WorksheetsThe Odyssey Part 2 Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
to chase and circle an animal in hunting while barking intensely
Bay
harsh sounding and unpleasant; grating
Rasping
to take control by force
Commandeered
hardship, misfortune
Adversities
a pause or break in activity
Intervals
Borings
the act or process of making or enlarging a hole
Disdainful
showing contempt or a lack of respect
Taut
stretched or pulled tight with no slack
Smote
struck; affected strongly
Contemptible
deserving of scorn; despicable
Wiliest
skilled at gaining advantage, especially deceitfully
Embossed
carved, molded, or stamped on a surface
Revelry
noisy merrymaking; festivity
Entrails
a person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed
anguished misery or loneliness
Desolation
impossible to soothe; unforgiving
Implacable
having been refined or perfected over a period of time
Honed
a sudden feeling of disgust or loathing
Revulsion
timid; nervous
Tremulous
He fell back into the water, his breath ______ in his heaving chest.
Taut
Rasping
Smote
Entrails
Two hijackers used fake explosives and ________ the airliner.
Revelry
Implacable
Restitution
Commandeered
The road to happiness is paved with ________.
Adversities
Disdainful
Wiliest
Restitution
She's always been _______ of people who haven't been to college.
Implacable
Revulsion
Tremulous
Disdainful
Her body went as ______ as a bowstring.
Adversity
Taut
Borings
Honed
Suddenly my conscience _____ me, as I couldn't face my mom after stealing the candy.
Smote
Disdainful
Adversities
Contemptable
I've never met a more selfish, _____ person, who always put themselves first.
Contemptable
Wiliest
Embossed
Implacable
It is the ______ ones who survive because they can always come up with a plan.
Desolation
Tremulous
Implacable
Wiliest
The victims are demanding full ______ to pay them back for all they've lost.
Borings
Adversities
Restitution
Commandeered
He knew that Carlton could be an ________ foe when it comes to letting hard feelings go.
Bay
Smote
Adversities
Implacable
The knife had been _____ to razor sharpness.
Taut
Honed
Tremulous
Borings
I turned away in _____ when they showed a close-up of the heart operation in class.
Implacable
Revulsion
Contempible
Disdainful
I opened the important letter with _____ fingers, nervous if I'd been accepted.
Tremulous
Disdainful
Rasping
Disdainful
We looked out upon a scene of ______ and ruin after the tornado.
Wiliest
Smote
Desolation
Implacable
Winston's ______ seemed to grow cold upon seeing guns being drawn and pointed at him.
Entrails
Smote
Taut
Embossed
The holes in the ground are only _____, less than a foot in diameter.
Borings
Bay
Embossed
Honed
