WorksheetsHoles: Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 1-17
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
overly suspicious; feeling like people are out to get you
warden
an official in charge of the operation of a prison
a young person under the protection of the court
legal phrase meaning “according to”
vigorously active
an area of land, including any buildings, belonging to a person or organization
Premises
Prospect
Souvenir
Descendant
deserving of contempt or hatred; vile
Appropriate
Defective
Despicable
Desolate
to dig out and remove
Prospect
Retrieved
Excavated
Befell
Probably or assumed to be true
presumably
intently
agony
juvenile
Type one of the words from the picture to match the meaning below: (spelling counts)
clean and not dangerous for your health, or protecting health by removing dirt and waste, especially human waste:
(a)
Driving through the desert, he saw very little in the hot ___________.
wasteland
pessimistic
unjust
perseverance
spigot
imperfect, faulty
deserving of hatred or contempt
faucet; controls the flow of liquid
space or room available
vacancies
not fitting tightly
offered items for sale to the highest bidder
space or rooms available
enormous; immense space
What does forlorn mean?
sad, lonely
nearby
for someone else
not working properly
Perseverance
strongly marked, distinct
feeling sorrow for one's offenses, regret
staying focused; not giving up
locked up, confined
imperfect or faulty
Defective
Appropriate
Despicable
Scarcity
Which word has the definition: related to a person under 18 years of age?
(a)
Which word best completes the following sentence?
The students listened _________________ to their teacher give the instructions so that they can complete the assignment correctly.
presumably
excavate
intently
defiance
barely warm
smug
self-satisfied; superior
person under age of 18
person in charge of a prison
sad and lonely
which word means "spread out"?
wasteland
sanitary
sprawled
vacancies
predatory
to dig out and remove
inclined to prey on others; hunting
extreme focus or attention
staying focused; not giving up
vast
immense; enormous immense space
not working properly
extreme focus or attention
probably or assumed to be true
