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2022-06-02 08:44:28 Open / Comment

2022-06-02 08:16:06 ANSWERS

1. D
2. E
3. E
4. A
5. D
6. A
7. C
8. C
9. A
10. E
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. A
15. B
16. C
17. C
18. D
19. E Open / Comment

2022-06-02 08:10:20 Synonyms Multiple Choice Worksheet

Choose the correct word for each provided synonym(s).


1. meager, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy

A. Woe
B. treacherous
C. excursion
D. meagre
E. manoeuvre

2. woefulness, suffering

A. Choppy
B. woe
C. manoeuvre
D. treacherous
E. Woe

3. suggest, paint a picture, raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth, educe, elicit, extract, draw out, provoke, kick up, enkindle, kindle, fire

A. blip
B. Reckon
C. lurk
D. Woe
E. evoke

4. underhand, underhanded, furtive, sneak, stealthy, surreptitious

A. Sneaky
B. treacherous
C. fickle
D. dampen
E. lurk

5. skulk, ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, ambuscade, lie in wait, loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, mill about, mill around

A. Sneaky
B. assertion
C. dampen
D. lurk
E. jag

6. maneuver, evasive action, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, play, simulated military operation, tactic, tactics, manoeuver, operate, steer, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise

A. manoeuvre
B. aloof
C. trajectory
D. woe
E. Sneaky

7. pip, radar target

A. Sneaky
B. aloof
C. blip
D. dampen
E. woe

8. debris, dust, junk, rubble

A. Woe
B. assertion
C. detritus
D. lurk
E. Sneaky

9. damp, soften, weaken, break, deaden, moisten, wash, stifle, muffle, mute, dull, tone down

A. dampen
B. assertion
C. Reckon
D. Choppy
E. manoeuvre

10. unreliable, punic, perfidious

A. assertion
B. woe
C. detritus
D. Choppy
E. treacherous

11. distant, upstage

A. Sneaky
B. fickle
C. aloof
D. excursion
E. trajectory

12. woefulness, suffering

A. trajectory
B. lurk
C. woe
D. assertion
E. Reckon

13. dag

A. jag
B. Woe
C. assertion
D. evoke
E. excursion

14. count, think, opine, suppose, imagine, guess, calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, figure, see, consider, view, regard, estimate, count on, forecast, bet, depend, look

A. Reckon
B. treacherous
C. woe
D. Sneaky
E. manoeuvre

15. averment, asseveration, affirmation, statement

A. dampen
B. assertion
C. lurk
D. blip
E. jag

16. volatile, erratic, mercurial, quicksilver

A. dampen
B. manoeuvre
C. fickle
D. Choppy
E. lurk

17. jerky

A. trajectory
B. woe
C. Choppy
D. meagre
E. manoeuvre

18. jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay, digression

A. aloof
B. evoke
C. dampen
D. excursion
E. assertion

19. flight

A. manoeuvre
B. Woe
C. woe
D. evoke
E. trajectory Open / Comment

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Reckon - verb take account of; expect, believe, or suppose; make a mathematical calculation or computation; deem to be; judge to be probable; have faith or confidence in

woe - noun intense mournfulness; misery resulting from affliction

assertion - noun a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary); the act of affirming or asserting or stating something

meagre - adj. deficient in amount or quality or extent

evoke - verb call to mind; summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); evoke or provoke to appear or occur; call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

trajectory - noun the path followed by an object moving through space

uptick - noun a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction

aloof - adj. remote in manner; adv. in an aloof manner

dampen - verb lessen in force or effect; check; keep in check (a fire); make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves); make moist; smother or suppress; deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

detritus - noun loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks; the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Wreckage - noun the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked

trek - noun any long and difficult trip; a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers); verb make a long and difficult journey; journey on foot, especially in the mountains

scenic - adj. used of locations; having beautiful natural scenery; of or relating to the stage or stage scenery

treacherous - adj. dangerously unstable and unpredictable; tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans

terrain - noun a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

lurk - verb lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner; wait in hiding to attack; be about

jag - noun a bout of drinking or drug taking; a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing; a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing; a sharp projection on an edge or surface; verb cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge

fickle - adj. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; liable to sudden unpredictable change

manoeuvre - noun an action aimed at evading an opponent; a move made to gain a tactical end; a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; a military training exercise; a plan for attaining a particular goal; verb perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense; direct the course; determine the direction of travelling; act in order to achieve a certain goal

contentment - noun happiness with one's situation in life

blip - noun a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface; a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption

excursion - noun a journey taken for pleasure; wandering from the main path of a journey Open / Comment

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