English 10 vocab 8

Front

Hurston's folklore stories were ___ made by anonymous storytellers.

Back

fabrications

Answer explanation

Context clue: Made up long ago by anonymous storytellers.

Front

Hurston had no ____ about telling life as it was. If she had doubts, she overcame them.

Back

qualms

Answer explanation

Context clue: "If she had doubts.."

doubts = synonym

Front

Obstacles to Hurston’s goals:

Back

impediments

Answer explanation

Context clue: "all served as obstacles...:"

synonym

Front

Hurston faced hardships but was often fortunate. It was ____ that she had other job offers despite low writing income.

Back

opportune

Answer explanation

Context clues: "often fortunate" (inference)

"other jobs offered to her, since she made little money writing." (inference)

Front

The ____ of certain individuals in Hurston’s hometown must have been etched in her memory. The reader can almost see the vitality and brightness surrounding these characters.

Back

auras

Answer explanation

Context clue: "can almost see the vitality and brightness surrounding these characters."

example/inference

Front

Hurston’s autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road, shows her to be a zealous individual whose dedication gave her a great deal of stamina.

Back

zealous, stamina

Answer explanation

Context clue: "dedication" "endurance"

synonym

Front

Hurston had a ____ reputation in her lifetime, but her writings are now ____ received.

Back

mediocre, zealously

Answer explanation

Context clues: "reputation in her lifetime, not an exceptional one."

antonym

"received by an enthusiastic audience."

synonym

Front

Hurston has many ____ fans, but she died almost unknown. Many had ___ about her work.

Back

zealous, qualms

Answer explanation

Context clues: "but she died almost unknown."

antonym

"misgivings that are hard to understand today."

synonym

Front

Hurston lost her stamina and will to live. Her life force, once strong, became little more than a _____

Back

zephyrs

Answer explanation

Context clues: "Hurston eventually lost her ___, health, and will to live."

inference/example

"once strong as a gale, became little more than a _____."

Antonym

Front

Talented woman, once seen as backward-looking, buried in segregated cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida, faced and overcame all sorts of ____.

Back

reactionary, impediments

Answer explanation

Context clue:  

"who was once accused of being backward-looking, even _____,"

Synonym

"who had faced and overcome all sorts of ____, is buried in a segregated cemetery in Fort Pierce, Florida."

Inference