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. 
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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
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