Vocabulary Word Power Worksheet-27

Word Power Worksheet – 27

Choose the correct word for the given clue.

1. "eighth planet from the sun"

(a) metabolism (b) enlighten     (c) Neptune       (d) pantomime

2. "writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally"

(a) untied                                       (b) exercises    

(c) figurative language                (d) texture

3. "ninth planet and is most of the time the farthest away from the sun"

(a) browse         (b) flashback    (c) Pluto             (d) gurgling

4. "scrutinize; study"

(a) ingestion      (b) enigmatic    (c) analyze         (d) luster

5. "To present one part of a story at a time"

(a) miniature    (b) serialize       (c) adept            (d) virago

6. "lively; bright; clearly perceived by the mind"

(a) vivid              (b) serialize       (c) poised           (d) instincts

7. "hardness of an object"

(a) scenario       (b) beguile         (c) density         (d) anonymous

8. "A pen name"

(a) instincts       (b) audition       (c) pseudonym (d) dilution

9. "weakened substance"

(a) dilution        (b) citation        (c) disinfectant (d) texture

10. "the amount or quantity produced"

(a) yield              (b) gurgling       (c) majority       (d) placid

11. "Conversation, often in a play or book"

(a) dialogue       (b) talent            (c) ore                 (d) babble

12. "to make slow, delay, hold back"

(a) symbol         (b) father           (c) polygon        (d) retard

13. "act of expanding; being expanded (enlargement or increase)"

(a) indignant     (b) properties   (c) bakery          (d) expansion

14. "a reference book that lists the names of places"

(a) father           (b) analyze        (c) gazetteer      (d) beguile

15. "public recognition"

(a) reputation   (b) pallid            (c) beguile         (d) venture

16. "to refuse to give; to reject as untrue"

(a) demy            (b) plutonian    (c) deny              (d) imagery

17. "something that stands for or represents something else"

(a) poised          (b) craven           (c) symbol         (d) pantry

18. "to ask earnestly for something"

(a) amity            (b) scenario       (c) virago           (d) entreat

19. "unexplored place"

(a) literary         (b) frontier        (c) chamber      (d) custom

20. "brief story"

(a) anecdote      (b) principal     (c) dishonest     (d) virago

21. "largest planet and the fifth planet from the sun"

(a) inactive        (b) badge           (c) Jupiter         (d) disapprove

22. "furnish what is needed"

(a) ominous      (b) cacophony  (c) supply          (d) etymology

23. "reasonable conclusion drawn from hints or implications"

(a) publicity      (b) flashback    (c) offensive      (d) inference

24. "to uncover; to reveal; to make known"

(a) chamber                                   (b) metabolism

(c) retard                                        (d) disclose

25. "one who keeps another company"

(a) baton            (b) companion (c) cacophony   (d) mutual

26. "expert"

(a) goblin           (b) adept            (c) twilight        (d) baggage

27. "comparison between two basically unlike things without using "like" or "as"

(a) unseen         (b) extinct          (c) dreaded       (d) metaphor

28. "covered with filthy mud"

(a) quality          (b) slimy            (c) universe       (d) disinfectant

29. "goes on and on"

(a) international                           (b) density        

(c) flagon                                        (d) rambles

30. "a measure of the amount of matter in an object"

(a) academic                                 (b) indigenous

(c) indifference                            (d) mass

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