Vocab Practice #9-10, Frankenstein 10-13, MLA

Musicians of great ____________ are in the Rock & Roll Hall of fame, but not all of them. For example, Rage Against the Machine and Iron Maiden, both influential bands, have never been inducted.

• curmudgeon

• renown

• sojourn

• nuance

Recently, Australian firefighters went on a ____________ mission to save prehistoric trees in an secret location.

• covert

• curmudgeon

• engender

• tangent

The more I listen to a song or look at a work of art, the more I'm able to hear and see the small ________________ in its construction.

• engender

• tangent

• nuance

• augment

My neighbor down the street comes across as a ____________, but once you get to know him, you'll see he's actually a real softie at his core.

• gregarious

• insidious

• sojourn

• curmudgeon

Research shows that reading fiction _______________ empathy, and makes people behave better.

• covert

• tangent

• engender

• sojourn

My friend will go off on a _________________ whenever I talk about something she's not interested in, which is annoying.

• augment

• sojourn

• tangent

• nuance

People are more ________________ and social when they're comfortable with the people they're with.

• gregarious

• curmudgeon

• insidious

• augment

On a ________________ to China, I was lucky enough to see the Great Wall.

• nuance

• sojourn

• gregarious

• augment

Traveling can really _______________ your understanding of the world and your small place in it.

• sojourn

• curmudgeon

• augment

• covert

What is the first thing Victor says to the creature?

• He calls the creature an angel.

• He calls the creature his friend.

• He calls the creature a devil.

• He calls the creature a monster.