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AVOM Vocab Set D

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

long narrow ditch made in the ground for planting seeds

a)

myrrh

b)

creolin

c)

warren

d)

furrow

2.

The prince wanted to see how less fortunate people lived, so he dressed up as a blind, _______ beggar.

a)

providential

b)

decrepit

c)

hermetic

d)

brimstone

3.

The tube-like part of a feather or a reed

a)

creosote

b)

cannulae

c)

leper

d)

brimstone

4.

To make angry; to annoy.

a)

iridescent

b)

exasperate

c)

infamy

5.

The convict committed so horrid infamies that they made a three movie series about his life.

a)

horrible acts that become famous

b)

mental issues

c)

going AWOL from the infantry

6.

A valuable sap or oil from Africa

a)

creolin

b)

creosote

c)

myrrh

d)

hermetic

7.

showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles

a)

iridescent

b)

proliferate

c)

consolation

d)

sidereal

8.

warrens

a)

a habitat to raise rabbits

b)

nests in trees

c)

court documents

d)

tunnels in which to hide or live

9.

a trip or journey (often religious)

a)

warren

b)

pilgrimage

c)

lament

d)

decrepitude

10.

cry of sorrow

a)

cowering

b)

befuddle

c)

lament

d)

exasperate

11.

the act of comfort, or of being comforted.

a)

creosote

b)

consolation

c)

cannulae

d)

exasperate

12.

an olden term for person suffering from leprosy

a)

pauper

b)

leper

c)

warren

d)

rent

13.

Arrogantly superior or disdainful

a)

providential

b)

haughty

c)

iridescent

d)

infamies

14.

The term "fire and brimstone" is used to describe sermons that preach about God’s anger towards sinners. What is brimstone?

a)

a sulfer smell in burning

b)

being red in the face from being angry

c)

a type of rock like found in lave

d)

having a stern, angry manner

15.

AVOMWEW seemed to speak in a HERMETIC language. What might this be?

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cuneiforms or related symbols

c)

Rosetta Stone

d)

Related to the old science and magic of alchemy

16.
to increase greatly in number; multiply
a)
proliferate
b)
comportment
c)
inference
d)
obviate
17.

Why did the townspeople prefer to visit with the spider girl instead of the very old man with wings?

a)

The only miracles that seemed to have done were odd.

b)

The spider girl would tell her heartrending story to the audience.

c)

The very old man was thought to be too "haughty".

d)

all of these

18.

T/F . Gabriel Garcia Marquez treated the Catholic rites and beliefs with reverence and not sarcasm.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

CLICK ALL CORRECT: Which traits were most human for the angel?

a)

He came down with chicken pox.

b)

He became feverish at night.

c)

He had a stench (body odor).

d)

He had lost most of his teeth.

e)

He had wings.

20.

CLICK ALL CORRECT: Which traits were more magical for the old man?

a)

He had wings.

b)

He could fly.

c)

He sang songs that the family could not understand.

d)

He caused miracles (sunflowers grew from a leper's sores)

e)

He was patient with the little boy.

21.

In AVOMWEW, the meaning of the word RENT is:

a)

a payment per month for a place to live in

b)

to lease out property for others to rent

c)

to rip or slash through fabric or similar

d)

a fee for using equipment for a short time