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#LEVEL C, UNIT 3A VOCABULARY PRACTICE (due date: Friday, October 7)

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LEVEL C, UNIT 3A 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.
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an iron hook used to grab and hold; to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

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in very great numbers; a very great number

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to yield to a request or command

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to urge on; to stir up, start, incite

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a sounding together; agreement or accord

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bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

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immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

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a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources; to fasten with a rope or chain

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to assign or distribute in shares or portions

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extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable

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.
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allot

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audacious

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comply

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grapple

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instigate

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myriad

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prodigious

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skittish

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tether

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unison

SYNONYMS

DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the word that means the SAME as the vocabulary word provided. (9 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
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grapple

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audacious

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unison

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tether

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comply

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prodigious

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allot

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myriad

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skittish

ANTONYMS

DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the word that means the OPPOSITE of the vocabulary word provided. (7 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
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audacious

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comply

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myriad

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skittish

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instigate

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tether

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prodigious

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).
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The hungry wedding guests could not believe the _____ spread that awaited them at the reception dinner.

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Squirrels can be so _____ that the falling of a leaf causes them to scamper up a tree.

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The audience gasped when the famous magician did his most _____ trick: having himself locked in a trunk underwater.

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Relief workers used measuring cups to _____ equal portions of rice to each person.

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Troublemakers in the crowd attempted to _____ a riot, but fortunately their efforts proved unsuccessful.

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This court order demands that you _____ with the judge's order to turn over all financial records.

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"Not me!" the twins cried in _____, when their mother demanded to know who had broken her favorite glass platter.

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On clear, dark nights, we enjoy looking up at the night sky and trying to identify the constellations among the _____ of stars.

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As the skipper got close to the rocks, he threw a _____ around a rock to hold the boat steady.

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I _____ my dog to a lamppost while I was in the store.