Vocabulary Practice for Week 2

  jostle pompously corridor embers griffin

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  1. What does pompously mean in the following sentence?

"Well done, Ron, excellent," said Percy Weasley pompously across Harry as "Zabini, Blaise," was made a Slytherin.

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  1. Give a synonym for ashes as it is used in the following sentence.

A few ashes were still glowing in the fireplace, turning all the armchairs into hunched black shadows.

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  1. Antonyms of the word  jostle include stabilize, steady, or hold. Which of the following is a synonym of jostle?

a.  griffin
b.  embers
c.  manhandle
d.  trip

  1. Choose the best word to complete the sentence from the vocabulary list above.

Filch found them trying to force their way through a door that unluckily turned out to be the entrance to the out-of-bounds ___________ on the third floor.

  1. Which word can replace the words creature in the following sentence? Use a word  from the list above.

"Percy!" hissed Ron, pulling Harry behind a large stone creature.
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  1. Complete the following analogy:

Big is to little as quiet and shy is to _________.

big : little :: quiet and shy : ____________.

  1.  People ---------- him on their way to platforms nine and tern.

a.  jostled
b.  embers
c.  griffin
d.  pompously

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  1. Complete the word web.

What is this word?

  1. Which word from the list above best describes the list below.

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a narrow hallway walkway passageway
  1. What am I?

Answer Key

  1. Possible answers:  characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity, arrogant, haughty, snobbish

  2. embers

  3. c.  manhandle

  4. corridor

  5. griffin

  6. pompously

  7. a.  jostled

  8. jostle

  9. corridor

  10. griffin