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WorksheetsGothic Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
sharp or severe in effect; sudden
a)
acute
b)
sagacity
c)
vexed
d)
stifled
2.
ability to understand situations and make good decisions
a)
foresight
b)
concealment
c)
sufficient
d)
sagacity
3.
a black or dark residue
a)
fancy
b)
acute
c)
pitch
d)
chamber
4.
Dissimulation would make the most sense in which sentence?
a)
With what dissimulation she shows in her work! She is an example for all in the office.
b)
He was full of dissimulation after his favorite team lost the big game.
c)
He was the opposite of good; he could have taught a course on lying, deceit and dissimulation.
5.
When would Griffin be more likely to have stifled a yawn?
a)
while he is getting ready for bed
b)
while he is competing in a public debate
6.
Which word is a synonym for the word derision?
a)
wisdom
b)
enclose
c)
obvious
d)
disrespect
7.
"He had directed, in great part, moveable embellishments of the seven chambers, upon occasion of this great fete."
a)
affair
b)
party
c)
speech
d)
day
8.
"There was a sharp cry- and the dagger dropped gleaming upon the sable carpet, upon which, instantly afterwards, fell prostrate in death the Prince Prospero."
a)
violent
b)
lying flat
c)
ill
d)
frightened
9.
Cuckolded means
a)
to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service
b)
to make the husband of an unfaithful wife
c)
reckless boldness; rashness.
d)
chemical compound used to get rid of smells
10.
Cabal means
a)
members of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council
b)
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority
c)
a picturesque grouping of persons or objects; a striking scene
d)
pale; faint or deficient in color; wan
11.
Coquettish means
a)
blinds or shutters
b)
earnest disapproval
c)
flirtatious
d)
hissing
12.
Temerity means
a)
reckless boldness; rashness.
b)
pale; faint or deficient in color; wan
c)
to make the husband of an unfaithful wife
d)
characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner
13.
Pallid means
a)
meaning blinds or shutters
b)
reckless boldness; rashness.
c)
pale; faint or deficient in color; wan
d)
inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic
14.
Tableau means
a)
pale; faint or deficient in color; wan
b)
a picturesque grouping of persons or objects; a striking scene
c)
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority
d)
earnest disapproval
15.
Remitted means
a)
members of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council
b)
hissing
c)
to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service
d)
to make the husband of an unfaithful wife
16.
define "blasphemous"
a)
complimentary
b)
a kind gesture
c)
pushing someone
d)
insulting against God
17.
define "voluptuous"
a)
pleasing
b)
painful
c)
sad
d)
untrustworthy
18.
CONTEXT: I see the gleaming white cupola atop the red-brick firehouse of Engine Company 16.
Where would you find a cupola?
Where would you find a cupola?
a)
on top of a building
b)
in the basement of a building
c)
around a building
d)
within a building
19.
If you do not wear deodorant, then you will be _________ after PE. Nobody wants to smell your horrible, rotten, and sweaty stink!
a)
stanky
b)
fetid
c)
efficiency
d)
unparalleled
20.
a costume worn by jesters
a)
motley
b)
aldermen
c)
temerity
d)
tell-tale
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