Practice Vocabulary 2

 

drenched delirious deftly ventilation protruding
contritely inexplicable pronounced authenticated incarcerated
  1. What do legal, a genuine copy, and legitimate mean in the following sentences?

"It was not legal," the Warden said.

     "Legal? It was signed by the judge who sentenced him."

     "I needed a genuine copy from the Attorney General," said the Warden. "How do I know it is legitimate? The boys in my custody have proven themselves dangerous to society. . . . . "

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

As the dirt chipped and flaked away, the hard object became more prominent.

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  1. Antonyms of the word deftly include clumsily, uneasily, or awkwardly. Which of the following is a synonym of deftly?

a.  skillfully
b.  noxious
c.  light-headed
d.  overhanging

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

The air became unbearably humid. Stanley was ________ in sweat. Beads of moisture ran down the handle of his shovel. It was almost as if the temperature had gotten so hot that the air itself was sweating.

  1. Which word can replace the words incapable of being explained in the following sentence?

 Instead he tried to recapture the feelings he'd had the night before - the  incapable of being explained feeling of happiness, the sense of destiny. But those feelings didn't return.
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  1. Complete the following analogy:

Big is to little as sensible is to _________.

big : little :: sensible : ____________.

  1.  "I'm glad Becca's all right," Hattie said _________. --- remorsefully, regretfully, apologetically, and ashamedly.

a.  drenched
b.  protruding
c.  delirious
d.  contritely

  1. Give a synonym for exposure to air in the following sentence.

There were enough cracks and holes in the bottom of the boat, now the roof, to provide light and exposure to air.

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  1. The small child's pockets were protruding. What items would not be in his pockets?

a.  a can of worms
b.  the ace of spades
c.  a yoyo
d.  a baseball

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

Stanley cupped his hands together, and Zero stepped on his interwoven fingers. He was able to lift Zero high enough for him to grab the _______________slab of rock.

Answer Key

  1. authenticated

  2. pronounced

  3. a.  skillfully

  4. drenched

  5. inexplicable

  6. delirious

  7. d.  contritely

  8. ventilation

  9. b.  the ace of spades

  10. protruding