MATCH THE MEANING
FILL IN THE BLANK
WHICH WORD FITS?
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
VOCABULARY CHALLENGE
100

Causing happiness

A. delightful
B. peculiar
C. tedious
D. permanent


Answer: delightful

100

Word Bank

halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar

The driver had to ________ when a deer ran into the road.


Answer: halt

100

The baby began to ________ when she became hungry.

A. wail
B. nod
C. inquire
D. clasp


Answer: wail

100

Mia didn't study very much. She ________ looked at her notes before the test.

A. hardly
B. resolutely
C. amiably
D. exceedingly


Answer: hardly

100

Which word means a friend who shares a difficult situation with you?


Answer: comrade

200

An unlucky accident

A. coincidence
B. mishap
C. expectation
D. method


Answer: mishap

200

Word Bank

halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar

The students walked ________ across the slippery floor.


Answer: cautiously

200

The detective wanted to ________ deeper into the mystery.

A. delve
B. drift
C. blush
D. widen


Answer: delve

200

The students were ________ waiting for the results of the competition.

A. in advance
B. in anticipation
C. methodically
D. dismally


Answer: in anticipation

200

Which word means a narrow surface sticking out from a wall, window, or cliff?


Answer: ledge

300

Not worried about something

A. unconcerned
B. alarmed
C. stunned
D. arrogant


Answer: unconcerned

300

Word Bank

halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar

The magician refused to ________ his secret.


Answer: reveal

300

The little girl ________ her mother's hand tightly.

A. snapped
B. clasped
C. emerged
D. drifted


Answer: clasped

300

The scientist explained the experiment ________, making every step easy to understand.

A. plainly
B. peculiarly
C. dismally
D. barely


Answer: plainly

300

Which phrase means to immediately begin crying heavily?


Answer: burst into floods of tears

400

Very; extremely

A. barely
B. plainly
C. exceedingly
D. cautiously


Answer: exceedingly

400

Word Bank

halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar

I was completely ________ when I heard the surprising news.


Answer: stunned

400

The teacher asked a question, but the student didn't know how to ________.

A. respond
B. scowl
C. nestle
D. crackle


Answer: respond

400

The strange noise was coming from a ________ machine in the basement.

A. hearty
B. contraption
C. quality
D. coincidence


Answer: contraption

400

Which word means ridiculous or not smart?


Answer: asinine

500

Thinking you are better than other people

A. eccentric
B. tyrannical
C. arrogant
D. sinewy


Answer: arrogant

500

Word Bank

halt • cautiously • permanent • stunned • tedious • reveal • possibility • peculiar

Doing the same worksheet every day became very ________.


Answer: tedious

500

The strange machine was an unusual ________ with many moving parts.

A. contraption
B. ledge
C. method
D. quality


Answer: contraption

500

The team played ________ and lost the game badly.

A. amiably
B. cautiously
C. dismally
D. resolutely


Answer: dismally

500

Which word means using force or power to control people in an unfair and cruel way?


Answer: tyrannical