English – 8
• ________________________ argument, dispute, quarrel; controversy (n.)
• ________________________ tiresome; long and boring (adj.)
• ________________________ bandit who robs or raids (n.)
• ________________________ to rest or recline (v.)
• ________________________ a swift-flowing, violent stream of water (n.)
• ________________________ to rob, to take unlawfully (v.)
• ________________________ a disease, plague, epidemic (n.)
• ________________________ done with constant, careful attention; diligent (adj.)
• ________________________ burdensome, clumsy, awkward (adj.)
• ________________________ echo, reflection of sound
• ________________________ disgust, mockery, insult (n.)
• ________________________ that which cannot be held back or controlled (adj.)
• ________________________ negative, bad (adj.)
• ________________________ extremely talkative (adj.)
• ________________________ facial expression (n.)
• ________________________ self-denial, giving up of rights, sacrifice (n.)
• ________________________ beggar; having no material goods (n.)
• ________________________ without life; weak; spiritless (adj.)
• ________________________ a means of inflicting punishment (v.) the punishment (n.)
• ________________________ that which cannot be eased, lessened or satisfied (adj.)
• ________________________ a whispering, murmuring, or rustling sound (n.)
• ________________________ many in number; numerous (adj.)
• ________________________ happy, cheerful (adj.)
• ________________________ dark, gloomy (adj.)
• ________________________ adorned; magnificent in appearance (adj.)
tenebrous contention derision resplendent mendicant
reverberation countenance garrulous tedious adverse
marauder implacable pestilence cumbrous blithe
scourge abnegation susurrus assiduous irrepressible
languid repose pillage manifold torrent
Mrs. Curran
English – 8
tenebrous contention derision resplendent mendicant
reverberation countenance garrulous tedious adverse
marauder implacable pestilence cumbrous blithe
scourge abnegation susurrus assiduous irrepressible
languid repose pillage manifold torrent
• The decision to cancel the trip to Washington proved to be a point of _____________________ among the students, parents, and administration at school, and they argued about it incessantly.
• When told she would have to take a vow of silence in order to become a nun, Agnes refused. “I am far too _____________________ to survive that restriction,” she explained.
• The pioneers moved slowly through the shallow river, a trip that was made more difficult by the slow and _____________________ horse-and-wagon mode of travel.
• Sifting through sand to find buttons is a (an) _____________________ exercise, too boring to keep my attention for more than an hour.
• During the tempestuous night, the streamlet became a _____________________ in which Lucy’s cat was unmercifully swept away.
• Arrogant Alice looked upon the ragged orphan children with _____________________, disgusted but grateful that she would not have to take the disease-ridden waifs into her home.
• Reverend Dimsdale’s loud, admonishing lecture created haunting echoes and _____________________ within the large, empty foyer.
• In vain, Captain Ahab struggled to control the boat despite the _____________________ conditions of driving rain, swelling seas, and a mutinous crew.
• One look at Benedict’s forlorn _____________________ told Evangeline that her father’s heart and soul were broken by the British soldiers’ despicable actions.
• The ghetto was besieged by the devious _____________________ known as typhus, which spread through the town killing thousands of Jews.
• Because I was determined to finish painting the deck in one day, I worked _____________________ly, despite an aching back and torrential rainfall.
• The children’s laughter was _____________________ after the elephant sat on the clown, a hilarious stunt that kept me from controlling my snickering, too.
• After walking for three hours without a break, the travelers stopped to _____________________ by a cooling stream.
• “Help!” cried the curator of the museum. “Our display of rare jewels has been _____________________ by those masked marauders sliding down the banister.”
• Wearing black masks and carrying silver swords, the band of _____________________ silently crept into town and pillaged the homes of its inhabitants.
• Blinking against the blinding light, the cave dwellers emerged from their _____________________ homes of earth and clay into the sun of the sweltering August afternoon.
• Because the actor was known for his _____________________ facial expressions, he became known as the “man of a thousand faces.”
• Lady Macbeth was _____________________ in her velvet robe, jewel-studded crown, and flowing, satin gown.
• The giddy and garrulous girls glided through the glen with a carefree and _____________________ demeanor.
• Walking through the streets of the city, I was amazed at the squalid conditions in which the poor, wretched _____________________ lived.
• After years of living without money and other secular goods, monks grow accustomed to the _____________________ they endure.
• Prisoners during the Spanish Inquisition were forced to endure the _____________________ of whipping and other torturous acts.
• Aghast at the horrendous conditions of the camp, the Russian soldiers tried to rouse the _____________________ prisoners lying pitifully in their bunks, but most of them were too weak to move.
• After the princess announced that she, not Queen Lucinda, was the mother of Prince Egbert, an uncomfortable _____________________ mingled throughout the throng in the courtyard as they quietly discussed the revelation.
• My thirst for knowledge is _____________________; it seems that no book or teacher can adequately satisfy my desire for learning.