WW Book 10 Lesson 4 Test

Find a SYNONYM for each bold/underlined word.

1. Kevin was surprised by the mayor’s accolade, which was something he never expected for just doing what he thought was right.

• thanks

• respect

• anger

• award

Find a SYNONYM for each bold/underlined word.

2. After last year’s outbursts, security at the championship match was heightened to prevent altercations among the rivals’ fans.

• A) disputes

• B) teasing

• C) boasting

• D) violence

Find a SYNONYM for each bold/underlined word.

3. Only a reporter as assiduous as Lisa could have gotten the story.

• persistent

• lucky

• pretty

• connected

Find a SYNONYM for each bold/underlined word.

4. The real estate developer endowed her alma mater with the funds for a new science lab.

• manipulated

• provided

• threatened

• billed

Find a SYNONYM for each bold/underlined word.

5. Maya felt that gossiping behind people’s backs was a perversity she could not engage in.

• hobby

• practice

• wrong

• morality

Find an ANTONYM for each bold/underlined word.

6. Store employees were unprepared for the display of adulation from the hundreds of fans who attended the author’s book signing event.

• hatred

• mania

• admiration

• disinterest

Find an ANTONYM for each bold/underlined word.

7. Ever since his fall, Robert has been chary about walking on icy sidewalks.

• hesitant

• careful

• reckless

• clumsy

Find an ANTONYM for each bold/underlined word.

Nathan’s friends think he is perverse because he is uninterested in getting a job and moving out of his mother’s house.

• reasonable

• lazy

• immature

• smart

Find an ANTONYM for each bold/underlined word.

Carla was adamant in her belief that television was for the small-minded.

• firm

• aggressive

• yielding

• humorous

Find an ANTONYM for each bold/underlined word.

To see it now, it is hard to believe that the warehouse district used to be a decrepit row of empty buildings.

• brand-new

• worn out

• sagging

• colorful