Worksheets"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury Vocabulary
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Annihilate
a)
destroy; wipe out.
b)
worth sacrificing to gain an objective.
c)
able to return to its original shape quickly after being stretched or compressed; elastic.
d)
return payment
2.
Expendable
a)
major economic downturn.
b)
primitive; of the earliest times.
c)
worth sacrificing to gain an objective
d)
below the level of awareness.
3.
infinitesmally
a)
small, miniscule
b)
expansive, large
c)
overcrowded
d)
misunderstood
4.
Depression
a)
cancel; withdraw
b)
return payment.
c)
able to return to its original shape quickly after being stretched or compressed; elastic.
d)
major economic downturn.
5.
Paradox
a)
extreme mental disturbance, often accompanied by hallucinations (seeing things that are not there).
b)
something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities.
c)
cancel; withdraw.
d)
destroy; wipe out.
6.
Delirium
a)
extreme mental disturbance, often accompanied by hallucinations (seeing things that are not there).
b)
below the level of awareness.
c)
primitive; of the earliest times.
d)
worth sacrificing to gain an objective.
7.
Resilient
a)
primitive; of the earliest times.
b)
cancel; withdraw
c)
return payment.
d)
able to return to its original shape quickly after being stretched or compressed; elastic.
8.
Remit
a)
something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities.
b)
return payment.
c)
destroy; wipe out
d)
worth sacrificing to gain an objective.
9.
Revoke
a)
return payment.
b)
major economic downturn.
c)
something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities.
d)
cancel; withdraw.
10.
Primeval
a)
primitive; of the earliest times.
b)
below the level of awareness
c)
extreme mental disturbance, often accompanied by hallucinations (seeing things that are not there).
d)
major economic downturn.
11.
Subliminal
a)
worth sacrificing to gain an objective.
b)
: major economic downturn.
c)
something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities.
d)
below the level of awareness.
12.
Clothes in your closet that you consider______________ could be donated to charity.
a)
resilient
b)
infinitesimally
c)
expendable
d)
malfunctioning
13.
Revoke
a)
return payment.
b)
major economic downturn.
c)
something that has or seems to have contradictory qualities.
d)
cancel; withdraw.
14.
A statement "Less is more" is a__________
a)
paradox
b)
undulate
c)
annihilate
d)
stagnating
15.
Some people believe stores deliver __________messages that you cant hear.
a)
subliminal
b)
resilient
c)
paradox
16.
Miguel hopes that the approaching storm will not ___________ his garden.
a)
expendable
b)
annihilate
c)
undulate
d)
paradox
17.
The tough little alley cat was so _________ that it could withstand any hardship life dealt it.
a)
resilient
b)
expendable
c)
subliminal
18.
Unfortunately, our seats at the stadium were so far away the players seemed_________ small.
a)
subliminally
b)
resilient
c)
infinitesimally
d)
undulate
19.
Fascinated by watching the stalks of corn ________ in the wind, Liz decided to capture the beauty of the scene with her camera.
a)
undulate
b)
paradox
c)
correlate
d)
annihilate
20.
Fascinated by watching the stalks of corn ________ in the wind, Liz decided to capture the beauty of the scene with her camera.
a)
undulate
b)
paradox
c)
correlate
d)
annihilate
21.
Undulate
a)
move with a smooth, wavelike motion
b)
rush to complete
c)
sit still; not moving
d)
crashing force
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