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ACC Staves 3-5 Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

prodigious

a)

something a child can do

b)

great in ability, amount or strength

c)

to poke someone

d)

someone who is a fervent believer in something

2.

artifice

a)

clever trick

b)

fake ingredient

c)

something beautiful that is created

d)

a deep crevice or hole

3.

bigotry

a)

a type of water spout

b)

a large person, especially someone over 6 feet tall

c)

prejudice against a person on the basis of their membership of a particular group

d)

a belief in the supernatural

4.

ubiquitous

a)

scandalous

b)

something found underground

c)

found everywhere, all-over

d)

very few

5.

livid

a)

someone who has lived a long life

b)

brightly colored

c)

kind

d)

furiously angry

6.

plaintive

a)

an explanation

b)

sounding sad and mournful

c)

someone who makes a complaint

d)

a type of geographical feature

7.

odious

a)

extremely unpleasant; repulsive

b)

an unpleasant smell

c)

a celebratory story or poem

d)

hardened

8.

affront

a)

the part of the house where the front door is

b)

to talk to someone who has been bothering you

c)

an action or remark that causes outrage or offense

d)

something which appears to be different from what it actually is

9.

elicit

a)

to draw out or bring out something

b)

something hidden

c)

a type of currency

d)

not legitimate

10.

prostrate

a)

a professional at something

b)

a type of dental filling

c)

to leave a review of someone's services

d)

lying stretched out on the ground facing downward

11.

shroud

a)

a type of atmospheric phenomenon

b)

someone who is really smart

c)

lifting one's shoulders in response to a question

d)

cloth which wraps a deceased person

12.

laden

a)

heavily loaded or weighed down

b)

a special piece of machinery for carpentry

c)

a kitchen utensil

d)

something that has been smoothed

13.

bereft

a)

happy or joyous

b)

to steal something

c)

deprived or lacking something

d)

a type of headgear worn by people

14.

dominion

a)

an area of land

b)

the right to rule or govern over someone or something

c)

to encase something

d)

a type of game played by children

15.

reconcile

a)

to search a property before invading it

b)

a council of people who make decisions

c)

something erased from history

d)

restore friendly relations between

16.

intercede

a)

a type of caterpillar with a dozen legs

b)

intervene on behalf of another

c)

to object to what someone is saying

d)

an inner monologue

17.

recompense

a)

compensate or make amends for

b)

to act appropriately again

c)

a type of money lending company

d)

to compare yourself to another

18.

endeavor

a)

a type of detective

b)

to end something you have already started

c)

someone who sells items for purchase

d)

try hard to do or achieve something