Wordmasters - 5th Grade - Winter 2024

a mixture of different elements

• amalgam
• era
• dross
• toxin

The orchestra was an __________ of instruments.

• amalgam
• era
• enrichment
• askew

old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted; discredited by reason of age

• antiquated
• outmoded
• deplete
• recoil

My grandpa has some pretty __________ opinions about music.

• antiquated
• outmoded
• fringe
• chic

out of line; at an angle

• askew
• chic
• brusque
• skirt

The picture was hanging __________ on the wall.

• askew
• blunt
• hybrid
• random

Caroline stood on the __________ overlooking the ocean.

• bluff
• dross
• era
• quail

to deceive or frighten by pretending to have strength or confidence that one does not really have

• bluff
• blunt
• rebuke
• quail

having an edge or point that is not sharp

• blunt
• askew
• brusque
• random

To be perfectly __________, I don't think he can do it.

• blunt
• toxin
• willy-nilly
• outmoded