AmLit Vocab Assessment 1-14

Choose the word that best fits this description:

In The Crucible, Abigail told many lies and pretended to be attacked by witches in order to cover up her own crimes.

• arduous

• flimsy

• duplicitous

• disdain

Choose the word that best fits this description:

During courtroom scenes in The Crucible, Abigail and the girls cried out, fainted, and exhibited strange behaviors.

• integrity

• bizarre

• elusive

• vigilant

Choose the idiom that best fits this description:

Nick chose to remain friends with Gatsby up to the very end, being one of the few who attended his funeral.

• through thick and thin

• the last straw

• play the devil's advocate

• betrayed with a kiss

Choose the best word for the sentence:

Emily's cousins were _______ when they found a gray hair on the pillow next to the decomposed body of her lover.

• blithe

• indelible

• vigilant

• aghast

Which of the following is a virtue?

• machinations

• integrity

• ubiquitous

• hierarchy

Choose the best word for the sentence:

Someone who practiced witchcraft would be ________ in a Puritan society.

• derived

• prevailed

• stigmatized

• embellished

Which of the following is also a maze?

• labyrinth

• probity

• epitaph

• minutiae

Which idiom would best fit the meaning of the word prevail?

• can't see the forest for the trees

• the elephant in the room

• jump on the bandwagon

• weather the storm

Choose the word that best fits this definition:

experienced in the imagination through the thoughts and feelings of another person rather than first hand

• ominous

• vicarious

• atrocious

• vivacious

Choose the word that best fits this description:

The wealthy people in The Great Gatsby seemed to have no concern or care toward the poor people of the lower class.

• magnanimous

• ecstatic

• apathetic

• transient