"The Story of an Hour" Vocabulary Quiz

What does 'Afflicted' mean?

• greatly distressed or troubled by bodily or mental pain

• not openly or directly expressed

• to prevent or hinder by doing something ahead of time

• unable to move and with no feeling

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Veiled' mean?

• not openly or directly expressed

• marked by trembling or quivering

• a person who goes from place to place selling small items

• the action or process of suppressing a thought or desire in oneself so that it remains unconscious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Forestall' mean?

• to prevent or hinder by doing something ahead of time

• in a completely uncontrolled way

• a feeling of extreme sadness

• difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Paralyzed' mean?

• unable to move and with no feeling

• loud, excited, and emotional

• without thought, reflection, or expression

• of little worth or importance

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Wild Abandonment' mean?

• in a completely uncontrolled way

• characterized by extreme nervousness or excitement

• in a way that is calm and in control of your emotions

• a small suitcase

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Grief' mean?

• a feeling of extreme sadness

• the part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building

• made for a particular customer or user

• the quality of repeatedly asking for something, in a forceful and annoying way

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Haunted' mean?

• preoccupied, as with an emotion, memory, or idea

• marked by trembling or quivering

• characterized by extreme nervousness or excitement

• of little worth or importance

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Aquiver' mean?

• marked by trembling or quivering

• a person who goes from place to place selling small items

• articles offered for sale

• the action or process of suppressing a thought or desire in oneself so that it remains unconscious

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Peddler' mean?

• a person who goes from place to place selling small items

• articles offered for sale

• the part of a roof that meets or overhangs the walls of a building

• made for a particular customer or user

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does 'Wares' mean?

• articles offered for sale

• the action or process of suppressing a thought or desire in oneself so that it remains unconscious

• difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve

• loud, excited, and emotional

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4