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WorksheetsLOTF Part Two Vocabulary
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 10mins
the overspreading of color; blushing complexion
indignation
suffusion
bastion
aromatic
a bitter speech of angry criticism
(a)
go off in different directions
dispersal
glamour
pliant
hiatus
What does festooned mean in this sentence: "Smoke was rising here and there among the creepers that festooned the dead or dying trees."
without respect
tight
decorated
agreement
to get on top of
assented
fluently
indignation
surmounted
confusion or disorderly situation
(a)
a stronghold or fortification; the projecting part of a castle wall
bastion
hiatus
swathe
enormity
to have expressed agreement
surmounted
assented
petered
contemptuously
too eager to offer advice or opinions
lavishly
conspiratorial
officious
pliant
"There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash a the end of a bony arm."
Which part of this sentence gives a clue to the meaning of "hiatus?"
scream
blade
jerk
pause
Using the context clue, the meaning of "hiatus" is
a gap in time (when there is no activity)
wrap in or as if in strips of cloth
a stronghold or fortification
go off in different directions
without respect; in a disdainful manner
contemptuously
conspiratorial
officious
indignation
relating to or characteristic of a secret plot or agreement
fluently
contemptuously
conspiratorial
assented
