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Long Way Down 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

ANAGRAM

a)

a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board

b)

a phrase rearranged from the letters of another phrase

c)

a note sent from one person to another via telegraphic communication

d)

a word game invented wherein lettered tiles are used to spell words

2.

Inherited

a)

to take something that has been given, offered or paid

b)

to assume a role or position once occupied by someone else

c)

occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; down to you by your family

d)

prevent deliberately by the making of a Will

3.

Shriek

a)

a loud cheer

b)

a tragic event

c)

a low murmur accompanied by a long moan

d)

sharp piercing cry

4.

mourning

a)

state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

b)

when the sun comes up

c)

to rejoice

d)

a jubilant response to sad news

5.

muffled

a)

loud thud used to bring attention to a particular sound

b)

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

c)

a device for reducing the noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine

d)

a jubilant response to sad news

6.

wrenching

a)

causing great physical or mental suffering

b)

a comforting gesture

c)

an escape from tragedy

d)

strong, staccato movements

7.

stench

a)

causing great mental suffering

b)

a savory odor that emits from a plate of food

c)

a pleasant aroma associated with flowers

d)

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

8.

lopsided

a)

a balanced way of looking at things

b)

a symmetrical line

c)

straight or alined perfectly

d)

having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other

9.

stutter

a)

tattling on one another

b)

speak haltingly

c)

speak fluently and intelligibly

d)

enunciating words slowly and carefully

10.

clot

a)

a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

b)

to stop up an incision with gauze

c)

to unblock a vein

d)

to liquefy

11.

jagged

a)

a smooth edge

b)

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

c)

a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid

d)

having a sharply uneven surface or outline

12.

curfew

a)

inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

b)

an order that after a certain time activities are prohibited

c)

a bell that announces the morning

d)

to fall or sink heavily

13.

slump

a)

to mark or stamp

b)

to have good posture

c)

to stand up very straight

d)

fall or sink heavily

14.

imprint

a)

to expunge from a criminal record

b)

to erase using technology

c)

inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

d)

mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

15.

rickety

a)

inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

b)

to stablize

c)

a formidable structure

d)

something that yields