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Vocabulary: Monster's are Due on Maple Street

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Read the sentence then answer the question.

“You weren’t late. I was early,” I said, and shook her hand. For me, there was nothing worse than showing up for a meeting feeling flustered and hot and out of breath.

Which of the words has the same meaning as flustered?

a)

balanced, harmonious

b)

agitated, confused

c)

enthusiastic, honest

d)

intense, apathetic

2.

_______ is a term used to describe a sleeping disorder in which you have trouble falling or staying asleep.

a)

insomnia

b)

jet-lagged

c)

idle

d)

menace

3.

What does sluggish mean in this sentence?

The car engine was sluggish this morning.

a)

little energy, speed

b)

busy

c)

little motion, activity

d)

full of life

4.

In a matter of seconds I had to decide whether she was a possible friend or a _____________________.

a)

idiocy

b)

interpreter

c)

menace

d)

maneuver

5.

A series of major changes in an animals body during it's life time is called...

a)

Nymph

b)

Metamorphosis

c)

Larva

d)

Heredity

6.

Read the following sentence.

She left the engine idling for a few seconds before she turned it off.

Using context clues, what does the word idling mean?

a)

moving quickly

b)

lazy

c)

dangerous

d)

doing nothing

7.

He was diagnosed with ________ because he couldn't stay asleep at night.

a)

transfixed

b)

metamorphosis

c)

insomnia

d)

sluggishly

8.

We witnessed the ______ of a caterpillar into a butterfly.

a)

metamorphosis

b)

defiant

c)

flustered

d)

transfixed

9.

Not moving, not in use

a)

idling

b)

variation

c)

assent

10.
Which word means agreement?
a)
afflicted
b)
assent
c)
contemptuous
d)
precept
11.

a person who causes trouble or harm

a)

formidable

b)

menace

c)

maneuver

d)

interpreter

12.

nervous; confused

a)

flustered

b)

defiant

c)

metamorphosis

d)

transfixed

13.

The inability to sleep

a)

idle

b)

insomnia

c)

variation

14.

The tired hikers walked ________ down the trail.

a)

sluggishly

b)

transfixed

c)

flustered

d)

defiant

15.

The ________ bus driver took many wrong turns.

a)

defiant

b)

transfixed

c)

flustered

d)

metamorphosis