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Although Joan is only eleven, she is very ________, perhaps because she has to care for her five younger siblings.

Shallow

Mature

Modest

Quaint

By subscribing to the Air and Space magazine, I can keep ________ of all the new developments about astronomy and outer space.

Obscure

Varied

Abreast

Gullible

When I came across an ________ term while reading a book, I had to look it up in a dictionary.

Obstinate

Precise

Exquisite

Obscure

Adam was woozy and distracted all day; when I asked him what was wrong, he explained that his baby was sick with colic and had been crying at night, ________ Adam and his wife of sleep.

Depriving

Yielding

Consoling

Prospecting

When we were caught in a sudden rainstorm while hiking, we could do nothing but wait for the rain to ________.

Founder

Cease

Implore

Dispute

Gargoyles are carvings of grotesque monsters that ________ from the walls of buildings, and they stick out from the wall because they actually function as rainspouts.

Engage

Project

Isolate

Feud

This seaside town is one of the places most heavily ________ by the hurricane, as more than forty houses are destroyed and much more are damaged or flooded.

Horrified

Detested

Obscured

Affected

More than 10,000 American women worked behind the scenes to ________ the complicated codes used by the Axis Powers during World War II, and helped the Allied Powers win the war.

Affect

Nourish

Decipher

Peer at

I knew that sneaking out of the house to go to a friend’s party was wrong of me, so I listened quietly to my parents’ ________ and accepted the punishment of being grounded for a week.

Admonition

Coaxing

Congratulation

Elevation

We estimated that repairing the car would be around five hundred dollars, but the actual cost that the mechanic quoted us far ________ our estimate, as something was severely wrong with the engine and a lot of work would have to be done.

Consoled

Elevated

Prompted

Exceeded

Prince Brat never ________ to his lessons, so he could not even write his own name or do simple sums.

Yielded

Remarked

Attended

Cherished

This chipped and cracked tea set is one of my most ________ possessions because it is a vintage set that my grandmother owned as a girl and passed onto me.

Cherished

Decayed

Developed

Hailed

Not getting enough sleep weakens your immune system, increasing the chances of ________ a virus.

Easing

Projecting

Contracting

Nestling

The new principal ________ a new set of rules for the school to help it run more smoothly.

Disputed

Refined

Imposed

Menaced

Although Maria invited me to stay at her house while I was in Germany, I ________ to stay at a hostel because I did not want to impose on her hospitality too much.

Confirmed

Ceased

Elected

Auditioned

Migrant farm workers to a staggering amount of hard physical labor all day, yet only get paid a ________ sum for their efforts.

Vast

Modest

Elaborate

Artificial

I met with several interior designers and talked with them before signing a ________ with one to renovate my house.

Grove

Contract

Column

Helm

Although Miss Honey lived at a ________ little cottage that did not have running water or electricity, she was proud of her house and the freedom it represented.

Melancholy

Dismayed

Vain

Modest

Bob’s table manners were far from ________ : he slurped and smacked and slobbered all over his plate, but no one admonished him, for Bob was actually a golden retriever.

Refined

Eventual

Hearty

Abrupt

After my brother and I smashed a Ming vase in our aunt’s house, our aunt ________ a new rule in house, forbidding us to run indoors.

Imposed

Elaborated

Phased

Persuaded

Amanda shot an angry, ________ look at Peter when she learned that he had been cheating during all his tests, because she thought that cheaters did not deserve respect.

Exceptional

Sensitive

Contemptuous

Detested

As a city girl, Fanny laughs at Polly’s countrified ways and calls them old-fashioned and ________, but Polly quietly stays true to herself and her “old-fashioned” ways.

Obstinate

Quaint

Shunned

Scarce

The new telescopes are so ________ that they can even pick up a small flash of light hundreds of light-years away.

Crude

Quaint

Sensitive

Distant

Jemmy came up with a ________ plan to trick the robbers and return the prince to the castle unhurt, although it was spoiled by Prince Brat living up to his name.

