Vocabulary #5

Worksheet by Polly Schaefer
Subjects
ELA
Grades
Grade 6 , Grade 7 , Grade 8
Language
ENG
Assignments
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Match the word with its definition. bolster to support, as in a group bombastic high sounding boon a timely benefit; a blessing boorish unmannered; crude; sensitive bootleg to smuggle booty property seized by force bovine relating to or resembling a cow brazen bold; shameless brink edge brouhaha an uproar; hubbub Fill in the blanks(click on the line to see your word choices)with the most appropriate word. 1. Scott was arrested when he attempted to bootleg illegal CDs.2. The week-long rain was a boon to the farmers whose crops were withering from the drought.3. Jane knew she had to bolster the support of the underclassmen if she hoped to win the election.4. Bob's boorish manners at the restaurant made everyone uncomfortable.5. Tiger Woods' brazen attempt to reach the green in two strokes paid off with a birdie.6. The candidate's bombastic speech was hard to understand because it made no sense.7. On the brink of disaster, Mike finally regained control of the skidding car.8. Pirates kept their booty in chests which they sometimes buried.9. What began as a quiet party, suddenly turned into a brouhaha.10. The bovine features of the man scared the children.

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