10th Grade Vocabulary Practice List #4

Which word best fits in the following sentence:

In finishing school, in order to improve ones posture, they ask you to _________ books on your head and walk around a room.

• Aloof

• Nuisance

• Douse

• Poise

The following words: "drench, flood, drown, soak". Are SYNONYMS for:

• Poise

• Nuisance

• Douse

• Crestfallen

Which word can best describe the girls' actions.

• Poise

• Fawning

• Scorn

• Crestfallen

The following words: "friendly, familiar, warm". Are ANTONYMS for:

• Crestfallen

• Aloof

• Scorn

• Douse

Which word best fits in the following sentence: The loose dog is a__________because it often knocks over the neighborhood trashcans.

• Douse

• Crestfallen

• Scorn

• Nuisance

Which word best fits this definition? : a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.

• Crestfallen

• Scorn

• Nuisance

• Poise

Which word best fits in this sentence?: After losing comrades in battle, several __________ soldiers cried in their tents.

• Crestfallen

• Scorn

• Aloof

• Nuisance