Vocab 11 Practice 3
Matching
1) ________
2) ________
3) ________
4) ________
5) ________
6) ________
7) ________
8) ________
9) ________
10) ________
synonymous
insurmountable
sanction
oblivious
surly
ominous
dapple
intersperse
peevish
prestigious
a)
b)
c)
d)
not aware of what is happening
inspiring respect and admiration
mark with spots or rounded patches
feeling that something bad is going to
happen
e) scatter among or between
f) too great to be overcome
g) associated with or suggestive of a thing
h) bad tempered and unfriendly
i) easily irritated by small things
j) to give official permission or approval
Fill-in-the-blank
prestigious
peevish
dapple
intersperse
ominous
surly
sanction
oblivious
insurmountable
synonymous
1) Beautiful pictures of the finished dishes were ____________________ with the recipes in the
cookbook.
2)
The Oscar for “Best Picture” is a ____________________award given only to the best movie out
each year.
3) Names like Albert Einstein and the Wright brothers are often ____________________ with the
words like “genius” because of their contributions to science and society.
4)
Martha became quite ____________________ after she had to ask her neighbors several times
to keep the noise down as she was trying to sleep.
5) The task of climbing Mount Kilamanjaro may seem ____________________, but there are many
people who have done so before.
6) Dalmatians and Leopards are two kinds of animals known for being ____________________
with different colored spots.
7) Scary movies often include music to help convey an ____________________ feeling, especially
when characters are in precarious situations.
8) The principal has the power to ____________________ activities that take place in the school
building and on the school grounds because of their location.
9) Many young people are ____________________ to what happens outside of their own country;
they are focused on their own lives.
10) While Max is friendly and outgoing at school, he is usually very ____________________ at home
with his parents and siblings.