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Wordmasters #2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the TWO definitons of Flotsam?

a)

 The wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by the sea.

b)

people or things that have been rejected and are regarded as worthless

c)

admiralty purposeful, determined and unwavering

d)

A ship, plane or object traveling great distances

2.

What are the TWO definitions of Aver?

a)

 state or assert to be the case

b)

Of Law: the position of being without for, an owner or claimant

c)

Of law; allege as a fact in support of a plea

d)

PHYSICS a short-lived subatomic particle that is an excited state of a more stable particle.

3.

What is the defintion of Resolute

a)

admiralty purposeful, determined and unwavering

b)

a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase

c)

 say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical

d)

uncertain or questionable in nature

4.

What are THREE definitions of Cadence?

a)

a modulation or inflection of the voice

b)

a modulation in reading aloud as implied by the structure and order of words and phrases in written text

c)

a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase

d)

a stop in a song when the singer takes a breath

5.

What's the definition of Recant?

a)

say that one no longer holds an opinion or belief, especially one considered heretical

b)

Of law; allege as a fact in support of a plea

c)

state or assert to be the case

d)

dispute the truth, and validity, call into question

6.

What are the TWO definitions of Equivocal?

a)

uncertain or questionable in nature

b)

a state of temporary disuse or suspension

c)

admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering

d)

open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

7.

What are TWO definitions of Resonance?

a)

modulation or inflection of the voice

b)

PHYSICS the reinforcement or prolongation of sound by reflection from a surface or by the synchronous vibration of a neighboring object.

c)

competent or skilled in doing something

d)

the quality of a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating

8.

What verb fits this definition?

to persuade (someone) to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.

a)

cajole

b)

consummate

c)

cavort

d)

toil

9.

What noun or adjective fits this definition?

competent or skilled in doing something

a)

Proficient

b)

Hector

c)

Attenuate

d)

Cadence

10.

What adjective fits this definition?

a playful or childish act

a)

Antic

b)

Evoke

c)

Cavort

d)

Dotard

11.

What are the THREE definitions of Evoke?

a)

To bring or recall to the conscious mind

b)

To elicit a response

c)

Invoke (a spirit or deity)

d)

in an initial stage; beginning to develop or manifest

12.

What word fits this definition?

complete (a transaction or attempt); make perfect

a)

Consumate

b)

Resolute

c)

Cavort

d)

Repository

13.

What are the TWO definitions of Abeyance?

a)

Of Law: the position of being without, an owner or claimant

b)

a state of temporary disuse or suspension

c)

Of law; allege as a fact in support of a plea

d)

state or assert to be the case

14.

What verb fits this definition?

To talk to someone in a bullying way

a)

assail

b)

attenuate

c)

hector

d)

nettle

15.

What are the TWO definitions of Incipient?

a)

In the initial stage; beginning to happen or develop

b)

an unborn or thing in a rudimentary stage that shows potential for developing

c)

(of a person) developing into a specified type or role

d)

slow and clumsy because of great weight

16.

Noun - An old person, especially one who has become physically weak or whose mental faculties have declined

a)

Hale

b)

Attenuate

c)

Embryo

d)

Dotard

17.

To reduce force, effect, or physical thickness

a)

Abate

b)

Devoid

c)

Abeyance

d)

Attenuate

18.

Adjective - formal and dignified, not cheerful or smiling; serious, to have deep sincerity

a)

Cavort

b)

Puckish

c)

Solemn

d)

Cajole

19.

an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular, a human offspring

a)

Incipient

b)

Embryo

c)

Latent

d)

Inchoate

20.

Verb - jump or dance around excitedly

a)

Cavort

b)

Cajole

c)

Solemn

d)

Toil

21.

Adjective - playful, especially in a mischievous way

a)

Hector

b)

Assail

c)

Puckish

d)

Cavort

22.

Verbe - work extremely hard or incessantly, move slowly with difficulty

a)

Toil

b)

Robust

c)

Tenuous

d)

Dotard

23.

What are TWO definitions of Assail?

a)

criticize someone strongly

b)

make a concerted or violent attack on

c)

To bother or irritate someone

d)

reduce the force, effet or value

24.

What are TWO definitions of ponderous?

a)

slow and clumsy because of great weight.

b)

dull, laborious, or excessively solemn

c)

not cheerful or smiling, serious, formal, dignified

d)

modulation or inflection of the voice

25.

What are THREE definitions of repository

a)

a place, building, or receptacle where things are or may be stored.

b)

a place in which something especially a natural resource, has accumulated or where it is found in significant quantities

c)

COMPUTING a central location in which data is stored and managed

d)

open to more than one interpretation