5 ELA Vocabulary Test 15

1. An unusual sight or marvelous display is a _____.

• a. moral
• b. scorch
• c. spectacle
• d. trifle

2. Be careful not to _____ your apron on the hot stove.

• a. trifle
• b. complicate
• c. grieve
• d. scorch

3. Something that is everywhere or common to everyone is _____.

• a. tragic
• b. courteous
• c. universal
• d. severe

4. To make a problem hard to understand or solve is to _____ it.

• a. grieve
• b. complicate
• c. eliminate
• d. trifle

5. A small, unimportant, or inconsequential matter is a _____ .

• a. trifle
• b. scorch
• c. moral
• d. spectacle

6. _____ emotions, sensations, or actions are brutal and extreme.

• a. Courteous
• b. Severe
• c. Moral
• d. Universal

7. Slight pain or distress can be called _____ .

• a. moral
• b. spectacle
• c. discomfort
• d. scorch

8. Joseph always acts in a polite, _____ manner.

• a. courteous
• b. eliminate
• c. grieved
• d. moral
• e. spectacle

9. Hundreds of lives were lost in the _____ fire.

• f. tragic
• a. courteous
• b. eliminate
• c. grieved
• d. moral

10. Use an eraser to _____ any mistakes you find.

• b. eliminate
• a. courteous
• c. grieved
• d. moral
• e. spectacle