Vocabulary Fun Name ____________________________

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Vocabulary Worksheet Match each word in the word box to a definition below. Use a dictionary to look up the words that you do not know.

hilarious fortnight insufficient huge patriarch tawny

omnivore perjury decamp permit googol caduceus

zoologist banjo causeway

1. enormous - _____________________________________________________

2. very funny - _____________________________________________________

3. the head of a family or tribe - _______________________________________

4. light reddish-yellow brown color - _____________________________________

5. a period of two weeks - ______________________________________________

6. a raised road across low lying ground - __________________________________

7. not enough - ______________________________________________________

8. the number 1 followed by 100 zeros - ___________________________________

9. to allow - _______________________________________________________

10. telling a lie when under oath to tell the truth - _____________________________

11. the symbol of the art of medicine - _____________________________________

12. a stringed musical instrument - _______________________________________

13. to go away secretly or suddenly - _____________________________________

14. an animal who eats a variety of meats an vegetables - ______________________

15. someone who specializes in zoology - ___________________________________

Vocabulary Fun answer key

Copyright ©1991, 2007 T. Smith Publishing. All rights reserved. www.tlsbooks.com

Vocabulary Worksheet Match each word in the word box to a definition below. Use a dictionary to look up the words that you do not know.

hilarious fortnight insufficient huge patriarch tawny

omnivore perjury decamp permit googol caduceus

zoologist banjo causeway

1. enormous - huge

2. very funny - hilarious

3. the head of a family or tribe - patriarch

4. light reddish-yellow brown color - tawny

5. a period of two weeks - fortnight

6. a raised road across low lying ground - causeway

7. not enough - insufficient

8. the number 1 followed by 100 zeros - googol

9. to allow - permit

10. telling a lie when under oath to tell the truth - perjury

11. the symbol of the art of medicine - caduceus

12. a stringed musical instrument - banjo

13. to go away secretly or suddenly - decamp

14. an animal who eats a variety of meats an vegetables - omnivore

15. someone who specializes in zoology - zoologist