Fill it in

By: JoSkyAnna Fill it in

INSTRUCTIONS: Simply read the sentence carefully, and using the context clues, guess the vocabulary word that is missing in the sentence.

#1 • Little children and stuffed animals __________ in Build A Bear Workshop. • abound

#2 • Because he only gives a _______ of attention to his studies, his grades aren’t doing very well. • modicum

#3 • When we saw the ________ amount of food the puppy was consuming, it was no surprise that it was getting so big and fat. • prodigious

#4 • Brushing your teeth in the morning is a ________ task. • quotidian

#5 • We __________ the amount of advertisement around the school so that everyone would know about our class bake sale. • augmented

#6 • Our food supply__________ when all the hungry football players got home from a football game. • diminished

#7 • Our class advisor announces important information with __________ so that our meetings can end quickly. • brevity

#8 • People were amazed at the _________ of the stadium because it could fit so many people in it. • amplitude

#9 • A blue whale is a _________ because it is the largest animal in the world. • behemoth

#10 • There’s an _________ chance that a person will get struck by lightning twice. • infinitesimal