DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the vocabulary word that matches the definition provided. (10 points)
*You may only put one word in each box for your answer.
*Each vocabulary word will only be used one time.
a short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point
the greatest in strength or power; most common
to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass
to ward off, resist; to get along, manage
to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk; to strain or press against; a sore or injury caused by rubbing
dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster
a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world
air, manner; appearance; expression
in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course
having to do with punishment
DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the part of speech for each vocabulary word provided. (10 points)
*If there is more than one part of speech, select multiple options.
*If a secondary part of speech is not listed below (ex. participial), it does not need to be included.
awry
bludgeon
chafe
dire
encroach
fend
mien
penal
predominant
recluse
predominant
penal
awry
chafe
recluse
fend
dire
encroach
bludgeon
mien
chafe
awry
predominant
dire
DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence provided. (10 points)
*You may only put one word in each box for your answer.
*Each vocabulary word will only be used one time.
*Look to see if the word requires a suffix to be added (example: -ed, -s, -es, -ing).
Kudzu is a vine that _____ upon anything near it with amazing speed; it quickly covers gardens, houses, barns, and telephone poles.
The old woman next door was a _____ who rarely went out, except to get her mail and tend to her garden.
When the aftershocks ended, rescuers' _____ concern was to free people trapped in the rubble of buildings that had collapsed during the earthquake.
After 29 years as a federal _____ institution, Alcatraz Prison closed in 1963.
She used the fireplace poker as a _____ to smash a rubber mouse she thought was real.
Jack's great-aunt _____ off a mugger, using her umbrella to keep him away.
Eileen, who is normally so punctual, is almost an hour late and hasn't called, so I fear that something has gone _____ .
It was a mistake to wear my new boots on the walk; they left nasty _____ on my feet that hurt!
The first weather reports contained such _____ predictions of the storm that the island was evacuated early.
The lifeguard's gentle _____ changed to fear when the shark swam toward the shore.