"The Lottery" Vocabulary Quiz

The duties or activities of people in relation to their town, city, or local area may be referred to as...

• Jovial

• Civic

• Legal

• Ritual

"The new couple talked interminably."

The word interminably, in this instance, means...

• periodically

• rarely

• noisily

• endlessly

What is a word which means "to come before"?

• antecede

• proceed

• succeed

• precede

"I must _____________ decline your invitation."

Which word would best fill in the blank?

• regretfully

• jovially

• defiantly

• tunelessly

A lottery is a process whose success or outcome is governed by _________.

• social status

• finances

• chance

• health

Brushing your teeth should be a task done in a ___________ fashion.

• jovial

• perfunctory

• civic

• boisterous

"My sister sweats profusely at night."

What does the word profusely, in this instance, mean?

• not at all

• in great amounts

• very little

• periodically

How would someone deliver the news of the loss of a loved one to his or her family member?

• profusely

• interminably

• gravely

• daintily

A student staring off into space is perhaps a hint that they are ____________ from the lesson and teacher.

• disengaged

• reprimanded

• discarded

• preceded

"He knew he had hurt her feelings, so he duly apologized."

The word duly, in this instance, suggests that...

• the apology made him uncomfortable

• the apology was an inconvenience

• the apology was forced/he did not mean it

• the apology was the proper/expected thing to do