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VOCABULARY #4

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Synonyms: catastrophe, sorrow, hardship

a)

virtue

b)

adversity

c)

pestilence

d)

superfluity

2.

Synonyms: careful, thrifty, conservative

a)

frugal

b)

wanton

c)

pique

d)

coy

3.

Synonyms: opportunist, "hired gun"

a)

virtue

b)

kirk

c)

verity

d)

mercenary

4.

Antonyms: lie, falsehood

a)

vice

b)

embark

c)

verity

d)

array

5.

Antonyms: aggressive, forward, bold

a)

perdition

b)

coy

c)

wanton

d)

mercenary

6.

Which set contains direct opposites?

a)

adversity - pique

b)

pestilence - embark

c)

wanton - verity

d)

virtue - vice

7.

Synonyms: church, temple, sacred place

a)

kirk

b)

perdition

c)

array

d)

pestilence

8.

The Canterbury pilgrims represented a(n) ___ of social classes.

a)

virtue

b)

pique

c)

array

d)

verity

9.

The Black Death could be described as a(n) ___.

a)

pestilence

b)

perdition

c)

coy

d)

mercenary

10.

Greed led the three drunken young men in the Pardoner's Tale to ___.

a)

virtue

b)

verity

c)

kirk

d)

perdition

11.

The knight joined the pilgrimage directly from a ___, so his tunic was dirty and stained with blood.

a)

bier

b)

pyre

c)

fray

d)

abasement

12.

(v): to wound someone by attacking his or her pride

a)

suppurate

b)

pique

c)

embark

d)

array

13.

The friar was full of lust, so Chaucer described him as "a ___ one and merry..."

a)

vice

b)

prudent

c)

mercenary

d)

wanton

14.

The pilgrims prepare to ___ on their journey to Canterbury at the Tabard Inn.

a)

pique

b)

array

c)

embark

d)

coy

15.

The pilgrims who represent the leadership of the clergy loved having a ___ of things that they were supposed to denounce.

a)

superfluity

b)

verity

c)

frugal

d)

virtue