WorksheetsKite Runner Vocab 2
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Adj. sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid
a)
pungent
b)
arrogant
c)
palliative
d)
pragmatic
2.
Noun. anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor:
a)
pragmatic
b)
legacy
c)
fickle
d)
collateral damage
3.
Adj. making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming
a)
fickle
b)
pragmatic
c)
presumptious
d)
arrogant
4.
Adj. not constant or loyal in affections
a)
ambivolant
b)
incessant
c)
fickle
d)
pungent
5.
Noun (medical) something that reduces the effects or symptoms of a medical condition without curing it
a)
reticience
b)
pungent
c)
arrogant
d)
palliative
6.
Adj. done in a quiet and secret way to avoid being noticed
a)
legacy
b)
furtive
c)
melancolic
d)
incessant
7.
Adj. having mixed feelings about someone or something
a)
furtive
b)
palliative
c)
ambivalent
d)
proverbial
8.
Adj. unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to)
a)
oblivious
b)
ambivalent
c)
melancholic
d)
presumptuous
9.
Adj. continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending
a)
pungent
b)
reticence
c)
incessant
d)
oblivious
10.
Noun. injury inflicted on something other than an intended target
a)
palliative
b)
melancholic
c)
proverbial
d)
collateral damage
11.
Adj. having a gloomy state of mind
a)
furtive
b)
arrogant
c)
melancholic
d)
presumptuous
12.
Adj. of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations
a)
reticence
b)
pragmatic
c)
presumptuous
d)
palliative
13.
Adj. too confident especially in a way that is rude
a)
presumptuous
b)
proverbial
c)
arrogant
d)
incessant
14.
Adj. legendary; renowned
a)
fickle
b)
proverbial
c)
legacy
d)
presumptuous
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