Vocabulary 3 Worksheet
Part 1: Anything Goes
Directions: On your own sheet of paper, complete each of the tasks below.
1. What part, or parts, of speech is ‘melancholy’?
2. What is the definition of ‘venerable’?
3. Give another form of the word ‘eloquence’? (change its part of speech)
4. Use ‘sepulchre’ in a sentence.
5. Use ‘goad’ and ‘efface’ together in a sentence.
6. What do ‘shroud’ and ‘blight’ have in common? How can they be related?
7. Find two other words that are related to ‘vanquished’ and explain how they are related.
8. Give two reasons why someone would ‘repose.’
Part 2: Sentence Completion
Directions: Choose the word or words that best complete the sentence and write that word on your answer sheet. (You
may have to change the form of the word.)
9. Before placing the body in the ________________________, the family had a wake to show their respect to the
___________________ old patriarch of the clan.
10. Having the first day of her vacation be overcast and rainy left Margaret with a strong feeling of
________________________________ which _____________________ her into taking a nap for the afternoon.
11. Charlie’s young son had such a ____________________ face that his aunt could deny him nothing.
12. Heather took great pains to ____________________ all reminders of her relationship with Jarvis from her life after
he broke her heart.
13. Rather than complete her assignments, Crystal spent most of her afternoon ___________________ about her fiancé
and their future together.
14. Despite vowing to go undefeated for the season, the Gators were ____________________ by LSU in their last game.
Part 3: Matching
Directions: Match each word to its correct definition and write the word and its definition letter on your paper.
15. goad
a. to rub out or erase
16. venerable
b. something that wipes out joy or hope
17. melancholy
c. to push into action; instigate
18. winsome
d. deserving of respect due to age, wisdom, or experience
19. efface
e. feeling of deep sadness or depression
20. blight
f. charming, winning, or enticing in appearance
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