Practice with Week 2 Vocabulary

bestow chivalry tarry edict
menagerie leer succumb stalwart
ravenous kindling toil  aberration
irrefutable furl obstinate tyranny
absurdity predicament interrogate intricate

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  1. What does tyranny mean in the following sentence?

"My Lord," he said with a formal bow. "We thank you for our freedom from the wizard's tyranny. We are at your command"

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  1. Give a synonym from the list above for famished as it is used in the following sentence.

I was surprised I could eat, but I was famished.

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  1. Antonyms of the word labor include waste time, bask, be idle. Which of the following is a synonym of labor?

a.  edict
b.  leer
c.  tarry
d.  toil

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

"Your logic is __________________, although its foundation isn't sound" Father smiled.

  1. Which word can replace the words curl up in the following sentence?

 Out rolled his tongue, an immense carpet of red that curl up into the sky and back into the black hole of his mouth.
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  1. Complete the following analogy:

Hurry is to tarry as obedient is to _________.

hurry : tarry :: obedient  : ____________.

  1.  Surely this isn't an __________________ - abnormality, oddness, peculiarity, irregularity

a.  leer
b.  aberration
c.  menagerie
d.  edict

  1. Give a synonym for toiling in the following sentence.

Is Char a 'toiling prince'?

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  1. Which of the following items could not be used as kindling?

a.  dry sticks of wood
b.  old newspapers
c.  wet socks
d.  dry leaves

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

The head of Janus was clearly carved in the medal, and the _____________of his faced looked evil under the magnifying glass.

  1. Which word does not belong?

bestow, grant, bequeath, donate, toil, impart, give

  1. Complete the following analogy:

Neat is to sloppy as fight is to _________.

neat : sloppy :: fight : ____________.

  1. Complete the word web.

What is this word?

 

Complete the following sentence:

On our way out of the ________________, Char said, "Tonight I shall triple the guard around the ogres. And soon I shall catch a centaur and give it to you."

  1. Which of the following does not describe chivalry?

a.  clumsy
b.  bravery
c.  courtesy
d.  good manners

  1. Complete the following web.

What is this word?

  1. Complete the following analogy:

    Neat is to sloppy as simple is to _________.

    neat : sloppy :: simple : ____________.

  2. Which word can replace the words question in the following sentence?

    She proceeded to pump me about my family and circumstances, pressing me until I said, "I hadn't thought it was the custom here to question visitors.
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  3. What does predicament mean in the following sentence?

    But of course, at that time, we had no choice if any of us were ever to get out of our predicament.

  4. Which word does not belong?

    irrationality, silliness, ludicrousness, succumb, meaninglessness, absurdity

     

     

     

     

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Answer Key

  1. Possible answers:  a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, dictatorship, domination,  totalitarianism

  2. ravenous

  3. d.  toil

  4. irrefutable

  5. furl

  6. obstinate

  7. b.  aberration

  8. Possible answers:  to labor continuously; work strenuously, work hard, plug away

  9. c.  wet socks

  10. leer

  11. toil

  12. succumb

  13. stalwart

  14. menagerie

  15. a.  clumsy

  16. edict

  17. intricate

  18. interrogate

  19. Possible answers:  A situation, especially an unpleasant, troublesome, or trying one, from which extrication is difficult, dilemma, tight spot

  20. absurdity