Vocabulary Practice for Week 2

1. turbulence is to smooth as straight is to ___________________________  
   turbulence : smooth :: straight :__________________________
    
2. Use the words listed below to complete the chart:

quiet berserk hysterical  frantic furious tranquil serene inactive wild undisturbed

3. Which word does not belong?  shaft  pole  imbed   stick
    
4. Use the words listed below to complete the chart:

   constant	determined	part with	forfeit	relentless
   give up	admit defeat	unyielding	relinquish	continual

   persistent	surrender

5. Complete this word web.
   
    

6. Which word does not belong?  mass group single horde gang multitude
    

7. pulverize is to pound as move is to ___________________________
   pulverize : pound :: move :  ___________________________
    

8. Which word does not belong?  steady       stabilize      jolt      become constant
    

9. Circle the items that describe murky.

   rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps	a cloudy dungeon
   clear mountain stream	algae infested lake

10. 
    intact is to unbroken as elevation is to ___________________________
    intact : unbroken :: elevation   :  ___________________________
     

11. Which word does not belong? bewilder   baffle    perplex   stymie   understand
     

12. Circle which items could become corrosive.
        battery     ceramic pot     metal ship     electrical wires    rubber ball    plastic cup
     

13. Which vocabulary word would each of the following phrases describe?
    
    
    _______________________ the time between innings in the game of cricket
    
    _______________________ the type of fuel one would take on a camping trip
    
    _______________________ the way a person would complete housecleaning tasks when unexpected company calls to say they will arrive in ten minutes
    
    _______________________ what a doctor is doing when he moves a broken bone into its proper place
    
    
    _______________________ the type of plane Brian took to the Canadian wilderness
    
     

14. Which word does not belong?  unharmed   intact   broken   together 
    
     

-------------Key---------------

1. gnarled
2. frenzied - berserk, hysterical, frantic, furious, wild
   calm - quiet, tranquil, serene, inactive, undisturbed
3. imbed
4. persistent - constant, determined, relentless, unyielding, continual
   surrender - part with, forfeit, give up, admit defeat, relinquish
5. butane
6. single
7. reposition
8. jolt
9. rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps, a cloudy dungeon, algae infested lake
10. altitude
11. understand
12. battery, metal ship, electrical wires
13. intervals
    butane
    frenzied
    reposition
    Cessna
14. broken