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Bud Not Buddy 1-8 vocab

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Literal

a)

having to do with books and writing

b)

a shade of green often used on furniture

c)

limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text

d)

a type of chair made from 1 liter of wood

2.

figurative

a)

a rock band popular in Eastern Europe

b)

not literal

c)

departing from a metaphorical use of words; literal

d)

a combination of several fruits spliced together

3.

allusion

a)

something that is not real, but rather an optical trick

b)

mayonaise

c)

a collection of unrelated objects

d)

passing reference or indirect mention

4.

glum

a)

moody and melancholic

b)

a quidditch playing character from Harry Potter

c)

a shade of green

d)

an adhesive that is used for pranks

5.

provoked

a)

in favor of an action

b)

an expert bear wrangler

c)

provide the needed stimulus for

d)

a teacher of bear medicine

6.

lavatory

a)

a room in a volcano

b)

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

c)

a kitchen

d)

a Polynesian epic

7.

urchin

a)

the thing one finds under urmouth and urnose

b)

a style of clothing popular in the Great Depression

c)

a hat worn primarily by children

d)

a poor and often mischievous city child

8.

ilk

a)

a large, antlered animal native to Canada

b)

a kind of person

c)

a dairy beverage usually from cows or goats

d)

an Irish faerie that lives under bridges

9.

on the lam

a)

left and middle

b)

part of an order in a Middle-Eastern restaurant

c)

to leap into the air

d)

running away, especially from the law

10.

tetters

a)

a skin disease

b)

torn to shreds

c)

chains that bind

d)

You know, po-ta-toes. Boil 'em, mash 'em...

11.

matrimonial

a)

relating to marriage

b)

a decorative henna tattoo

c)

a celebration that lasts three days

d)

a big party that is all about someone's mother

12.

Hooverville

a)

a new expansion of homes into unpopulated areas

b)

a place where homeless people lived in the Great Depression

c)

the town where Petticoat Junction was set

d)

the place Horton heard from