Vocabulary Word Power Worksheet-57

Word Power Worksheet – 57

Choose the correct word for the given clue.

1. "to fall from a previous level or standard; to be no longer valid or active"

(a) dietitian       (b) burly            (c) commute     (d) lapse

2. "a steep, usually small stream of water"

(a) cascade        (b) derelict        (c) gauged         (d) articulate

3. "false set of teeth"

(a) sloughs        (b) ensnare        (c) ruckus          (d) dentures

4. "to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (like a rock)"

(a) whet             (b) mentor         (c) ebony            (d) dilemma

5. "of or relating to actors or the theater; deliberately affected"

(a) indisputably                            (b) impulse

(c) histrionic                                  (d) shamming

6. "thinking about; deciding"

(a) burly                                         (b) contemplating    

(c) pernicious                                (d) frigid

7. "strike"

(a) impinge       (b) fluctuate      (c) histrionic     (d) gingerly

8. "not gathering socially with others"

(a) unsociable   (b) trauma        (c) perplexed    (d) privy

9. "to pass the winter in a dormant or torpid state"

(a) hibernate     (b) exertion       (c) articulate     (d) derive

10. "a hard heavy wood, usually dark in color"

(a) rapturous    (b) smite            (c) ebony            (d) sloughs

11. "act of comforting or making less sad"

(a) consolation (b) sanctuary    (c) simper          (d) abominable

12. "keep or discourage someone or something from an action"

(a) irresolute     (b) taproot         (c) deter             (d) concussion

13. "a wise and trusted counselor or teacher, especially in occupational settings"

(a) mentor         (b) inevitable    (c) addled          (d) minutia

14. "calm"

(a) cockfight     (b) dovecote      (c) tranquil        (d) concussion

15. "near; a general area close by"

(a) habitat                                     (b) pernicious

(c) conservancy                            (d) vicinity

16. "highly injurious or destructive; wicked"

(a) refuge           (b) dovecote      (c) pernicious   (d) detachment

17. "wavering in purpose"

(a) unanimity   (b) stealthy        (c) irresolute     (d) allay

18. "filled with or expressing grief mournful "

(a) fertile                                        (b) aggregation

(c) doleful                                       (d) gibberish

19. "to hit hard"

(a) salutary       (b) retinue         (c) ruckus          (d) slog

20. "pretending; playing a trick"

(a) shamming                               (b) heart-wrenching

(c) verge                                         (d) compel

21. "to make a retreat or withdrawal"

(a) conservancy                            (b) disfigure

(c) retreated                                   (d) figure

22. "a primary root that grows vertically downward"

(a) taproot         (b) random       (c) blatant         (d) embed

23. "hit or strike hard"

(a) inevitable    (b) smite            (c) retinue         (d) inevitable

24. "confused"

(a) dovecote      (b) addled          (c) incidental    (d) peon

25. "heard or capable of being heard"

(a) betrothal     (b) retreated     (c) cubicle         (d) audible

26. "flammable; easy to burn"

(a) ascribe                                     (b) taunt

(c) combustible                            (d) irresolute

27. "expressive"

(a) levering        (b) daubed        (c) eloquent       (d) poacher

28. "act of exposing by digging"

(a) multitude    (b) adjacent      (c) excavation   (d) vicinity

29. "To urge with gentle and repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery"

(a) cajole                                        (b) hypnotizing

(c) retinue                                      (d) vicinity

30. "an organization designed to conserve/protect natural resources"

(a) conservancy                            (b) animated

(c) babbling                                   (d) embroil

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