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Week 7- 9th grade

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the verb "laud"?

a)

To criticize

b)

To praise

c)

To ignore

d)

To question

2.

What type of place is a "sanctuary"?

a)

Unsacred

b)

Sacred

c)

Desert

d)

Mountain

3.

What is the meaning of the verb "sustain"?

a)

To endure without giving way or yielding

b)

To create something new

c)

To destroy completely

d)

To ignore or neglect

4.

Which of the following words is not a synonym of "sustain"?

a)

Continue

b)

Preserve

c)

Hinder

d)

Buoy

5.

Which word can replace "sustain" in a sentence without changing the meaning?

a)

Harm

b)

Bolster

c)

Hurt

d)

Hinder

6.

to get to the bottom of; understand thoroughly

a)

fathom

b)

thwart

c)

baffle

d)

sustain

7.

to confuse or perplex

a)

sustain

b)

fathom

c)

thwart

d)

baffle

8.

Which word is depicted in the picture?

a)

fathom

b)

laud

c)

sanctuary

d)

sustain

9.

What is in the picture?

a)

sustain

b)

sacrifice

c)

sanctuary

d)

surface

10.

What is Napavine's mascot?

(a)  

11.

This woman is probably feeling _________

a)

sustained

b)

lauded

c)

fathom

d)

baffled

12.

This person is tipping _________________ back in his chair.

a)

precariously

b)

infallibility

c)

heresy

d)

doggedness

13.

The idea that sports should be banned in Napavine could be considered _____________.

a)

askew

b)

calamity

c)

heresy

d)

infallibility

14.

This ship is _______________.

a)

complying

b)

careening

c)

encroaching

d)

baffling

15.

In order to win a tough fight, it would be important to have this quality.

a)

sullen

b)

infallibilty

c)

heresy

d)

doggedness

16.

The shy dog felt _________________ about going to a new home.

a)

askew

b)

calamity

c)

sustain

d)

tentative

17.

Hurricane Milton is set to be another great ______________ in Florida.

a)

heresy

b)

sanctuary

c)

sustain

d)

calamity

18.

The center house is ______________.

a)

precariously

b)

sullenly

c)

askew

d)

careen

19.

I caused my parents to feel ____________ when I failed all of my classes.

a)

sustain

b)

encroach

c)

comply

d)

chagrin

20.

Which of these are nouns?

a)

sanctuary

b)

calamity

c)

infallibility

d)

sustain

21.

Sullenly, precariously, tentatively are all ______________.

a)

nouns

b)

verbs

c)

adjectives

d)

adverbs

22.

As a child I like to play "corners" when my mom's car would _________________ around sharp curve.

a)

careen

b)

fathem

c)

heresy

d)

askew

23.

Which word describes this picture?

a)

iridescent

b)

heresy

c)

doggedness

d)

askew

24.

feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad.

a)

bedeck

b)

mournful

c)

monumental

d)

precariously

25.

to clothe with finery

a)

chagrin

b)

iridescent

c)

mournful

d)

bedeck

26.

move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction.

a)

chagrin

b)

careen

c)

askew

d)

calamity

27.

Which type of word usually ends in -ly

a)

adjective

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

adverb

28.

manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval

a)

contemptuously

b)

aloof

c)

eluded

d)

bedeck