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Vocab Summer of the Mariposas

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

apparition

a)

ghost

b)

apparently

c)

school time

2.

ominous

a)

threatening

b)

terrifying

c)

serious

3.

desiccated

a)

dried up

b)

run down

c)

random

d)

messy

4.

eddy

a)

whirlpool

b)

waterfall

c)

yellowish

5.

straggle

a)

to cause resentment

b)

strong dislike

c)

to stray or fall behind

6.

pique

a)

seeking revenge

b)

superior skill or ability

c)

to cause resentment

7.

hypothesize

a)

a flow of water

b)

to reach a conclusion

c)

to call on for support

8.

quixotic

a)

to startle into sudden activity

b)

can opener

c)

impractical

9.

disheveled

a)

grungy

b)

messy

c)

shabby

d)

dirty

10.

resolutely

a)

determined

b)

threatening

c)

dangerously

11.

niche

a)

the roles of a species in its ecosystem

b)

includes interaction with both abiotic and biotic

c)

lunch

12.

ruse

a)

truck

b)

treat

c)

trick

13.

queasy

a)

negative

b)

nauseous

c)

cheese

14.

precariously

a)

heavily

b)

threatening

c)

dangerously

15.

flounce

a)

the condition of being unknown

b)

stiffness of death

c)

the act of walking with exaggerated jerky motions

16.

indiscriminate

a)

deep respect

b)

choose carefully

c)

choosing at random

17.

obscurity

a)

honesty

b)

condition of being unknown

c)

firm in opinion

18.

doggedly

a)

messy

b)

stubbornly

c)

openhearted

19.

reverence

a)

undeveloped

b)

dead body

c)

deep respect

20.

haphazard

a)

serious

b)

messy

c)

random

21.

atonement

a)

threatening

b)

lock of hair

c)

make up for

22.

billow

a)

to rise or swell like a wave

b)

a mass of floating vegetation

c)

a city skyline

23.

chastise

a)

to remedy

b)

to benefit

c)

to punish

24.

mull

a)

to pay attention to

b)

to think about, ponder

c)

to provoke

25.

implausible

a)

impossible to perceive

b)

very effective

c)

not believable

26.

erratic

a)

nauseated

b)

dangerous

c)

unpredictable

27.

sallow

a)

bluish

b)

greenish

c)

yellowish

d)

reddish

28.

invoke

a)

to make invalid

b)

to charge with a crime

c)

to call on for support

29.

sober

a)

threatening

b)

serious

c)

critical

30.

tress

a)

stiffness of death

b)

a lock of hair

c)

picture of the newborn

31.

exasperated

a)

annoyed

b)

exhaled

c)

determined

32.

penance

a)

ritualistic practices

b)

to call on for support

c)

atonement for sin

33.

voluptuous

a)

full of delight or pleasure

b)

messy

c)

lock of hair

34.

spectral

a)

gruesome

b)

untimely

c)

ghostly

35.

homely

a)

likely to change

b)

plain or unattractive in appearance

c)

meanness

36.

immaculate

a)

bizarre

b)

perfectly clean

c)

threatening

37.

undertow

a)

a flow of water back out to the ocean after a wave breaks on shore

b)

to call on for support

c)

to reach a conclusion based on an assumption

38.

dilapidated

a)

dead body

b)

random

c)

run down

39.

rigor mortis

a)

color of death

b)

tempature of death

c)

stiffness of death

40.

spite

a)

meanness or nastiness

b)

full of delight or pleasure

c)

kind

41.

frumpy

a)

serious

b)

threatening

c)

old fashioned and boring

42.

cadaver

a)

yellow body

b)

of the body

c)

dead body