"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" Vocabulary Quiz 1.0

What is the definition of "integrity"?

• n. honesty or sincerity
• adj. tall and thin
• adj. frightening; intimidating
• v. to cut off or apart
• adj. awkward; hard to manage

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.RI.7.4

"You are our King, and this is too silly, too demeaning a venture for you." What does demeaning mean here?

• adj. lowering one's dignity or standing
• v. to cut off or apart
• adj. tall and thin
• adj. not troubled or distressed
• adj. frightening; intimidating

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of "unperturbed"?

• adj. not troubled or distressed
• n. honesty or sincerity
• adj. awkward; hard to manage
• adj. tall and thin
• adj. frightening; intimidating

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the definition of "revere"?

• v. to honor or worship
• v. to cut off or apart
• adj. not troubled or distressed
• n. honesty or sincerity
• adj. frightening; intimidating

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.RI.7.4

"Down it came and sliced right through the Green Knight’s neck, cutting clean through bone and flesh and skin, severing the terrible head entirely and sending it rolling hideously across the floor toward the lords and ladies at their table." What does severing mean here?

• v. to cut off or apart

• adj. not troubled or distressed

• n. honesty or sincerity

• adj. lowering one's dignity or standing

• adj. awkward; hard to manage

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CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RL.7.4

“I’ll be honored to take the first blow from a knight as noble and worthy as yourself, for you are known and revered throughout all Britain as a man of not only the greatest courage, but also the greatest integrity." What does revered mean here?

• v. to honor or worship
• adj. tall and thin
• adj. frightening; intimidating
• adj. awkward; hard to manage
• adj. not troubled or distressed

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

"For a start, he was a giant of a man, taller by two heads than any knight there, but not lanky and long, not at all." What does lanky mean here?

• adj. tall and thin
• n. honesty or sincerity
• adj. lowering one's dignity or standing
• adj. frightening; intimidating
• adj. not troubled or distressed

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of "sever"?

• v. to cut off or apart
• v. to honor or worship
• adj. awkward; hard to manage
• n. honesty or sincerity
• adj. tall and thin

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the definition of "cumbersome"?

• adj. awkward; hard to manage
• adj. frightening; intimidating
• adj. lowering one's dignity or standing
• n. honesty or sincerity
• adj. tall and thin

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RI.7.4

"Here's the ax. You'll find it heavy and cumbersome." What does cumbersome mean here?

• adj. awkward; hard to manage
• adj. frightening; intimidating
• adj. not troubled or distressed
• v. to cut off or apart
• adj. tall and thin

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4