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Spell Bee Word: savage


Basic Details

Word: Savage

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Fierce, violent and cruel, like a wild animal that attacks.

Synonyms: fierce, ferocious, brutal, wild

Antonyms: gentle, tame, kind

How to Spell Savage

Syllables: sav - age

Tricky part: It ends in age, like cabbage, even though it is said like ij. There is only one v.

Watch out for: savege, savidge, savvage

Memory tip: A savage tiger paces up and down its cage. Savage and cage end with the same three letters, age.

Usage Examples

Example 1: A savage storm tore the tin roofs off the village huts.

Example 2: The guard dog gave a savage growl when the stranger came near the gate.

Example 3: The film critic wrote a savage review of the new movie.

Fun Fact

Savage comes from the Latin silvaticus, of the woods, built from silva, forest. At first it simply meant wild.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: savage

a) brutal
b) wild
c) fierce
d) gentle

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d) gentle. A gentle animal is calm and kind, the opposite of a savage one.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

evagas

a) salvage
b) sausage
c) savage
d) ravage

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c) savage. There is no r, l or u in the jumble, which rules out ravage, salvage and sausage.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The hunters were frightened by the savege roar coming from the forest.

a) frightened
b) savege
c) forest
d) hunters

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b) savege. The last part is age, the same as in village.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A savage attack is one that is ____.

a) very funny
b) very violent
c) very slow
d) very polite

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b) very violent

2. Which animal is most likely to look savage?

a) a snarling wolf
b) a goldfish in a bowl
c) a grazing cow
d) a sleeping kitten

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a) a snarling wolf

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