Lesson 14 Practice Flashcards
Choose the best synonym for the vocabulary term.
a show of valor
weakness
celerity
heroism
imagination
heroism
Choose the best synonym for the vocabulary term.
exulted in victory
worried about
grieved over
rejoiced about
rejoiced about
Choose the best synonym for the vocabulary term.
the resilient trampoline
springy
inflexible
slippery
springy
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a voluble prize winner
fidgety
tongue-tied
chatty
tongue-tied
Choose the best ANTONYM for the vocabulary term.
a long convalesce
deterioration of health
hospitalization
illness
healing process
deterioration of health
Choose the best ANTONYM for the vocabulary term.
a(n) prevalent attitude
commonsense
unhealthful
rare
usual
rare
Which term best completes the sentence? My brother complained about the lack of summer job, but he only made _______________ attempts to find one.
desultory
prevalent
voluble
desultory
Which term best completes the sentence? Jets have _____________(ed) from the Wright brothers’ plane.
avail
evolve
exult
evolve
Which term best completes the sentence? When Pinocchio tells a lie, he develops a _____________ feature: a very large nose.
prevalent
resilient
salient
salient
Which term best completes the sentence? Some Middle Ages experimenters, known as alchemists, tried to make gold from lesser metals to no ________________ .
avail
convalesce
prevail
avail
Which term best completes the sentence? In 1775, the American army ________________(ed) the British at Fort Ticonderoga.
exult
evolve
assail
assail
Which term best completes the sentence? Despite losing her paintings in a fire, the artist remained ______________ in spirit.
volubly
resilient
prevalent
resilient
Which term best completes the sentence? The tornado moved ________________, leaving a path of destruction.
desultorily
exultantly
saliently
desultorily
