "debris" means:

a)

fragments

b)

to lay back

c)

to mark with different colors

d)

overbearing

5.

What word means "marked with different colors":

a)

lumbered

b)

scoffed

c)

mottled

d)

pugnacious

6.

The teacher looked over the paper and made many ________________ remarks. The whole thing was marked in red.

a)

ginger

b)

derogatory

c)

pugnacious

d)

recumbent

7.

What word means: an imitation of someone else's mannerisms:

a)

pantomime

b)

contemplate

c)

yammering

d)

handy

8.

The word means "soothed or calmed"

a)

sloughed

b)

scoffed

c)

anguished

d)

mollified

9.

Brusquely means:

a)

thoughtfully

b)

to be overbearing

c)

anxious

d)

angrily

10.

Recumbent means:

a)

to imitate someone

b)

withdrawn

c)

resting

d)

clumsy

11.

What word means, "move clumsily or heavily"

a)

mollified

b)

lumbered

c)

anguished

d)

sloughed

12.

I _____________________ cheating on the the test, but then I thought I'd better not.

a)

contemplated

b)

mottled

c)

flounced

d)

disparaged

13.

Which word means, "to make fun of"

a)

mottle

b)

slough

c)

flounc

d)

scoff

14.

Which word means, "mournfully"

a)

complacently

b)

decisively

c)

derogatorily

d)

plaintively

15.

What does "imperiously" mean?

a)

belligerent

b)

appeased

c)

overbearing

d)

whimpering

16.

What does "pugnacious" mean?

a)

to think deeply about

b)

aggressive in nature

c)

to tease

d)

carefully

17.

Which word means "in a threatening manner"

a)

anguishing

b)

gingerly

c)

lumberin

d)

ominously

18.

"Complacently" means:

a)

in an exaggerated way

b)

disparaging

c)

self-satisfaction

d)

critical

19.

"Anguished" means

a)

calmed

b)

whimpered

c)

distressed

d)

threatened

20.

She ____________________ picked up the small, hurt animal and held it carefully in her hands.

a)

ominously

b)

imperiously

c)

morosely

d)

gingerly