WorksheetsThe graveyard book - Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which word means decreased or stopped?
a)
abated
b)
implacable
2.
Which word means unable to be calmed down or made peaceful?
a)
implacable
b)
morbid
3.
Which word means gruesome?
a)
abated
b)
morbid
4.
Which word means parka?
a)
morbid
b)
anorak
5.
Which word means the quality or condition of being irrelevant?
a)
irrelevancies
b)
morbid
6.
Which word means stubborn?
a)
morbid
b)
obstinate
7.
Which word means to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce?
a)
broach
b)
irrelevancies
8.
Which word means requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance?
a)
broach
b)
laboriously
9.
Which word means having a luster resembling that of mother-of-pearl?
a)
broach
b)
pearlescent
10.
Which word means scattered?
a)
pearlescent
b)
diffused
11.
Which word means clearly?
a)
lucidly
b)
piebald
12.
Which word means of various colors?
a)
lucidly
b)
piebald
13.
Which word means poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste?
a)
dowdy
b)
piebald
14.
Which word means light from non-thermal sources?
a)
luminescence
b)
implacable
15.
Which word means an introduction; that which comes before or leads off?
a)
implacable
b)
prelude
16.
Which word means depressing and boring?
a)
prelude
b)
drear
17.
Which word means clumsy person?
a)
lummox
b)
drear
18.
Which word means favorable?
a)
gargantuan
b)
propitious
19.
Which word means of huge or extraordinary size and power?
a)
propitious
b)
gargantuan
20.
Which word means chewing or grinding?
a)
masticating
b)
gargantuan
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