Book 1 Lessons 7-9 Vocabulary Review

The verb gird means

• to make afraid

• to brace

• to discourage

• to encourage

The antonym of daunt is

• palace

• discontent

• encourage

• discourage

The school was in a state of __ because there were 9 principals in 10 years.

• felicity

• despot

• flux

• penury

Shrek lived in a ___ in the swamp.

• egress

• hovel

• gird

• despot

The make-up made the usually robust actor appear pale and ___.

• robust

• cadaverous

• flux

• despot

Edgar Allan Poe wrote works that appealed to ___ audiences who like mysterious, grotesque, and desolate styles of fiction.

• gothic

• egress

• despot

• penury

The antonym of penury is

• opulence

• destitution

• extreme poverty

• discontent

Egress is defined as

• a means of going out

• a dictator with absolute power

• an open shed

• corpselike

The wedding of Shrek and Fiona was filled with ___, singing, and dancing.

• despot

• felicity

• penury

• hovel

Adolf Hitler was a ___ who ruled with an iron fist.

• felicity

• cadaverous

• gird

• despot