The document defines 5 words: horizontal, endure, eager, exclaim, and recollect. It provides the definitions, examples of use, and antonyms for each word. It then has questions to test understanding of word meanings, identify words in context, find antonyms, and apply the words. The questions cover a range of skills around vocabulary building.

1. List 14
eager
endure
exclaim
horizontal
recollect
Eager—adj; happily excited, ambitious, enthusiastic, keen, passionate
(ea/ger)
Ea/ger/ness—noun
Ea/ger/ly—adv
 Many people are usually eager for the weekend.
 He is eager for the new episode of his favorite TV show.
 What are you eager for in the future?
Antonym: bored, disinterested, dispassionate, uneager, unenthusiastic
Endure—verb; to live with something difficult unwillingly, face, go through, suffer,
tolerate, withstand
(en/dure)
En/dur/ance—noun
 We have to endure cold and snow if we want to live in Minnesota.
 When people are very sick, they have to endure it until they get better.
 What is something you have to endure if you want to get your GED?
Antonym – give up, quit, refuse, retreat, run away, stop, surrender
Exclaim—verb; to call out, proclaim, yell, declare, call aloud, shout out
(ex/claim)
Ex/cla/ma/tion—noun
 We exclaim: “Watch out!” to prevent something bad from happening.
 We use an exclamation point at the end of a sentence to show emotion.
 Name a word or words that can be used to exclaim something.
Antonym – whisper, be quiet, to conceal, to refrain
Horizontal—adj; running from side to side, level, even, smooth, straight
(Ho/ri/zon/tal)
Ho/ri/zon/tal/ly—adv
Ho/ri/zon—noun
 To pass the GED math test, you need to know that horizontal lines go
across.
 When you lie down, you’re horizontal.
 Name something that is horizontal in this room.
Antonym – vertical, running up and down, upright

2. Recollect—verb; to remember, to bring back to mind, to recall, to reminisce, to
think of
(re/col/lect)
Re/col/lec/tion—noun
 The earliest memories people recollect are usually from the time they
were three years old.
 I can still recollect my very first class I taught.
 What do you recollect about your childhood?
Antonym – to forget, to lose, to block, to draw a blank, to blank out
List 14
eager
endure
exclaim
horizontal
recollect
Definitions
1. ___________________ lying flat; lying or extending from side to side
2. ___________________to put up with; bear patiently
3. ___________________looking forward to with great interest or desire
4. ___________________to speak or cry out suddenly from strong feelings
or desire
5. ___________________to remember
Fill in the Blank
6. Sometimes I think I can’t ___________________one more day of winter,
but I know spring will come soon.
7. Although I remember little about first grade, I ___________________ my
year in third grade very clearly.
8. The day after Andrea had her long hair cut short, everyone
___________________ed, “Your hair!”
9. Knowing that she had done well on the test, Patricia was
___________________ to see the score.

3. 10.Do you think it’s true that ___________________ stripes on clothing make
you look wider.
Find the Word
11.The trees that had fallen during the storm lay flat on the ground.
a. recollect
b. consent
c. horizontal
12.When the doors of the store opened on the day of the big sale, shoppers
rushed in, excited about finding the best bargains.
a. eager
b. horizontal
c. consent
13.Thelma remembered a neighbor offering a piece of cake on her birthday.
a. recollect
b. consent
c. horizontal
14. Shouting in surprise, “Hey what are you doing here?!”
a. endure
b. exclaim
c. eager
15.A terrible headache makes me ill, and I need to lie down until it’s gone.
a. endure
b. exclaim
c. eager
Antonyms
16.eager
a. unsteady
b. expected
c. perfect
d. not interested
17.horizontal
a. in a circle
b. vertical
c. lying at a slant
d. outside
18.recollect
a. forget
b. plan
c. remember
d. wonder
19.endure
a. bear up under
b. give up
c. agree
d. remember
20.exclaim
a. tell
b. call out
c. whisper
d. notice

4. What/Why/Where, etc. Questions:
21.What is something you are eager for?
22.Where can you see horizontal or vertical stripes?
23.What is a good recollection you have of the past?
24.Do you have to endure hardship to be successful?
25.When do children exclaim? What do they say?