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WorksheetsWatsons' Vocabulary Chapter 11 - Epilogue
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Byron often used this slang word to describe his parents. It means people who are conventional in style or taste; nerds. What is the word?
a)
vittles
b)
puny
c)
squares
2.
John turned out to be much WILIER than his sister Nicole; he won the game.
a)
the right to enter
b)
censure severely or angrily
c)
lacking civility or good manners
d)
more crafty or sly
3.
The teacher often SCOLDS the class for talking or not being on task. What does the word scold mean?
a)
Being mean
b)
correcting angrily or nagging
c)
thrust abruptly
d)
work together on a common enterprise of project
4.
Ants and termites were a pervasive problem in the house and the owners were unable to sell it.
a)
widespread
b)
take up and practice as one's own
c)
changed; revised
d)
dangerously spinning water
5.
The practice of SEGREGATION was pervasive in the South in the 1960's. What does segregation mean?
a)
take up and practice as one's own
b)
a social system with separate facilities for minority groups
c)
provide the needed stimulus for
d)
unhappy and irritable
6.
What does it mean if someone is bad dispositioned?
a)
crafty or sly
b)
outlawed or forbidden
c)
unhappy and irritable
d)
marching or standing outside a business
7.
It is said that animals can hear at different frequencies than adults. What are frequencies?
a)
dangerously spinning water
b)
protests in which people sit down and refuse to leave
c)
protests in which people refuse to purchase other people's merchandise
d)
the tone or level of sound vibrations
8.
This is a picture of a whirl pool. What is the most likely definition of the word whirl pool?
a)
dangerously spinning water
b)
widespread
c)
the tone or level of sound vibrations
d)
a large drain
9.
After the anthem, a jet formation flew overhead and a SONIC BOOM was heard. What is a sonic boom?
a)
outlawed; forbidden
b)
widespread
c)
an explosive sound caused by planes moving faster than the speed of sound
d)
the tone or level of sound vibrations
10.
Segregation in schools and other government facilities is now PROHIBITED by law. What does prohibited mean?
a)
outlawed; forbidden
b)
changed; revised
c)
more crafty or sly
d)
correcting angrily
11.
The laws have been AMENDED to avoid favoring one group over another.
a)
correcting angrily
b)
changed; revised
c)
outlawed; forbidden
d)
tried hard
12.
The participants in the race STROVE hard to reach the finish line. What does the word strove mean?
a)
changed; revised
b)
a public exhibition of the attitude of a group of persons toward a controversial issue
c)
an explosive sound caused by planes moving faster than the speed of sound
d)
tried hard
13.
The 1960's was the decade of peaceful protests and riots; many types of demonstrations occurred including SIT-INS, picketing, and boycotts. What is the definition of sit-in?
a)
protests in which people sit down in a place and refuse to leave
b)
protests in which people refuse to buy someone’s merchandise or use someone’s services
c)
marching or standing outside a business, government building, or other place and carrying signs to show opposition to a policy or practice
d)
a public exhibition of the attitude of a group of persons toward a controversial issue, or other matter, made by picketing, parading, etc.
14.
The 1960's was the decade of peaceful protests and riots; many types of demonstrations occurred including sit-ins, PICKETING, and boycotts. What is the definition of picketing?
a)
protests in which people sit down in a place and refuse to leave
b)
protests in which people refuse to buy someone’s merchandise or use someone’s services
c)
marching or standing outside a business, government building, or other place and carrying signs to show opposition to a policy or practice
d)
a public exhibition of the attitude of a group of persons toward a controversial issue, or other matter, made by picketing, parading, etc.
15.
The 1960's was the decade of peaceful protests and riots; many types of demonstrations occurred including sit-ins, picketing, and BOYCOTTS. What is the definition of boycott?
a)
protests in which people sit down in a place and refuse to leave
b)
protests in which people refuse to buy someone’s merchandise or use someone’s services
c)
marching or standing outside a business, government building, or other place and carrying signs to show opposition to a policy or practice
d)
a public exhibition of the attitude of a group of persons toward a controversial issue, or other matter, made by picketing, parading, etc.
16.
The 1960's was the decade of peaceful protests and riots; many types of DEMONSTRATIONS occurred including sit-ins, picketing, and boycotts. What is the definition of demonstration?
a)
protests in which people sit down in a place and refuse to leave
b)
protests in which people refuse to buy someone’s merchandise or use someone’s services
c)
marching or standing outside a business, government building, or other place and carrying signs to show opposition to a policy or practice
d)
a public exhibition of the attitude of a group of persons toward a controversial issue, or other matter, made by picketing, parading, etc.
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