Are you smarter than a 10th grader?
Vocab quiz!
1. After a full week of lying out on the road, the body of the dead opossum had begun to ___________________ and the smell was really quite terrible.
2. The rules in Mr. Griffin’s classroom are incredibly ___________________; he never lets his students speak, and if anyone is caught chewing gum, he makes them wear it on their nose for the rest of class!
3. The children gathered around the campfire told ___________________ stories all night long, hoping to scare each other so that no one would get to sleep that night.
4. The student driver ___________________-ed around the cones in the parking lot until she came to a screeching halt next to the curve.
5. Dr. Brennan could tell that the deceased had a[n] ___________________ interest in religion due to the fact that there were books describing many different faiths on the victim’s bookshelf.
6. After the concert went on well past midnight, the band decided to spend the next day ___________________-ing in their tour bus, doing nothing and taking lots of naps.
7. “Try to have a[n] ___________________ of restraint,” the mother yelled at her son. “Just because you’re the best player on your team, it doesn’t mean you have to tell everyone else about it.”
8. Mina was surprised to find that her husband, Jonathan, had made her his ___________________ before his death and left her his vast collection of vampire-slaying equipment.
9. The robber showed a lot of ___________________ when he tricked the bank teller into revealing the combination to the safe.
10. Rick and Daryl could tell the zombies were coming due to the ___________________ smell of death and decay that preceded them.
11. The student’s lack of ___________________ before the test was apparent by her sweaty palms, chattering teeth, and the fact that she kept asking the teacher questions up until the tests were passed out.
12. My niece’s favorite children’s book features a[n] ___________________ main character: a rabbit named Trixie who wears high-heels and carries a purse whenever she goes shopping at the local mall.
13. As the teachers ushered the students back onto the bus, they were caught in a sudden ___________________ that left them soaked and shivering on the ride home.
14. The little boy who brought a rat to school and let it loose in the classroom caused ___________________ among his classmates, many of whom had a severe fear of rats and other bald-tailed animals.
15. I could tell that my older sister had attempted to cook dinner when I walked into the house to find the kitchen hidden under a ___________________ of black smoke.
WORD BANK:
Deluge
Catholic
Eerie
Martial
Anthropomorphic
Beneficiary
Careen
Aplomb
Guile
Modicum
Fester
Languish
Pall
Havoc
Rancid
1. After a full week of lying out on the road, the body of the dead opossum had begun to ___________________ and the smell was really quite terrible.
2. The rules in Mr. Griffin’s classroom are incredibly ___________________; he never lets his students speak, and if anyone is caught chewing gum, he makes them wear it on their nose for the rest of class!
3. The children gathered around the campfire told ___________________ stories all night long, hoping to scare each other so that no one would get to sleep that night.
4. The student driver ___________________-ed around the cones in the parking lot until she came to a screeching halt next to the curve.
5. Dr. Brennan could tell that the deceased had a[n] ___________________ interest in religion due to the fact that there were books describing many different faiths on the victim’s bookshelf.
6. After the concert went on well past midnight, the band decided to spend the next day ___________________-ing in their tour bus, doing nothing and taking lots of naps.
7. “Try to have a[n] ___________________ of restraint,” the mother yelled at her son. “Just because you’re the best player on your team, it doesn’t mean you have to tell everyone else about it.”
8. Mina was surprised to find that her husband, Jonathan, had made her his ___________________ before his death and left her his vast collection of vampire-slaying equipment.
9. The robber showed a lot of ___________________ when he tricked the bank teller into revealing the combination to the safe.
10. Rick and Daryl could tell the zombies were coming due to the ___________________ smell of death and decay that preceded them.
11. The student’s lack of ___________________ before the test was apparent by her sweaty palms, chattering teeth, and the fact that she kept asking the teacher questions up until the tests were passed out.
12. My niece’s favorite children’s book features a[n] ___________________ main character: a rabbit named Trixie who wears high-heels and carries a purse whenever she goes shopping at the local mall.
13. As the teachers ushered the students back onto the bus, they were caught in a sudden ___________________ that left them soaked and shivering on the ride home.
14. The little boy who brought a rat to school and let it loose in the classroom caused ___________________ among his classmates, many of whom had a severe fear of rats and other bald-tailed animals.
15. I could tell that my older sister had attempted to cook dinner when I walked into the house to find the kitchen hidden under a ___________________ of black smoke.
WORD BANK:
Deluge
Catholic
Eerie
Martial
Anthropomorphic
Beneficiary
Careen
Aplomb
Guile
Modicum
Fester
Languish
Pall
Havoc
Rancid