Crafty

Excessive

Drowsy

Despicable

It’s no wonder that Heather has such ________ taste; her mother is a curator at an art museum, so she grew up surrounded by beautiful and exquisite things.

Advantageous

Beneficial

Engaging

Refined

I cried as I tried in ________ to put the pieces of my beloved porcelain doll back together from where it was shattered all over the floor.

Elimination

Vain

Progression

Contempt

The narcissus flower gets its name from the Greek myth of Narcissus, who was a ________ boy who spent all day looking at his reflection in the water.

Sensitive

Mocking

Vain

Moping

Jeff was ________ after he discovered that his best friend Matt would be moving across the country.

Rejected

Apparent

Amiable

Inconsolable

I first thought that Sarah had revealed the secret I entrusted her with by accident, but after finding out that it was a ________ action intended to hurt me, I decided we could no longer be friends.

Coping

Deliberate

Precipitous

Admonishing

Having a king who was vain, selfish, and petty was a ________ to the people of that country.

Prey

Jeer

Misfortune

Isolation

When Robinson Crusoe was stranded on a deserted island he had to survive with ________ tools that he made himself.

Crude

Shallow

Glimpsed

Recalled

Just as you eat food to help your body to grow, good books will ________ the mind.

Apt

Nourish

Hail

Project

The flowers looked so realistic that I only realized that they were ________ after touching the petals.

Modest

Crude

Artificial

Developed

I knew that Tom had a hasty side to him, but Tom’s ________ decision to drop out of college was a surprise even to me.

Vain

Appalled

Melancholy

Precipitous

I was amazed at Fred’s patience when he gave ________ replies to the reporters who bombarded him with a host of rude questions.

Amiable

Menacing

Obscure

Scarce

Roger finally ________ to Tracy and gave her the toy castle that she begged him to buy for her.

Foundered

Lacked

Yielded

Ceased

Although Wilma’s nurse ________ her to eat, Wilma had no appetite and turned down the food despite the nurse’s best efforts to persuade her.

Quarried

Coaxed

Affected

Hailed

When the kindergarten teacher asked the class what they wanted to be when they grew up, answers _________ from policemen to princesses to dinosaurs.

Intruded

Shunned

Arrested

Varied

Appall : horrify ::

Console : comfort

Vary : identical

Deep : shallow

Yield : mope

Impact : affect ::

Obstinate : yielding

Prompt : late

Detest : hate

Humble : amiable

Isolated : surrounded ::

Melancholy : gloomy

Vain : humble

Apt : suitable

Danger : menace

Exceptional : remarkable ::

Flexible : rigid

Refined : crude

Crafty : gullible

Keen : perceptive

Melancholy : Mope ::

Apt : detest

Consider : obtain

Hungry : eat

cold : skate

Apparent : obscure ::

Slow : precipitous

Artificial : fake

Avoid : shun

Flower : nourish

Concern : company ::

Request : victim

Misfortune : luck

Prey : quarry

Sensitive : crude

Lion : menace ::

Donkey : precipice

Water : scarce

Stone : quarry

Flu : ailment

Apt : unlikely ::

Obstinate : yielding

Detestable : hateful

Amiable : welcoming

Deliberate : purposeful

Dislike : detest ::

Bendable : flexible

Sudden : abrupt

Good : exquisite

Typical : normal

Obtain : Deprive ::

Jeer : hail

Lack : shortage

Modest : humble

Crafty : shrewd

Consider : deliberate ::

Slay : rescue

Founder : sink

Hamlet : city

Graceful : clumsy

Wordly Wise 4 Cumulative Review

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Wordly Wise 4 Cumulative Review

There are 50 questions in this cumulative quiz. You may NOT use the Wordly Wise book, the Internet, or any other resource while taking the quiz. There is a time limit of 20 minutes.The timer is visible in the lower right hand corner.

Good luck!