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 high point of land extending into water
elaborately decorated; showily splendid
indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic
to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void
showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something
to read thoroughly and carefully
to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; a list of military personnel; a gathering, accumulation
a person or thing of no importance
a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection
to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of
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.
annul
blasé
muster
nonentity
ornate
peruse
promontory
recourse
solicitous
sustain
peruse
recourse
sustain
promontory
solicitous
muster
ornate
nonentity
annul
annul
muster
solicitous
nonentity
ornate
blasé
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).
The children couldn't _____ a full team for baseball and had to recruit mothers to play the outfield.
He made himself out to be a celebrity in the boxing world when in fact he was a complete _____ .
World conferences on global warming focus on ways to _____ the effects of greenhouse gases on the environment.
Emily's latest quilt has an _____ pattern of brightly colored interwoven rings, which is called the wedding ring pattern.
That plateau needs more steady rainfall to _____ better agriculture.
I was very _____ toward my grandmother, who was recovering from an operation; I visited her every day and brought her some good books.
The lost ship's crew rejoiced to see the lighthouse on the rocky _____ that jutted far out from shore into the sea.
I remember how excited I was about my first airplane trip; since then I've flown so much that I'm quite _____ about flying.
Uncle Fred will often _____ the entire newspaper looking for the tiniest misspelling that proofreaders have missed.
After having his case thrown out of state court, the butcher's only _____ was a federal lawsuit.