Vocabulary Practice for Week 1

  crane frantically sneer expel ravine

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  1. Which word does not belong with the others?
 canyon gorge crane ravine
  1. Complete the following analogy:

sneer : snicker :: _____________ : hysterically

  1. Which of the following does not describe expel?
a student who brings a gun to school a college student who cheats on a test
a graduate of art school a boy who breaks all the rules
  1. Which of the following is does NOT describe crane?
a bird with a long neck, long legs, and a long bill.  a scornful facial expression
a machine for raising and lowering heavy weights to stretch one's neck toward something for a better view.
  1. Which word from the list above best completes this sentence.

Just then, the doorbell rang -- "Oh, good Lord, they're here!" said Aunt Petunia ____________.

  1. Complete the word web.

What's this word?

  1. What are the two meanings of crane in the following sentences?

The passengers were eagerly craning forward to see their first glimpse of the Statue of Library.

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The crane dived into the sea to find its dinner.

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  1. Pick a good replacement word for canyon in the following sentence.

They were going even deeper now and gathering speed. The air became colder and colder as they hurtled round tight corners. They were rattling over an underground canyon, and Harry leaned over the side to try to see what was down at the bottom, but Hagrid groaned and pulled him back by the scruff of his neck.

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  1. What does the word sneered  mean in the following sentence?

"Who'd be writing to you?" sneered Uncle Vernon, shaking the letter open with one hand an glancing at it.

a.  dirty
b.  comical
c.  disrespectful
d.  turn your nose up at

  1. Complete the word web.

What's this word?

 

Answer Key:

  1. crane

  2. frantically

  3. a graduate of art school

  4.  a scornful facial expression

  5. frantically

  6. Possible answers:   highly excited with strong emotion or frustration, worriedly, hysterically, crazily, anxiously

  7. a.  To strain and stretch (the neck, for example) in order to see better
    b.      a bird with a long neck, long legs, and a long bill.

  8. ravine

  9. d.  turn your nose up at

  10. expel