Name the WORD
DEFINE the term
Parts of Speech
Complete the Sentence
Multiple Choice
100

large dog

What is a mastiff?

100

interject

What is to insert or interrupt?

100

historonics

What is a noun?

100

The police officer shouted at the thief to |Cease and _____!"

What is desist?

100

Mastiff is a:

1. noun

2. verb

3. adjective

4. adverb

What is 1. noun?

200

easily shocked, over sensitive

What is squeamish?

200

imminent

What is likely to happen or threatening?

200

recoil

What is a verb?

200

Many conversations had in English class are not _________ to language arts.

What is pertinent?

200

To frustrate means to:

1. make angry, stir the pot, act a fool, incite hysteria

2. counteract, foil, thwart, confuse, discourage

3. eat, open your mouth, chew, swallow

What is 2. counteract, foil, thwart, confuse, discourage?

300

unfavorable, stormy

What is inclement?

300

engrossed

What is absorbed?

300

doleful

What is an adjective?

300

Ashton is ________ with Pokemon. 

What is obsessed?
300

Brandon is _____ in his gaming chair after school playing Fortnite over and over. 

1. salient

2. elusive

3. inert

4. engrossed

What is 3. inert

400

counteract, foil, thwart, confuse, discourage

What is frustrate?

400

elusive

What is hard to grasp or find?

400

symptomatic

What is an adjective?

400

When Mrs. Auman talked about bodily fluids, many students appeared ________.

What is squeamish?

400

To read carefully is the definition of which word?

1. interject

2. peruse

3. desist

4. recoil

What is 2. peruse?

500

outstanding, prominent or conspicuous

What is salient?
500

inert

What is without power to move?

500

peruse

What is a verb?

500

The weather man reported that ________ weather over the weekend was ________.

What is inclement and imminent? 

500
To bear the consequences is the definition of which idiom?

1. to be called out onto the carpet

2. to show one's hand

3. to tilt at windmills

4. to pay the piper

What is 4. to pay the piper?