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TLA By Jane McFann Vocabulary

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define the term: trudge

a)

walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions:

b)

careful and persistent work or effort:

c)

a frame holding the glass in a window, typically one of two sliding frames.

d)

a band worn about the waist or over one shoulder and used as a dress accessory

2.

Define the term: diligence

a)

to feel envy toward or on account of jealousy

b)

steady, earnest, and energetic effort

c)

to change direction or course

3.

Define the term: sash

a)

to change direction or course

b)

a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted

c)

a long strip of cloth worn around the waist or over the shoulder.

4.

Find the word that best fits the sentence. The student felt it was a great ________ to complete the essay by midnight.

a)

trudge

b)

burden

c)

envied

d)

quarry

5.

What part of speech is the word envied in the following sentence. My friend envied me because I had the easier physics teacher.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

6.

Define the term embossed based on the sentence below. The yearbook was embossed with her name.

a)

to change direction or course

b)

walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions

c)

having the form of a raised pattern, design, image, etc

7.

Define the term: veer

a)

a place, typically a large, deep pit, from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted

b)

painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage

c)

an exaggerated or hyperbolical expression of praise

8.

The land lay desolate since the granite company has extracted all resources from the (a)   .

9.

Define he term: superlative

a)

an admiring sometimes exaggerated expression especially of praise

b)

to change direction or course

c)

painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage