"The Lottery" Vocab

Mr. Thomas droned on ____________ in History, talking about the Magna Carta.

• gravely

• disengaged

• humorlessly

• interminably

Mrs. Lewis can spend hours inside a Barnes & Noble, admiring the literary ______________ the store sells.

• paraphernalia

• jovial

• ritual

• boisterous

Mrs. Lewis always found herself __________ in Math class; it is no wonder she became an English teacher.

• ritual

• disengaged

• humorlessly

• gravely

Though one would expect a last period class of 32 middle school boys to be ____________, the students were calm and engaged.

• humorlessly

• ritual

• boisterous

• gravely

Mr. Lewis had no idea what made Mrs. Lewis angry one minute and _________ the next.

• grave

• jovial

• perfunctory

• humorless

During Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral procession, the soldiers marched __________ alongside her casket.

• gravely

• indulgently

• interminably

• jovially

Adjective

Emotionally detached

• disengaged

• perfunctory

• interminably

• indulgently

Adjective 

Cheerful and friendly

• interminably

• ritual

• humorlessly

• jovial

Adverb

In an unwilling and hesitant way

• reluctantly

• gravely

• perfunctory

• jovial

Adverb

In an endless way

• interminably

• gravely

• humorlessly

• indulgently