The Princess Bride Vocab Quiz #2: The Bride

My uncle had a big honor given to him when he was told that the university ​would (a)   an honorary degree for his work in physics.

• bestow
• sire
• hovel
• varnish
• visage
• supplication

There was a long line of cars behind the hearse in the funeral ​ (a)   , all driving slowly to the cemetery.

• procession
• gnarled
• droll
• careen
• scorn
• provisions

At first, John couldn't have children.

Then after his surgery, he was able to ​ (a)   a dozen children.

• sire
• bestow
• scorn
• chide
• loathe
• gnarled

Westley was so in love with Buttercup that her ​ (a)   was the last thing he always saw in his mind each night before he fell asleep.

• visage
• hovel
• sire
• jest
• smitten
• arbitrary

Choose the best example of something that might have a gnarled appearance:

• a baby's face

• an old, dying tree

• a sheet of glass

• an unpaved road

Which of the following people or groups could best be described as your adversary?

• your 2nd period classmates

• a stranger on the street

• your best friend

• the team you're playing against

Which action could be described as getting provisions?

• Your mom buys a case of bottled water

• You stay up for hours memorizing your vocabulary list

• Your best friend counts all her Instagram followers

• You pray for an "A" on the test even though you didn't study.

Which of these things did Buttercup scorn?

• the girls in town

• the boys in town

• the cows on their farm

• riding her horse

A word that means you did something by accident (not on purpose):

• chide

• undaunted

• inadvertent

• unfathomable

A word that means you really, really hate something:

• droll

• sublimity

• arbitrary

• loathe