MATCH THE MEANING
Causing happiness
A. delightful
B. peculiar
C. tedious
D. permanent
Answer: delightful
Word Bank
halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar
The driver had to ________ when a deer ran into the road.
Answer: halt
The baby began to ________ when she became hungry.
A. wail
B. nod
C. inquire
D. clasp
Answer: wail
Mia didn't study very much. She ________ looked at her notes before the test.
A. hardly
B. resolutely
C. amiably
D. exceedingly
Answer: hardly
Which word means a friend who shares a difficult situation with you?
Answer: comrade
An unlucky accident
A. coincidence
B. mishap
C. expectation
D. method
Answer: mishap
Word Bank
halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar
The students walked ________ across the slippery floor.
Answer: cautiously
The detective wanted to ________ deeper into the mystery.
A. delve
B. drift
C. blush
D. widen
Answer: delve
The students were ________ waiting for the results of the competition.
A. in advance
B. in anticipation
C. methodically
D. dismally
Answer: in anticipation
Which word means a narrow surface sticking out from a wall, window, or cliff?
Answer: ledge
Not worried about something
A. unconcerned
B. alarmed
C. stunned
D. arrogant
Answer: unconcerned
Word Bank
halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar
The magician refused to ________ his secret.
Answer: reveal
The little girl ________ her mother's hand tightly.
A. snapped
B. clasped
C. emerged
D. drifted
Answer: clasped
The scientist explained the experiment ________, making every step easy to understand.
A. plainly
B. peculiarly
C. dismally
D. barely
Answer: plainly
Which phrase means to immediately begin crying heavily?
Answer: burst into floods of tears
Very; extremely
A. barely
B. plainly
C. exceedingly
D. cautiously
Answer: exceedingly
Word Bank
halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar
I was completely ________ when I heard the surprising news.
Answer: stunned
The teacher asked a question, but the student didn't know how to ________.
A. respond
B. scowl
C. nestle
D. crackle
Answer: respond
The strange noise was coming from a ________ machine in the basement.
A. hearty
B. contraption
C. quality
D. coincidence
Answer: contraption
Which word means ridiculous or not smart?
Answer: asinine
Thinking you are better than other people
A. eccentric
B. tyrannical
C. arrogant
D. sinewy
Answer: arrogant
Word Bank
halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar
Doing the same worksheet every day became very ________.
Answer: tedious
The strange machine was an unusual ________ with many moving parts.
A. contraption
B. ledge
C. method
D. quality
Answer: contraption
The team played ________ and lost the game badly.
A. amiably
B. cautiously
C. dismally
D. resolutely
Answer: dismally
Which word means using force or power to control people in an unfair and cruel way?
Answer: tyrannical