Wordly Wise Book 8 Lesson 8

Definitions

100

to exchange remarks in a good- humored teasing way

banter

200

move (troops or equipment) into position for military action

deploy

300

struggle to deal with or overcome (a difficulty or challenge)

grapple

400

a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion

pang

500

bring into effective action or put to use

deploy

Synonyms

100

Skilled

Adept

200

Vital

Crucial

300

Detail-oriented 

Fastidious

400

Wrestled

Grappled

500

Before

Precede

Antonyms

100

Cramped

Capacious

200

Impeded

Facilitated

300

Steady

Fitful

400

Easygoing

Fastidious

500

Scanty

Copious

Context Clues

100

Thin streaks of cloud trailed across an _____ sky. 

Azure

200

Some ultrasound is _____ to dogs. 

Audible

300

Passers-by _____ with the man before robbing him. 

Grappled

400

She rummaged through her _____ handbag. 

Capacious

500

Schools were located on the same campus to ______ the sharing of resources.

Facilitate

Analogies

100

scarlet : apple ::

A.) azure : green

B.) azure : sea

c.) azure : sun

B.) azure : Sea

200

visible : eyes :: 

A.) audible : tongue

B.) audible : ears

C.) audible : nose

B.) audible : ears

300

scolding : stern :: 

A.) bantering : bored

B.) bantering : complimentary

C.) bantering : playful

C.) bantering : playful

400

hammer : pounding ::

A.) grapple : grasping

B.) grapple : sawing

C.) grapple : measuring

A.) grapple : grasping

500

accelerate : speed up :: 

A.) decelerate : slow down

B.) decelerate : stop

C.) decelerate : keep going

A.) decelerate : slow down