Vocabulary Practice 1 for Ella Enchanted

1. Which word does not belong.

 vigorous, stalwart, determined, unfaltering, steadfast, tarry

2. Antonyms of the word bestow include remove, withdraw, and take away. Which of the following is a synonym of bestow?

a.  stall
b.  grant
c.  surrender
d.  determined

3. Which word can replace the word surrender in the following sentence?

If I didn't surrender to starvation, I would be here for a long time, with hateful mistresses and with Hattie ordering me about.
______________________________

4. Complete the following analogy:

Neat is to sloppy as  hurry is to _________.

neat : sloppy :: hurry : ____________.

5. On our way out of the __________ --a collection of live wild animals on exhibition --, Char said, "Tonight I shall triple the guard around the ogres. And soon I shall catch a centaur and give it to you."

a.  menagerie
b.  stalwart
c.  leer
d.  chivalry

6.  Which of the following items should not be in a menagerie ?

a.  gnomes
b.  centaurs
c.  kitten
d.  ogres

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

"Best not _______________, little mistress," Bertha said.