Vocabulary: When Things Go Wrong

Question 1

haywire

Answer 1

being out of order or having gone wrong

Question 2

miscue

Answer 2

noun: a mistake or a slip up
verb: to make a mistake or a slip up

Question 2

wonky

Answer 2

unsteady, shaky, awry, wrong

Question 3

gaffe

Answer 3

a social or diplomatic blunder, a noticeable mistake

Question 4

on the fritz

Answer 4

in a state of disorder or disrepair

Question 5

Which of these words is a synonym for ‘wonky’ and which words are antonyms?

rocky,shaky,balanced, tippy,tipsy,stabilised, wobbly, stable, unbalanced,even, unstable,unsteady, straight, infirm,sound, insecure,precarious,sturdy, doddery,rickety, level, cockeyed

Answer 5

Synonyms: rocky, shaky, tippy, tipsy, wobbly, unbalanced, unstable, unsteady, infirm, insecure, precarious, doddery, rickety, cockeyed

Antonyms: balanced, stabilised, stable, even, straight, sound, sturdy, level

Question 6

Fill in the blank
haywire - miscue - wonky - on the fritz - gaffe

Critics called it a________, but the statement wasn’t a slip of the tongue.

Answer 6

gaffe

Question 7

The drinks machine is ____________. There will be no beverages today.

Answer 7

on the fritz

Question 8

The tornado hit, there were a couple of days of cleanup and then everything went________.

Answer 8

haywire

Question 9

The slightest _______ and it’s curtains for the trapeze artist.

Answer 9

miscue