Y9 AIC Vocabulary Week 2

Which of these words means 'having special rights, advantages, or immunities'?

• omnipresent

• privileged

• dipsomaniac

• egalitarian

Type in the word that means 'wise'.

(a)  

Which is the correct use of this word?

• Sheila is rather vanity.

• Sheila displays her vanity when she is upset by Eva Smith looking prettier than she does in the dress.

• Sheila displays her vanity when she says, "They're not cheap labour, they're people."

• Sheila displays her vanity when she becomes the mouthpiece for the Inspector.

At the beginning of the play, Shelia seems rather (a)   when she asks: "What business? What is happening?"

Which word means 'alcoholic'?

• sagacious

• cumbersome

• vacuous

• dypsomaniac

What is the correct use of this word?

• During the play, the Inspector begins to exert pressure on the Birlings to admit the truth.

• During the play, Sheila begins to exert herself.

• At the beginning of the play, the family are eating exert.

• During the play, the Inspector begins to exert capitalism.

The inspector is an almost (a)   character within the play's universe.

Someone showing a lack of thought or intelligence, or seems rather mindless is ...

• privileged

• sagacious

• vacuous

• cumbersome

Meaning large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use

(a)  

Choose the correct use of the word 'egalitarian'.

• Someone who doesn't eat meat is an egalitarian.

• An ideal socialist society is one that is egalitarian.

• Capitalism is an egalitarian political system.

• An egalitarian is someone who is allergic to eagles.