Harrison Bergeron Vocabulary & Comprehension

All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendment to the Constitution, and to the unceasing ____________ of agents of the United States Handicapper General. (a state of watchfulness to detect danger)

• exuberance

• vigilance

• flamboyance

Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair _______ of their brains. (any circumstance specially favorable to success; superiority)

• advantage

• detriment

• reputation

A buzzer sounded in George's head. His thoughts fled in panic, like _____ from a burglar alarm. (thieves, robbers, outlaws)

• warriors

• bandits

• landlubbers

George was toying with vague _____ that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. (a general understanding; vague or imperfect idea)

• erratum

• potency

• notion

"I'd think it would be real interesting, hearing all the different sounds,"said Hazel a little _____. "All the things they think up."(an expression of feeling covetousness or discontent in regards to thing possessed by others)

• prodigious

• envious

• ridiculous

Hazel saw him _____. Having no mental handicap herself, she had to ask George what the latest sound had been. (to draw back or tense the body, as from pain; flinch)

• wince

• vault

• grasp

Hazel, as a matter of fact, bore a strong _____ to the Handicapper General, a woman named Diana Moon Glampers. (a state or fact of similarity)

• distraction

• resemblance

• resolution

"Two years in prison and two thousand dollars fine for every ball I took out," said George. "I don't call that a _____." (a purchase acquired at less than the usual cost)

• bargain

• stipulation

• indictment

It wasn't clear at first as to what the bulletin was about, since the announcer, like all announcers, had a serious speech _____. (obstruction; hindrance, obstacle)

• disclosure

• impediment

• excursion

Her voice was a warm _____ timeless melody. (clear, readily intelligible)

• luminous

• obscure

• archaic