Log inSign up for FREE
Library

LEVEL A, UNIT 14A VOCABULARY PRACTICE (due date: Thursday, May 12)

Last updated almost 3 years ago
45 questions

LEVEL A, UNIT 14A 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.
1

to count; to name one by one, list

1

selfishly ambitious

1

to count up; to keep score; to make entries for reckoning; to correspond or agree; a total or score

1

depressed, gloomy

1

to attach, add, or tack on as a supplement or extra item

1

a sudden, violent upward movement; great disorder or radical change

1

a copy, close reproduction

1

the loyalty or obligation owed to a government, nation, or cause

1

to obtain by violence, misuse of authority, or threats

1

to stay away from doing something by one's own choice

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.
1

abstain

1

allegiance

1

append

1

enumerate

1

extort

1

glum

1

replica

1

self-seeking

1

tally

1

upheaval

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.
1

self-seeking

1

tally

1

upheaval

1

abstain

1

extort

1

replica

1

enumerate

1

allegiance

1

glum

ANTONYMS

DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the word that means the OPPOSITE of the vocabulary word provided. (6 points)
*You may only select one option for your answer.
1

upheaval

1

append

1

abstain

1

self-seeking

1

glum

1

replica

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).
1

After hearing the candidate speak, I decided she was _____ and cared nothing about our town, only about herself.

1

The census is an effort to _____ exactly who lives in America.

1

The civil rights movement of the 1960s was a period of great _____ , with angry protesters fighting for change.

1

That _____ of the statue is incredible; if I didn't know better, I would think it was the original!

1

I felt really _____ after I lost the competition.

1

When I was a child, we started every school day by pledging _____ to the flag of the United States of America.

1

Instead of using footnotes in the Civil War text, the historian _____ a list of sources at the end of the book.

1

Blackmailers try to _____ money from their victims by threatening to reveal a secret or to ruin a reputation.

1

Since she wanted to be sure her bridesmaid's dress would fit, she decided to _____ from dessert.

1

I always wound up _____ our bowling scores because no one else wanted to do all that addition.