Vocabulary Review Moss 6th grade

Manuel faced his  _________________across the net on the court.

• adversary

• bog

• brackish

• aplomb

Ella performed the job with great _______________.

• circumference

• aptitude

• adversary

• bluff

The street was ____________ due to the serious accident.

• cunning

• aplomb

• defiant

• barricaded

The teacher was  __________________to the troubled student.

• banish

• adversary

• aptitude

• attentive

Choose the correct meaning for allusion.

• an indirect or passing reference

• a block or obstacle

• self-confidence

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Complete the sentence with the correct word from below.

The baby's small head ________________ concerned the doctors.

• adversary

• circumference

• banish

• attentive

Select an antonym for "contorted."

• line

• twisted

• bent

• talent

Select the definition for "cunning."

• having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit

• mix of various ingredients

• a natural ability

Select the definition for "defiance."

• anxious or fearful

• enclosing boundary

• open resistance

Select the definition for "anecdote."

• send away

• attempt to deceive

• one's opponent

• short story