22.1.1 Test Your Vocabulary: Adjective

Fill in the blanks with words from the given lists to the categories they belong.

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ablaze, aflame, alight, blazing, deadly, fatal, hazardous, lethal, mortal, noxious, parlous, perilous, precarious, toxic, venomous, virulent

(1) There are four words belonging to each category.

(a) burning : _____, _____, _____, _____

(a) burning : ___, _, _, ___

(a) burning : ablaze, aflame, alight, blazing

(b). dangerous : _____, _____, _____, _____

(b). dangerous : ___, _, _, ___

(b) dangerous : hazardous, parlous, precarious, perilous

(c) poisonous : ___, _, _, ___

(d) causing death : _____, _____, _____, _____

(d) causing death : ___, _, _, ___

(d) causing death : deadly, fatal, lethal, mortal

decimate, devastate, expedite, flee, hasten, race, ravage, raze, ruin, rush, scurry, wreck

(2) There are six synonyms belonging to each category.

(a) destroy : _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

(a) destroy : ___, _, _, _, _, ___

(a) destroy : decimate, devastate, ravage, raze, ruin, wreck

(b) hurry : _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

(b) hurry : ___, _, _, _, ___

(b) hurry : expedite, flee, hasten, race, rush, scurry

crazy, demented, deranged, exhausted, fatigued, hapless, ill-fated, insane, jinxed, luckless, lunatic, spent, unfortunate, weary, worn-out

(3) There are five words belonging to each category.

(a) unlucky : _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

(a) unlucky : ___, _, _, _, ___

(a) unlucky : hapless, ill-fated, jinxed, luckless, unfortunate

(b) tired : _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

(b) tired : ___, _, _, _, ___

(b) tired : exhausted, fatigued, spent, weary, worn-out

(c) mad : ___, _, _, _, ___

assassination, bloodbath, carnage, execution, genocide, manslaughter, homicide, massacre, murder, pogrom, slaying, slaughter

(4) There are six words belonging to each category.

(a) Causing death of individuals: _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

(a) Causing death of individuals : ___, _, _, _, _, ___

(a) Causing death of individuals : assassination, execution, manslaughter, homicide, murder, slaying

(b) Causing death of many : _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

(b) Causing death of many : ___, _, _, _, _, ___

(b) Causing death of many : bloodbath, carnage, genocide, massacre, pogrom, slaughter

annoyed, baffled, bewildered, blue, cross, depressed, devastated, disappointed, discombobulated, discouraged, disoriented, downcast, enraged, exasperated, frustrated, furious, gloomy, grieving, heartbroken, incensed, indignant, irritated, miserable, muddled, mystified, outraged, perplexed, puzzled, resentful, uncertain, unclear, unhappy, unsure

(5) There are eleven words belonging to each category.

angry: _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

angry : ___, _, _, _, _, ___

(a) annoyed , (b) cross , (c) enraged , (d) exasperated , (e) frustrated , (f) furious

angry: _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

angry : ___, _, _, _, ___

(g) incensed , (h) indignant , (i) irritated , (j) outraged , (k) resentful

sad: _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

sad: ___, _, _, _, _, ___

(a) depressed , (b) devastated , (c) disappointed , (d) discouraged , (e) downcast , (f) gloomy

sad: _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

sad : ___, _, _, _, ___

(g) blue , (h) grieving , (i) heartbroken , (j) miserable , (k) unhappy

confused: _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

(e) confused : ___, _, _, _, _, ___

(a) baffled , (b) bewildered , (c) discombobulated , (d) disoriented , (e) muddled , (f) mystified

confused: _____, _____, _____, _____, _____

(f) confused : ___, _, _, _, ___

(g) perplexed , (h) puzzled , (i) uncertain , (j) unclear , (k) unsure