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The Odyssey Part 2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

to chase and circle an animal in hunting while barking intensely

1.

Bay

b)

harsh sounding and unpleasant; grating

2.

Rasping

c)

to take control by force

3.

Commandeered

d)

hardship, misfortune

4.

Adversities

e)

 a pause or break in activity

5.

Intervals

2.

Match the following

a)

Borings

1.

the act or process of making or enlarging a hole

b)

Disdainful

2.

showing contempt or a lack of respect

c)

Taut

3.

stretched or pulled tight with no slack

d)

Smote

4.

struck; affected strongly

e)

Contemptible

5.

deserving of scorn; despicable

3.

Match the following

a)

Wiliest

1.

skilled at gaining advantage, especially deceitfully

b)

Embossed

2.

carved, molded, or stamped on a surface

c)

Revelry

3.

noisy merrymaking; festivity

d)

Entrails

4.

a person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed

4.

Match the following

a)

anguished misery or loneliness

1.

Desolation

b)

impossible to soothe; unforgiving

2.

Implacable

c)

having been refined or perfected over a period of time

3.

Honed

d)

a sudden feeling of disgust or loathing

4.

Revulsion

e)

timid; nervous

5.

Tremulous

5.

He fell back into the water, his breath ______ in his heaving chest.

a)

Taut

b)

Rasping

c)

Smote

d)

Entrails

6.

Two hijackers used fake explosives and ________ the airliner.

a)

Revelry

b)

Implacable

c)

Restitution

d)

Commandeered

7.

The road to happiness is paved with ________.

a)

Adversities

b)

Disdainful

c)

Wiliest

d)

Restitution

8.

She's always been _______ of people who haven't been to college.

a)

Implacable

b)

Revulsion

c)

Tremulous

d)

Disdainful

9.

Her body went as ______ as a bowstring.

a)

Adversity

b)

Taut

c)

Borings

d)

Honed

10.

Suddenly my conscience _____ me, as I couldn't face my mom after stealing the candy.

a)

Smote

b)

Disdainful

c)

Adversities

d)

Contemptable

11.

I've never met a more selfish, _____ person, who always put themselves first.

a)

Contemptable

b)

Wiliest

c)

Embossed

d)

Implacable

12.

It is the ______ ones who survive because they can always come up with a plan.

a)

Desolation

b)

Tremulous

c)

Implacable

d)

Wiliest

13.

The victims are demanding full ______ to pay them back for all they've lost.

a)

Borings

b)

Adversities

c)

Restitution

d)

Commandeered

14.

He knew that Carlton could be an ________ foe when it comes to letting hard feelings go.

a)

Bay

b)

Smote

c)

Adversities

d)

Implacable

15.

The knife had been _____ to razor sharpness.

a)

Taut

b)

Honed

c)

Tremulous

d)

Borings

16.

I turned away in _____ when they showed a close-up of the heart operation in class.

a)

Implacable

b)

Revulsion

c)

Contempible

d)

Disdainful

17.

I opened the important letter with _____ fingers, nervous if I'd been accepted.

a)

Tremulous

b)

Disdainful

c)

Rasping

d)

Disdainful

18.

We looked out upon a scene of ______ and ruin after the tornado.

a)

Wiliest

b)

Smote

c)

Desolation

d)

Implacable

19.

Winston's ______ seemed to grow cold upon seeing guns being drawn and pointed at him.

a)

Entrails

b)

Smote

c)

Taut

d)

Embossed

20.

The holes in the ground are only _____, less than a foot in diameter.

a)

Borings

b)

Bay

c)

Embossed

d)

Honed