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WorksheetsBrave New World Chapters 1- 6 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The ____________ relationship was eating away at her self-esteem.
a)
caustic
b)
callow
c)
effusive
d)
primal
2.
At the peak of the hurricane's fury, there were _______________ flashes of lightning and growls of thunder.
a)
spasmodic
b)
postumous
c)
callow
d)
caustic
3.
Galvanic is
a)
friendliness
b)
shocking
c)
relentless
d)
lewd
4.
Steel Magnolias is a heart-wrenching movie, whenever I watch it I cry and my husband says it's because I am _____________.
a)
maudlin
b)
quaffed
c)
abject
d)
plaintive
5.
_______________ in castle walls were used by archers to protect the keep.
a)
Parodies
b)
Diadems
c)
Aperatures
d)
Solecism
6.
A solecism is
a)
a narrow opening
b)
complete destruction
c)
primitive person
d)
breach of etiquette
7.
Jessica’s __________ nature made her an easy target for the con man.
a)
ingenuous
b)
callow
c)
caustic
d)
effusive
8.
After he died in prison, new evidence turned up proving his innocence so the governor granted him a ____________ pardon.
a)
posthumous
b)
rudimentary
c)
immoral
d)
simian
9.
Because Uncle Mark is not an __________ person, he has a hard time expressing his feelings to others.
a)
effusive
b)
inscrutable
c)
incongruous
d)
immoral
10.
Even though Jack was a ___________ football player who only played one game with the junior varsity team, he still hoped to earn a spot on the varsity squad.
a)
callow
b)
inculcate
c)
axiomatic
d)
simian
11.
It is a ________ instinct for a new mother to comfort her newborn.
a)
satiety
b)
primal
c)
galvanic
d)
inscrutable
12.
It would be __________ in the society that Lenina lives in within Brave New World, for her to be faithful to one man.
a)
immoral
b)
incongruous
c)
inscrutable
d)
axiomatic
13.
After the man was tortured by his government for many years, he decided to ___________ his citizenship and move to a new country.
a)
suppression
b)
renounce
c)
predestined
d)
ruminate
14.
Because my family has a very high social status, we do not cross the lines of the ________ to mingle with those beneath us.
a)
caste
b)
aperture
c)
maudlin
d)
simian
15.
Soma was designed for the _____________ of negative emotions. It was designed to make the people happy all the time.
a)
suppression
b)
maudlin
c)
mutation
d)
soliloquize
16.
The hundreds of people that contributed to my book are too many to ____________, so I will thank them collectively.
a)
enumerate
b)
inculcate
c)
renounce
d)
ruminate
17.
With no friends, the homeless man tends to _____________, holding a conversation with himself since he had no one else to talk to.
a)
burgeon
b)
soliloquize
c)
enumerate
d)
abject
18.
Because my father normally had an __________ look on his face, I rarely knew what he was thinking.
a)
incongruous
b)
inscrutable
c)
axiomatic
d)
corporeal
19.
Then, without warning, a blinding bolt of lightning struck down into the pit, lighting the black depths in a bright flash of _______________.
a)
ruminate
b)
incandescence
c)
imminent
d)
stoicism
20.
After she rejected him so callously, Joe wandered off _____________ to find a place to lick his wounds.
a)
abjectly
b)
lecherously
c)
surreptitiously
d)
pallidly
21.
A Buddhist monk is an example of someone practicing _____________.
a)
asceticism
b)
mockery
c)
stoicism
d)
satiety
22.
The hurricane is ___________ and has homeowners rushing to board up their windows.
a)
imminent
b)
repulsive
c)
callow
d)
deplorable
23.
When I saw the pictures of the dead women and children, I could think of no reason for such a ___________ act.
a)
deplorable
b)
abject
c)
callow
d)
simian
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