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Refugee Voc 2b

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Napoleon was a powerful leader that led a revolution, yet he was _____ in size.

a)

squalid

b)

wispy

c)

diminutive

d)

ominous

2.

The Sargent was heard _____ the soldiers that had missed their duty.

a)

berating

b)

quivering

c)

gawking

d)

sluicing

3.

Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" features the lines

"And miles to go before I sleep"

"And miles to go before I sleep"

This is an example of a _____.

a)

curt

b)

refrain

c)

respite

d)

throng

4.

The tanker headed toward Isabel and her family's boat was a ______ ship.

a)

behemoth

b)

squalid

c)

wispy

d)

curt

5.

People who live in third world countries tend to live in _____ conditions.

a)

behemoth

b)

respite

c)

diminutive

d)

squalid

6.

"He wished for a short _____ from swimming, just a moment to sit without working his arms and legs."

a)

pandemonium

b)

throng

c)

respite

d)

sluicing

7.

1970's hairstyles called for FINE AND FEATHERY bangs.

a)

ominous

b)

wispy

c)

throng

d)

curt

8.

Someone threw a bottle onto the soccer field, and _____ broke out in front of the goal.

a)

quivering

b)

gawking

c)

sluicing

d)

pandemonium

9.

After being lectured by the principal, the guilty students returned _____ to class.

a)

solemnly

b)

diminutive

c)

gawking

d)

refrain

10.

The lights of the city began to _____ as we drove out of town.

a)

solemnly

b)

dwindled

c)

squalid

d)

curt

11.

The Captain gave a _____ order to the crewmen to assemble the passengers in front of the life boats.

a)

curt

b)

throng

c)

solemnly

d)

diminutive

12.

Teens today stand around _____ at a fight instead of breaking it up.

a)

solemnly

b)

wispy

c)

diminutive

d)

gawking

13.

Water began TO FLOW from the ruptured pipe.

a)

dwindled

b)

behemoth

c)

sluicing

d)

diminutive

14.

Fights at school seem to happen in a _____ of people.

a)

throng

b)

sluicing

c)

ominous

d)

squalid

15.

As the enemy approached, the soldiers could be seen SHAKING in fear.

a)

sluicing

b)

ominous

c)

quivering

d)

gawking

16.

The swirling clouds were an _____ sign that a tornado was approaching.

a)

curt

b)

ominous

c)

respite

d)

wispy