EB Academics Vocabulary Set A

Vocabulary

When a young person does something well, you should ________ them for it.

• grumble

• gossip

• praise

• criticise

Vocabulary

8. Since Mum went on strike, the dishes have been

________ in the kitchen sink.

• falling out

• falling apart

• piling up

• piling on

Vocabulary

Parents should always ________ to talk to their children

about their problems.

• do time

• make chores

• do chores

• make time

I passed all my exams, so my parents are very ________

of me.

• proud

• calm

• ashamed

• cheerful

​​ ​ (a)   (noun) a lack of interest or emotion

• apathy

• bludgeon

• cursory

• eloquent

• forlorn

It is fun to watch the ocean waters ​ (a)   beneath our glass-bottom boat

• undulate

• profusion

• tangible

• recluse

• skittish

Unlike many people today, I prefer a ​ (a)   book made out of paper over an electronic reading tool.

• tangible

• recluse

• undulate

• skittish

• profusion

Match the following vocabulary term to the definition.

• (adjective) actual; real; capable of being perceived by the senses

• Profusion

• (noun) a great quantity or amount; an abundance

• Skittish

• (noun) a person who lives a secluded, solitary life

• Tangible

• (adjective) nervously excitable

• Undulate

• (verb) to move in or cause to move in a wavelike motion

• Recluse

​​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   (adjective) performed quickly with little attention to detail

• cursory

• apathy

• forlorn

• eloquent

• bludgeon

The dancers’ movements were arranged so that they seemed to ​ (a)   like dolphins with the music.

• undulate

• profusion

• tangible

• recluse

• skittish