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Poetry Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

carefully, silently

a)

discreetly

b)

untrodden

c)

cunningly

d)

kindled

2.

to get, come to have as one's own

a)

acquire

b)

dwell

c)

cease

d)

ripple

3.

swelling, rising; displacing

a)

heaving

b)

untrodden

c)

edible

d)

bland-mannered

4.

a small break or slit, crevice

a)

cranny

b)

nudger

c)

cease

d)

extravagance

5.

smooth and soothing in manner or quality

a)

bland-mannered

b)

meek

c)

heaving

d)

untrodden

6.

able to endure injury with patience and without resentment; not violent or strong

a)

meek

b)

heaving

c)

edible

d)

untrodden

7.

fit to be eaten

a)

edible

b)

meek

c)

untrodden

d)

heaving

8.

someone who seeks attention by a push of the elbow

a)

nudger

b)

cranny

c)

cease

d)

semblance

9.

to remain for a time, to live as a resident

a)

dwell

b)

acquire

c)

cease

d)

catapult

10.

not stepped or walked on, not followed

a)

untrodden

b)

heaving

c)

edible

d)

discreetly

11.

stop, to come to an end

a)

cease

b)

dwell

c)

acquire

d)

expend

12.

to throw or launch by or as if by a catapult (an ancient military device for hurling missles)

a)

catapult

b)

ripple

c)

expend

d)

kindled

13.

skillfully

a)

cunningly

b)

expend

c)

discreetly

d)

nurture

14.

wastefulness

a)

extravagance

b)

surge

c)

cranny

d)

nudger

15.

to flow in small waves

a)

ripple

b)

nurture

c)

kindled

d)

cease

16.

nourish

a)

nurture

b)

ripple

c)

expend

d)

kindled

17.

to make use of for a specific purpose; utilize

a)

expend

b)

nurture

c)

kindled

d)

acquire

18.

a swelling, rolling, or sweeping forward like that of a wave or series of waves

a)

surge

b)

ripple

c)

semblance

d)

cranny

19.

lit or set on fire; stirred up (as in emotion)

a)

kindled

b)

expend

c)

acquire

d)

dwell

20.

outward form or appearance; a false or misleading illusion

a)

semblance

b)

surge

c)

extravagance

d)

nudger