Winter dreams
vocabulary practice
blatantly
patrimony retinue
mundane
precipitate
flux
precarious camaraderie petulance surfeit
a. directions: for each phrase in the first column, find the phrase in the second
column that is closest in meaning. write the letter of that phrase in the blank.
1. a partner's patrimony
a. an obvious untruth
2. a precarious plan
b. cause an event
3. a surfeit of happiness
c. an ordinary practice
4. a blatantly told lie
d. athlete's followers
5. a sudden flux
e. the players friendly spirit
6. precipitate an action
f. an unexpected change
7. the team's camaraderie g. a youngster's bad temper
8. a child's petulance
h. an associate's inheritance
9. a golfer's retinue
1. a dangerous design
10. a mundane routine
j. an excess of joy
b. directions: fill in each blank with the correct word from the box.
11. a good nap will often cure
in an infant.
12. you could sense the
among the actors because they seemed to
ing so much fun on stage.
13. a high, narrow ledge is a
place to stand.
14. although the details of the contract may seem
it is importan
them all carefully
15. do you think it is possible to have a
of talent?
16. an unexpected storm will often
a change in picnic plans.
17. everything is in
at our school, so it is difficult to predict w
like here next year.
18. i never see that actor with his
following behind.