Vocabulary Practice

1. Which word does not belong.

lift ,   drop ,   hoist ,   heave ,  raise

2. Give a synonym from the list above of carefully as it is used in the following sentence.

Every day a team of people carefully sorted through the trash heaps in search of anything that might be at all useful.  ___________________________

3. Antonyms of the word plummet include climb, ascend, and go up. Which of the following is a synonym of plummet?

a.  spring
b.  trudge
c.  nose-dive
d.  lumber

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

The door of the Gathering Hall opened, and the mayor came out, _______________ by two guards.

5. Which word can replace the word undertaking in the following sentence?

Nothing about this undertaking is certain. There may be no one left in the city by then or no safe place for them to come back to."
______________________________

6. Complete the following analogy:

Neat is to sloppy as clear is to _________.

neat : sloppy :: clear : ____________.

7. He pulled himself upward, pushed again-he was higher now than Lina had been-but suddenly his hands slid and he came _______________ down.

a.  rising
b.  plummeting
c.  climbing
d.  expanding

8. Give a synonym for heaved in the following sentence.

Lina laughed, heaved her up, and danced with her around the shop.

________________________

9. Which of the following items would NOT describe flanked?

a.  children sitting in a circle during reading time
b.  the President of the United States with his body guards
c.  divided troops fighting a battle
d.  trees standing on each side of the house

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

 She ____________________ly recalled the incident of the light pole.

1. drop

2. methodically

3. c.  nose-dive

4. flanked

5. endeavor

6. vague

7. b.  plummeting

8. hoisted

9. a.  children sitting in a circle during reading time

10. vague