Fill in the Blanks

 Level: Grades 6-10

This is a simple vocabulary test.

 

1.

Tick 5 adjectives that are related to the following word -

dull

 


 piquant
bland
inapt
boring
insipid
inane
savoury
banal
2.

Tick the 3 synonyms for the following word -

dreg


 speck
scruple
grain
scrap
3.

A Kangaroo Word is a smaller word which has the same meaning as the parent word and which has the same order for the letters of the word except that it is shorter. (beverage and beer, or salvage and save are examples.)

What is the kangaroo word for astound?



4.

What is the word for the following -long sleeveless cloak worn by some priests (c p e o)

 

5.

What is the word for the following -

rocky part of a mountain (c g a r)

 

6.

What is the word for the following -

fashion clothes (g e r a)

 

7.

Tick the 3 synonyms for the following word -

fool


 idiot
dolt
colt
moron
8.

What is the word for the following -

to surgically remove an animal's ovaries


spay
fray
fray
9.

What is the word for the following -

a group of ordinary people deciding a court case (j r y u)

 

10.

What is the word for the following -

Outer garment worn by a judge (r b o e)

 

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