Vocabulary Word Power Worksheet-56

Word Power Worksheet – 56

Choose the correct word for the given clue.

1. "a menial worker; messenger, servant, or foot soldier"

(a) peon                                          (b) heart-wrenching

(c) gallivanting                             (d) incongruity

2. "separation"

(a) detachment                             (b) undulate

(c) deteriorate                               (d) velocity

3. "period of solemn and determined watchfulness"

(a) vicinity         (b) vigil              (c) invigorate    (d) intimation

4. "not moving or alive"

(a) impinge       (b) inanimate   (c) fluctuate      (d) mentor

5. "to turn from a straight course or fixed direction; to turn aside"

(a) unanimity                                (b) tranquil      

(c) contemplating                        (d) deflect

6. "one that pleads the cause of another before a judicial court; to plead in favor of"

(a) ascribe         (b) embed          (c) sullen            (d) advocate

7. "slowness and with care, in a thoughtful way"

(a) deliberation                             (b) vigil

(c) shard                                         (d) meringue

8. "a contest where gamecocks are fitted with metal spurs and pitted against each other"

(a) audible                                     (b) cockfight

(c) gallivanting                              (d) capsize

9. "tiresome; repetitive"

(a) shard            (b) tedious         (c) dispense       (d) dedicated

10. "without being able to restrain or stop something"

(a) dietitian                                   (b) incontinently

(c) semidormant                          (d) hibernate

11. "show or express mocking contempt or ridicule"

(a) cackle           (b) eloquent      (c) hibernate     (d) scoff

12. "heard or capable of being heard"

(a) burgeon       (b) audible        (c) renew           (d) whet

13. "a sarcastic challenge or insult"

(a) stupefy         (b) taunt            (c) rapturous    (d) minutia

14. "lessen"

(a) score             (b) allay             (c) odious          (d) incontinently

15. "state of shyness or hesitancy"

(a) habitat         (b) audible        (c) haggard       (d) timidity

16. "even though"

(a) albeit            (b) serene          (c) eloquent       (d) multitude

17. "to express oneself in clear and effective language"

(a) shard            (b) shard            (c) articulate     (d) dedicated

18. "property abandoned by its owner"

(a) derelict        (b) rapturous    (c) ruckus          (d) rafters

19. "one that kills or takes wild animals illegally"

(a) menagerie  (b) rapturous    (c) velocity         (d) poacher

20. "stun; make unconscious"

(a) finagle          (b) meandered (c) catcall          (d) stupefy

21. "a loud cry made to express disapproval"

(a) rivulets         (b) concussion  (c) perplexed    (d) catcall

22. "to throw into confusion or disorder; entangle"

(a) composition                            (b) slog

(c) smite                                         (d) embroil

23. "factual information"

(a) degrade                                    (b) composition

(c) data                                           (d) capsize

24. "having spiritual meaning"

(a) manufacture                           (b) sanctuary

(c) histrionic                                 (d) mystical

25. "a written communication"

(a) random                                    (b) missive

(c) combustible                            (d) disfigure

26. "A signaling or guiding device, such as a lighthouse"

(a) shard            (b) inevitable    (c) data              (d) beacon

27. "certain to happen"

(a) dovecote      (b) fluctuate      (c) levering        (d) inevitable

28. "walking about from place to place; traveling on foot"

(a) intimidate   (b) unsociable  (c) peripatetic   (d) haven

29. "speed"

(a) assurance                                (b) heart-wrenching

(c) velocity                                    (d) harrowing

30. "to induce hypnosis"

(a) rouse            (b) disfigure      (c) evident         (d) hypnotizing

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