NAME:____________________________________________________DATE: ________________HOUR:_______ FREAK THE MIGHTY VOCABULARY PRACTICE 3 Please answer whether the given definition is true (T) or false (F). ______ 1. Optimum – minimum, least desirable ______ 2. Swaggering – walking in defiant manner ______ 3. Fealty – loyalty ______ 4. Vegetate – energetic, constantly doing something ______ 5. Incision – not having the ability to make a decision, another word for indecisive ______ 6. Dysfunctional – having the ability to multitask or do more than one thing, divide tasks ______ 7. Injustice – unjust or unfair act ______ 8. Precaution – plan ahead, safeguard ______ 9. Accommodations – lodging, room and board ______ 10. Kin – acronym for “kicking into never” Please use the above vocabulary words to complete the following sentences. 11. Two students are competing for the _________________ of the students to gain votes in the race for student council president. 12. Because the team is so ___________________ they have a very slim chance of ever winning a game this year. 13. Although I am _________________ to Ricky-Bob I don’t talk to him very much. 14. As a ___________________ Amy keeps her homework high on a shelf where her little sister can’t reach it. 15. Mrs. Harris is having a difficult time getting the _____________________ room temperature that will agree with everyone. 16. I just want to __________________ after a long week at school. 17. My parents are trying to find good ____________________ for all of us on our vacation. 18. I feel it is a complete ____________________ that we don’t get to use our phones during a test. 19. In our science class the teacher told us to make a(n) ___________________ in the belly of the frog. 20. That team is not very sportsmanlike, they all walk out ____________________ when they win a game. Name the PART OF SPEECH for the following words, and then DEFINE the part of speech. 21. incision22. swaggering 23. dysfunctional 24. vegetate __________________- ______________________________________ __________________- ______________________________________ __________________- ______________________________________ __________________- ______________________________________ NAME:____________________________________________________DATE: ________________HOUR:_______ FREAK THE MIGHTY VOCABULARY PRACTICE 3 The letters in each of the words below are mixed up. Use the definitions to help you put the letters in the right order. Write the correct words on the writing lines. 25. L N U C F Y D T S A O I N Not functioning normally _______________________________________________________ 26. L A T E F Y Loyalty ___________________________________________________ 27. M O T U P M I Most desirable; Best ___________________________________________________ 28. N K I Relatives __________________________________________________ 29. W G E G R G S A N I Walking in a defiant manner ________________________________________________ 30. N I O N C I S I A cut, usually in surgery ________________________________________________ 31. T I C M O D M A S C A O N O Room and board; Lodging ________________________________________________ 32. C I S T I N E J U An unjust or unfair act ________________________________________________ 33. T E V E T A G A To do nothing; To be unthinking __________________________________________ 34. N E R T U P O A C I Action take ahead of time to secure good results; Safeguard ___________________________ 35. When are book reports due? ______________________________