Vocabulary Word Power Worksheet-26

Word Power Worksheet – 26

Choose the correct word for the given clue.

1. "set in motion; start"

(a) inactive        (b) activate        (c) emphatic     (d) amity

2. "to make clear or easy to understand"

(a) clarify           (b) respiration  (c) homicide     (d) universe

3. "The amount a salesperson receives for making a sale."

(a) obeisance    (b) unseen         (c) bakery          (d) commission

4. "spoken or done with emphasis; strongly expressive"

(a) persecution (b) emphatic     (c) anecdote      (d) pony

5. "wand with which a conductor directs a musical group"

(a) inference     (b) pony             (c) palette          (d) baton

6. "balanced; calm, controlled; ready for action"

(a) poised          (b) discovered  (c) wanted         (d) miniature

7. "to put money into a company in return for a share of its profits"

(a) invest            (b) sponsor        (c) obeisance    (d) dynasty

8. "to divide by passing or lying across; to meet or lie across each other"

(a) wanted         (b) intersect      (c) incorrect      (d) abundant

9. "fourth planet from the sun"

(a) appropriate                             (b) victim

(c) Mars                                          (d) hazard

10. "portending evil or harm"

(a) activate        (b) Mars            (c) ominous       (d) principal

11. "a long deposit of underground metal"

(a) geologist      (b) vein               (c) venture         (d) abundant

12. "making a flowing or low sound"

(a) gurgling       (b) slimy            (c) unscathed    (d) seminar

13. "awake"

(a) custom         (b) conscious    (c) Pluto             (d) victim

14. "greatly feared"

(a) goblin           (b) patrol           (c) dreaded       (d) principal

15. "to make indistinct or meaningless sounds"

(a) babble          (b) discourse     (c) principal      (d) unpack

16. "to tell something in secret"

(a) Uranus         (b) abash           (c) pony              (d) confide

17. "consistent"

(a) embarrass   (b) shinnying    (c) oppression  (d) coherent

18. "misery; a cause of pain"

(a) lubricate      (b) proton          (c) affliction      (d) offensive

19. "pale"

(a) humane       (b) ingrained    (c) transparent (d) pallid

20. "a religious leader"

(a) unpack         (b) priest            (c) dynasty        (d) reputation

21. "contrast between what appears to be and what really is"

(a) irony             (b) volume         (c) appalling     (d) Pluto

22. "a list of difficult words and their meanings in the back of a book"

(a) opportunities                          (b) glossary      

(c) coherent                                   (d) plutonian

23. "hard, grayish metallic element used in electrical equipment"

(a) tungsten      (b) adept            (c) dreaded       (d) oppression

24. "shininess; reflective property"

(a) theory           (b) patrol           (c) luster            (d) palette

25. "the closest planet to the sun"

(a) Mercury                                   (b) hazard                  

(c) retard                                        (d) figurative language

26. "a person who steers or directs a ship or an aircraft"

(a) absent                                       (b) international

(c) texture                                      (d) navigator

27. "cowardly"

(a) enlighten     (b) craven          (c) ingestion      (d) reputation

28. "third planet from the sun"

(a) academic     (b) Earth            (c) proton          (d) metabolism

29. "a digging tool with a long handle and a long, flat blade"

(a) poised          (b) custom         (c) pagoda         (d) spade

30. "container for liquids with a handle, narrow neck, spout and lid"

(a) reputation   (b) flagon           (c) sponsor        (d) aspiration

1-b;  2-a;  3-d;  4-b;  5-d;  6-a;  7-a;  8-b;  9-c;  10-c;  11-b;  12-a;  13-b;  14-c;  15-a;  16-d;  17-d;  18-c;  19-d;  20-b;  21-a;  22-b;  23-a;  24-c;  25-a;  26-d;  27-b;  28-b;  29-d;  30-b