Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase. Choose your answers from the options given below.
(wavered, weakling, wayward, withered, whimsical, wistful, weird)
1. Whenever she speaks of her childhood, she has a ………………. look on her face.
2. Frosts …………………. the leaves until the trees were bare.
3. You are too ………………… to be a businessman.
4. ………………… noises came from the haunted house at night.
5. Stand up for your rights and don’t be such a ………………….
6. The judge sent the boy to a home for ………………… youths.
7. He never ………………… in his determination to become a doctor.
Answers
1. Whenever she speaks of her childhood, she has a wistful look on her face.
2. Frosts withered the leaves until the trees were bare.
3. You are too whimsical to be a businessman.
4. Weird noises came from the haunted house at night.
5. Stand up for your rights and don’t be such a weakling.
6. The judge sent the boy to a home for wayward youths.
7. He never wavered in his determination to become a doctor.
Meanings
Wistful – pensive, reflective, sorrowful, sadly thoughtful
Withered – wilted, desiccated
Whimsical – eccentric, notional, erratic
Weird – mysterious, eerie, spooky
Weakling – coward
Wayward – rebellious, unruly, disobedient
Waver – falter, hesitate