Practice 2

mass pungent dank higgledy-piggledy crimp
expanse adversity deprivation veer jitter
exploits dismay quirk gargantuan plague
jovial embark wrench myriad injustice

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  1. Which word does not belong?
    mass expanse myriad quirk gargantuan
  1. Which words describe the city of Ember?

    ___________________________________________________________________________
  2. Which words could be used to describe the city of Sparks?

    ___________________________________________________________________________

  3. Complete the following word web.
  4. Complete the following sentence with a word from the list above.

It was a risky journey she was about to ____________________ on.

  1. Replace the words daring acts with one of the words from the word list above.

    That night, Caspar talked a great deal about his daring acts as a roamer.

    ____________________
     

  2. Complete the following word web.
     
  3. Complete the following sentence with a word from the list above.

    She managed to ______________ the whip out of his hand.

     

  4. Complete the following sentence with a word from the list above.

    He stretched his arms as far apart as they would go. "It's a  ______________ task."
     

  5. Complete the following word web.
     
  6. Complete the following sentence with a word from the list above. (You will use the same word twice.) The unfairness of it, the tremendous  ______________ , felt like a stone in his heart.
    This is an  ______________  all of us feel.
     
  7. Complete the following sentence with a word from the list above.

    Doon felt a  ______________  in his stomach.
     

  8. Which of the following items does not describe crimp?
     
    a.  a folded piece of paper c.  the edges of a pie crust
    b.  hair in tight curls and waves d.  an arrow hitting its target
  9. Complete the following word web.
  10. Working in the fields in Sparks was hot and dry. Working in the tunnels in Ember was __________________.
  11. Lina thought that Dr. Hester's medicines had a __________________ smell.
  12. Which word means hard times, hardship or difficulty; misfortune; harsh conditions?
    ________________
  13. Complete the following word web.

 

 

 

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Answer Key

  1. quirk
  2. dank, deprivation
  3. expanse, deprivation
  4. dismay
  5. embark
  6. exploits
  7. higgledy-piggledy
  8. wrench
  9. gargantuan
  10. jovial
  11. injustice
  12. jitter
  13. d.  an arrow hitting its target
  14. plague
  15. dank
  16. pungent
  17. adversity
  18. veer