Vocabulary Review 2/21/2020

1

100

clean, neat and in order

shipshape

200

shake with fear, excitement or cold

tremble

300

• I couldn’t   ________________________ my mother to let me stay up late on a school night.

convince

400

• My dad helped me follow the   _____________________________ directions for building my model car.

complicated

2

100

say what you think is going to happen

predict

200

make someone think about something the way that you do 

convince

300

I was so nervous before the race that I started to  ______________________________

tremble

400

• Everyone wanted to see the ______________________________ movie star who was in town.

famous

3

100

difficult to understand

complicated

200

made smaller

diminish

300

• The monster in the movies was so  ________________________  , I had to close my eyes.

hideous

400

• We don’t get our weekly allowance until our room is  ____________________________.

shipshape

4

100

loudness of a sound or noise

volume

200

meet and ask questions

interview

300

• The sports reporter was eager to   __________________________ the players winning team.

interview

400

We always turn down the ______________ on the TV when someoen is on the phone 

volume

5

100

ugly or horrible to look at

hideous

200

The hunk of cheese _________ as the mouse nibbled at it. 

diminished

300

Weather forecasters use computers to help _________________ the weather 

predict

400

Iron Man is a ________________ character from the Marvel movies. 

famous