The Handmaid's Tale Vocabulary

The ________ had traces of the original writings of an ancient Roman poet on it.

• archaic

• forlorn

• palimpsest

• anachronism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

The school had a very strict ________ for if there was a fire.

• protocol

• anachronism

• palimpsest

• martyr

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The girl, who suffered from stage fright, gave her mom a ________ smile as the curtain opened.

• pious

• surly

• tremulous

• inconspicuous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

There was one strange ___________ in the Medieval setting of the movie - a Starbucks cup.

• palimpsest

• anachronism

• martyr

• protocol

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Many people _______ their Thanksgiving turkey before they baste and cook it.

• truss

• ingratiate

• archaic

• superfluous

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

The teacher was _________ about particular poetry. She often bored us by talking for too long about it.

• condone

• forlorn

• superfluous

• pedantic

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The ___________ man sat on the steps with his ripped up love letter knowing he'd lost his dream girl forever.

• pious

• inconspicuous

• surly

• forlorn

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

The parents did not ________ violence, so when the school called saying their Kindergartener bit someone they were upset.

• ingratiate

• condone

• cultivate

• benevolence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

The extra two pages was just _____________ information that we didn't really need.

• superfluous

• inconspicuous

• sanctity

• surly

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

His ____________ toward the stranger was apparent when he helped him cross the street.

• sanctity

• heretical

• condone

• benevolence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5