Log inSign up for FREE
Library

#LEVEL A, UNIT 1A VOCABULARY PRACTICE (due date: Friday, September 2)

Last updated almost 3 years ago
48 questions

LEVEL A, UNIT 1A VOCABULARY PRACTICE

- Every answer will be found on the definitions page, so use the resource as a guide. -

DEFINITIONS

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.
Required
1

to annoy, trouble, make weary

Required
1

to go or move backward; to become more distant

Required
1

suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something

Required
1

to send off or out for a purpose; to kill; an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing

Required
1

showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever

Required
1

to press together; to reduce in size or volume; a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

Required
1

to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish

Required
1

profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage

Required
1

to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble

Required
1

a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual

PARTS OF SPEECH

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.
Required
1

besiege

Required
1

compress

Required
1

dispatch

Required
1

douse

Required
1

famished

Required
1

gainful

Required
1

ingenious

Required
1

irk

Required
1

oaf

Required
1

recede

SYNONYMS

DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the word that means the SAME as the vocabulary word provided. (10 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
Required
1

ingenious

Required
1

douse

Required
1

gainful

Required
1

irk

Required
1

compress

Required
1

dispatch

Required
1

besiege

Required
1

oaf

Required
1

recede

Required
1

famished

ANTONYMS

DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the word that means the OPPOSITE of the vocabulary word provided. (8 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
Required
1

ingenious

Required
1

compress

Required
1

douse

Required
1

dispatch

Required
1

famished

Required
1

recede

Required
1

irk

Required
1

gainful

COMPLETING THE SENTENCES

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).
Required
1

Treat a frostbite victim by placing a warm _____ on the injured area.

Required
1

Clever marketing managers are always looking for fresh, _____ methods to advertise their companies' products.

Required
1

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, many people struggled to find _____ employment.

Required
1

During the Revolutionary War, the Canadian city of Quebec was _____ by rebel forces from the American colonies.

Required
1

Phil had a hot temper, so his coworkers hesistated to do anything that might _____ him.

Required
1

Mike may occasionally behave like an _____ , but underneath his clumsy exterior is a really bright and considerate boy.

Required
1

The dog was _____ for attention after being left home by itself all day.

Required
1

An hour after high tide, we could clearly see how the high water mark on the beach had _____ .

Required
1

When football practice was cancelled, the coach _____ a student to the classrooms to tell all the players.

Required
1

Although several hundred firefighters struggled bravely to bring the forest fire under control, their efforts to _____ the flames proved useless.