Vocabulary Word Power Worksheet-14

Word Power Worksheet – 14

Choose the correct word for the given clue.

1. "was curious about something"

(a) horizon                                     (b) wondered

(c) transmission                           (d) violated

2. "pressed, squeezed, and shaped with the hands"

(a) founded       (b) company     (c) kneaded       (d) smudge

3. "recognize the merit of; value"

(a) peculiar                                    (b) appreciate

(c) comprehend                            (d) donation

4. "support or strengthen"

(a) bolster          (b) legend          (c) ignore           (d) suspense

5. "type; sort"

(a) kind               (b) papoose       (c) jungle           (d) vanity

6. "a Native American boat made of log that was burned and then dug out."

(a) compulsory (b) dugout         (c) comet           (d) perverse

7. "a mixture of flour, water, and other ingredients"

(a) eddies           (b) weigh           (c) dough           (d) excavate

8. "to find something"

(a) discover       (b) protect         (c) cultivate       (d) literate

9. "avoiding; eluding "

(a) perilous       (b) evading        (c) sighed           (d) shoes

10. "to have taken and held something that was moving"

(a) fiction           (b) impact         (c) caught          (d) bargain

11. "a high, strong fence"

(a) eddies           (b) stockade      (c) squaw           (d) dugout

12. "a scornful or jeering remark; to tease"

(a) static                                         (b) vague          

(c) accomplishment                    (d) taunt

13. "a short stop"

(a) poultry         (b) pause           (c) larger           (d) slowly

14. "to make or become dirty; smear or blur"

(a) accomplishment                     (b) tour    

(c) smudge                                     (d) shower

15. "gifts"

(a) truce             (b) emphasize   (c) enjoyed        (d) presents

16. "save from harm"

(a) couple          (b) rescued        (c) pity                (d) entitled

17. "a story passed through generations"

(a) founded                                    (b) legend         

(c) entitled                                     (d) accomplishment

18. "a part of a whole"

(a) cultivate       (b) piece             (c) parson         (d) indicate

19. "to move, stand, sit, or rest in a lazy way"

(a) neutral         (b) sacrifice       (c) loll                 (d) fair

20. "the things that a train or truck carries"

(a) populated    (b) spare            (c) freight          (d) guide

21. "loud sounds"

(a) vague            (b) rescued        (c) noise             (d) harvest

22. "able to read and write"

(a) literate         (b) brought       (c) perfect          (d) neutral

23. "below the surface of the earth"

(a) underground                           (b) mouthful

(c) parson                                       (d) literate

24. "a tent that some Indians lived in (not teepee)"

(a) broadcaster (b) eddies          (c) wigwam       (d) lose

25. "a moment, a short period of time"

(a) presents       (b) minute         (c) synthetic      (d) broadcaster

26. "to buy something"

(a) produce       (b) purchase     (c) landmark    (d) telescope

27. "having the right to something"

(a) entitled        (b) source          (c) raging           (d) perverse

28. "men, women, and children; persons"

(a) people           (b) defrost         (c) pros              (d) tedious

29. "just right"

(a) dodge            (b) bargain        (c) perfect          (d) concoction

30. "various communities of organisms that live in an environment"

(a) tolerate                                     (b) ecosystems

(c) eddies                                        (d) appreciate

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