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WorksheetsVOCABULARY #4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
Synonyms: catastrophe, sorrow, hardship
virtue
adversity
pestilence
superfluity
Synonyms: careful, thrifty, conservative
frugal
wanton
pique
coy
Synonyms: opportunist, "hired gun"
virtue
kirk
verity
mercenary
Antonyms: lie, falsehood
vice
embark
verity
array
Antonyms: aggressive, forward, bold
perdition
coy
wanton
mercenary
Which set contains direct opposites?
adversity - pique
pestilence - embark
wanton - verity
virtue - vice
Synonyms: church, temple, sacred place
kirk
perdition
array
pestilence
The Canterbury pilgrims represented a(n) ___ of social classes.
virtue
pique
array
verity
The Black Death could be described as a(n) ___.
pestilence
perdition
coy
mercenary
Greed led the three drunken young men in the Pardoner's Tale to ___.
virtue
verity
kirk
perdition
The knight joined the pilgrimage directly from a ___, so his tunic was dirty and stained with blood.
bier
pyre
fray
abasement
(v): to wound someone by attacking his or her pride
suppurate
pique
embark
array
The friar was full of lust, so Chaucer described him as "a ___ one and merry..."
vice
prudent
mercenary
wanton
The pilgrims prepare to ___ on their journey to Canterbury at the Tabard Inn.
pique
array
embark
coy
The pilgrims who represent the leadership of the clergy loved having a ___ of things that they were supposed to denounce.
superfluity
verity
frugal
virtue
