Folklore Vocab Quiz

Match the following-

• despair

• to avoid, ignore, or reject someone or something

• abomination

• horrible, frightening, or gruesome

• remote

• a thing that causes disgust or hatred

• shun

• far away or distant
• ghastly

• having no hope

Match the following

• entrepreneur

• loud enough to cause temporary hearing loss

• deafening

• gathering up anything, and as much of it as you can, in order to get something done

• sallow

• deep regret or guilt for a wrongdoing

• muster

• pale or yellowish and looks unhealthy

• remorse

• a person who starts a business, manages it, and takes risks hoping to make money from the business

Part 2:  Use your context clues to fill in the blanks of each sentence.

Victor said "Watery, yellow eyes, ______ skin, misshapen arms and legs....You were supposed to be beautiful!"

• sallow

• muster

• entreprenuer

Part 2:  Use your context clues to fill in the blanks of each sentence.

 

From the darkness comes a very loud, _______ crash of thunder and a flash of lightning.

• shun

• ghastly

• deafening

Part 2:  Use your context clues to fill in the blanks of each sentence.

The creature _______ or gathers up his courage to knock on the door of Mr. De Lacey.

• racks

• remote

• musters

Part 2:  Use your context clues to fill in the blanks of each sentence.

Robin Hood and his crew helped give money to the poor people because the poor people had to pay ____ to the Sheriff.

• outlaws

• taxes

• peasants

Part 2:  Use your context clues to fill in the blanks of each sentence.

A- "Robin takes a loaf of bread and a hunk of ______ from his satchel."

• archery

• mutton

• sallow

Part 2:  Use your context clues to fill in the blanks of each sentence.

In the _______ competition Link hit the middle of the target with a sharp arrow.

• soccer

• sword fighting

• archery

• fencing

Part 2:  Use your context clues to fill in the blanks of each sentence.

The creature says, "I am disliked because I am _______ or rejected by the entire world."

• benevolent

• intently

• shunned

Part 2:  Use your context clues to fill in the blanks of each sentence.

The creature says, "I thought the boy would be too young to have ________, but he called me an ogre."

• remote

• prejudice

• sallow