The Lady with the Dog Vocab

Based on how the word is used in the sentence below, what does lorgnette mean?

"Anna looked through her lorgnette at the steamer and the passengers..."

• Opera glasses

• binoculars

• mirror

• sunglasses

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The image on the left is a good example of which of the following vocabulary words from the short story, "The Lady with the Dog"?

• Beguiled

• Superfluous

• Disperse

• Gaiety

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What does the word rapacious mean?

• Unlucky

• Lucky

• Greedy

• Rich

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Which of the following words best describes the relationship between Anna and Gurov?

• Condescension

• Quivering

• Beguiled

• Musing

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Which of the following is the best definition for conspicuous?

• odd or unusual

• a wall built by the river to control erosion

• influenced by trickery

• easily seen or noticed

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Fickle, erratic, quirky and unstable are all synonyms for which word?

• Capricious

• Angularity

• Rapacious

• Beseech

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To be absorbed in thought is the definition for which of the following words?

• Owing

• Groyne

• Musing

• Superfluous

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Using context clues from the following sentence, disperse means to what?

"The festive crowd began to disperse; it was too dark to see people's faces."

• be influenced by trickery

• beg eagerly

• move awkwardly

• Scatter or spread widely

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To know of someone but not be friends with them is know as what?

• being acquaintances

• being conspicuous

• being peculiar

• being beseeched

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Gentle touch and showing affection is the definition for which word?

• quiver

• domineer

• caress

• muse

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