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Vocabulary 2.6 Springboard 7th Grade ELA

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "cower" mean?

a)

To stand tall and confident

b)

To shrink away or crouch for shelter

c)

To laugh loudly

d)

To run quickly

2.

What is the meaning of "dwindle"?

a)

To increase rapidly

b)

To become steadily less

c)

To remain constant

d)

To explode suddenly

3.

Which word means "marked by brevity of expression"?

a)

Flippant

b)

Sprawl

c)

Concise

d)

Staggering

4.

What does "flippant" mean?

a)

Showing deep respect

b)

Lacking proper respect or seriousness

c)

Being extremely careful

d)

Speaking in a whisper

5.

What does "sprawl" refer to?

a)

To sit quietly

b)

To spread or develop irregularly

c)

To jump up and down

d)

To run in a straight line

6.

What is a "predicament"?

a)

A simple solution

b)

A difficult, perplexing situation

c)

A joyful celebration

d)

A clear path

7.

What does "taut" mean?

a)

Loose and relaxed

b)

Having no give or slack; tightly drawn

c)

Soft and flexible

d)

Broken and damaged

8.

What does "astride" mean?

a)

Lying down flat

b)

With one leg on each side

c)

Standing on one foot

d)

Sitting cross-legged

9.

What does "staggering" mean?

a)

Very small and insignificant

b)

So great as to cause one to stagger

c)

Easy to understand

d)

Completely invisible

10.

What does "claim" mean?

a)

To give up a right

b)

To ask for especially as a right

c)

To ignore completely

d)

To laugh at

11.

What does "habitable" mean?

a)

Impossible to live in

b)

Capable of being lived in

c)

Always empty

d)

Full of danger

12.

What does "cognate" mean?

a)

Completely different

b)

Of the same or similar nature

c)

Unrelated in every way

d)

Opposite in meaning

13.

What does "prosperous" mean?

a)

Marked by failure

b)

Marked by success or economic well-being

c)

Always in debt

d)

Struggling to survive

14.

What does "consensus" mean?

a)

A disagreement among all

b)

The judgment arrived at by most of those concerned

c)

A decision made by one person

d)

A random guess

15.

What does "preceding" mean?

a)

Following after

b)

Existing immediately before

c)

Happening at the same time

d)

Occurring much later

16.

What does "controversial" mean?

a)

Widely accepted

b)

Of, relating to, or arousing controversy

c)

Completely ignored

d)

Universally loved