Vocabulary Word Power Worksheet-16

Word Power Worksheet – 16

Choose the correct word for the given clue.

1. "a bird like a duck, but larger"

(a) loon               (b) compose      (c) spare            (d) evading

2. "taking neither side, especially in time of war"

(a) dugout         (b) shoes            (c) neutral         (d) vigorous

3. "the story of a person's life written by someone else"

(a) eccentricities                           (b) peculiar

(c) biography                                 (d) mesas

4. "a container used for storing a liquid"

(a) sure               (b) perfect         (c) reservoirs    (d) biography

5. "plain; not pretty; familiar"

(a) homely         (b) restoration  (c) appreciate   (d) break

6. "not capable of being overcome or subdued; unconquerable"

(a) entitled                                     (b) coins

(c) indomitable                             (d) sibling

7. "land thickly covered with trees, vines, and other plants"

(a) stage fright (b) jungle           (c) start              (d) ecosystems

8. "take what is given"

(a) luxurious     (b) accept          (c) obstinate      (d) telescope

9. "sadly; gloomily"

(a) rescue           (b) cherish         (c) soberly         (d) defrost

10. "sympathy or sorrow"

(a) commotion (b) pity               (c) visualize       (d) populated

11. "to ask for in a firm manner"

(a) boast             (b) kingfisher    (c) demand       (d) scour

12. "of the same shape and size"

(a) cause            (b) congruent   (c) inhabit         (d) aboard

13. "a strong seasonal wind "

(a) commemorate                        (b) piece            

(c) assaults                                    (d) monsoon

14. "a brief fall of rain"

(a) pause            (b) suspense      (c) dialect          (d) shower

15. "enclosed; completely surrounded"

(a) discover       (b) enveloped    (c) pouch           (d) smudge

16. "an angry dispute"

(a) coins             (b) quarrel        (c) cons              (d) peculiar

17. "screamed"

(a) minuscule   (b) synthetic      (c) start              (d) shrieked

18. "the Sun, along with the planets and other bodies that circle it"

(a) symphony                                (b) change

(c) solar system                            (d) jeered

19. "resembling a cavern; huge, deep, and hollow"

(a) dreadful       (b) smooth        (c) peculiar       (d) cavernous

20. "the line where the sky seems to meet the earth or sea"

(a) abated          (b) boast            (c) horizon         (d) minute

21. "came into sight"

(a) fault              (b) appeared     (c) disturb         (d) decided

22. "decreased; lessened"

(a) start              (b) abated          (c) protect         (d) overcome

23. "found out"

(a) legend           (b) desolate       (c) discovered   (d) congruent

24. "to free or save from danger"

(a) rescue                                       (b) broadcaster

(c) famished                                  (d) kingfisher

25. "noisy confusion"

(a) shrieked                                    (b) veterinarian        

(c) fiction                                        (d) uproar

26. "area over which certain things, such as animals and plants, are spread"

(a) ingenious                                  (b) disturb

(c) distribution                              (d) vegetation

27. "person who earns a living in a career that requires special education and training"

(a) vermin                                      (b) astronomer

(c) professional                             (d) couple

28. "something that is helpful"

(a) wondered                                 (b) nonviolence

(c) tempo                                        (d) advantage

29. "any tool, device, or container that is used in making something"

(a) appeared                                  (b) solar system

(c) literate                                      (d) utensil

30. "punishment for breaking a rule"

(a) truce             (b) explained    (c) penalty         (d) pounded

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