Fences Vocabulary Quiz

You should be careful to buy things from Facebook marketplace; second-hand items could be flawed or from a _______ source.

• Vigorous

• Refute

• Congruence

• Dubious

The geometry teacher explained that ___________ occurs with figures when they are the same shape and size.

• Destitute

• Vengeful

• Congruence

• Dubious

The boy would _____ his father's morning routine, from reading the newspaper to sipping coffee.

• Emulate

• Vengeful

• Profound

• Dubious

With the assistance of a caring mentor, Jill was able to ______ academically and socially at her new school.

• Emulate

• Flourish

• Turbulent

• Guile

The ______ crowd gathered outside the courthouse to protest the new law.

• Emulate

• Flourish

• Turbulent

• Guile

What does the word most likely mean as it is used in the following sentence?

Before rising to fame, Jennifer Lopez was destitute and homeless, sleeping on a couch in her dance studio.

• causing unrest, violence, or disturbance; characterized by chaos or disorder

• having no money, no food, and no place to live; extremely poor

• determined to keep trying to achieve something, even when it is difficult

• wanting to harm someone in return for a perceived wrong

What does the word most likely mean as it is used in the following sentence?

She gave a tense and illuminating account of the extremely courageous journey taken against overwhelming odds.

• 
  the quality of being clever and skillful in deceiving people

• having deep meaning or significance; showing great knowledge or understanding

• to imitate or try to be like someone or something you admire

• providing clear and insightful information; highly informative

What does the word most likely mean as it is used in the following sentence?

Helen Keller was extremely tenacious; she overcame the dual disability of deaf-blindness to champion the deaf and helped improve society's treatment of deaf people.

• causing unrest, violence, or disturbance; characterized by chaos or disorder

• 
  having no money, no food, and no place to live; extremely poor

• determined to keep trying to achieve something, even when it is difficult

• wanting to harm someone in return for a perceived wrong

What does the word most likely mean as it is used in the following sentence?

She didn't mean to be vengeful, but after the pain he'd caused her she felt entitled to revenge.

• causing unrest, violence, or disturbance; characterized by chaos or disorder

• 
  having no money, no food, and no place to live; extremely poor

• determined to keep trying to achieve something, even when it is difficult

• wanting to harm someone in return for a perceived wrong

What does the word most likely mean as it is used in the following sentence?

If you want to win the competition, you will need to use your guile to beat the others.

• causing unrest, violence, or disturbance; characterized by chaos or disorder

• determined to keep trying to achieve something, even when it is difficult

• the quality of being clever and skillful in deceiving people

• to thrive or be successful in a particular situation