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Wordly Wise Book 8 - Lesson 7

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An abnormal fear of narrow, enclosed spaces.

a)

colleague

b)

claustrophobia

c)

contingent

d)

daunt

2.

 To give a title, nickname, or description to.

a)

colleague

b)

dub

c)

deluge

d)

negligible

3.

A copy or reproduction, especially one on a smaller scale than the original.

a)

contingent

b)

inane

c)

fledgling

d)

replica

4.

A sound of trumpets or other brass instruments.  

a)

fanfare

b)

mettle

c)

daunt

d)

dispel

5.

An associate or co-worker of similar status.

a)

condescend

b)

fanfare

c)

colleague

d)

inane

6.

To draw out or lengthen (in time).

a)

condescend

b)

protract

c)

dispel

d)

mettle

7.

To lower oneself to a position one considers inferior.

a)

negligible

b)

contingent

c)

deluge

d)

condescend

8.

Small and unimportant, not worth noticing.

a)

negligible

b)

fledgling

c)

contingent

d)

dub

9.

Any showy display.

a)

inane

b)

dispel

c)

fanfare

d)

claustrophobia

10.

Conditional;  depending on something else.

a)

contingent

b)

deluge

c)

negligible

d)

protract

11.

Courage to bear up under difficult circumstances; spirit.

a)

fledgling

b)

negligible

c)

replica

d)

mettle

12.

To behave in an offensively superior manner.

a)

condescend

b)

deluge

c)

contingent

d)

dispel

13.

Empty; shallow or silly. Foolishness; a silly or pointless act.

a)

daunt

b)

dub

c)

fanfare

d)

inane

14.

 Likely, but not certain to happen; possible.

a)

replica

b)

protract

c)

contingent

d)

mettle

15.

A young bird just learning to fly.

a)

fledgling

b)

replica

c)

contingent

d)

daunt

16.

A group that is part of a larger one.

a)

dispel

b)

colleague

c)

replica

d)

contingent

17.

 A young and inexperienced person.

a)

contingent

b)

fledgling

c)

deluge

d)

claustrophobia

18.

To clear away; to remove or get rid of, as if by scattering.

a)

dub

b)

daunt

c)

dispel

d)

deluge

19.

To discourage or intimidate. So difficult or dangerous as to discourage or intimidate.

a)

daunt

b)

condescend

c)

mettle

d)

inane

20.

A downpour of rain;  a flood. A flood of anything.

a)

dub

b)

daunt

c)

deluge

d)

dispel