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"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Vocabulary exam

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
To do something in a smart, jaunty and dashing way is to do it .........
a)
hurriedly
b)
hastily
c)
rakishly
d)
unknowingly
2.

providing supplementary or additional help and support.

a)

punctual

b)

auxilliary

c)

hydro

3.
Not easily understood, hard to fathom
a)
Inscrutable
b)
Acrimony
4.
a small tower
a)
turret
b)
eerie
c)
dunce
d)
gloat
5.
What does hydr, hydro, and aqua mean?
a)
water
b)
fear
c)
living
d)
fake
6.

extremely anxious or upset

a)

distraught

b)

yearning

c)

infatuated

7.

Someone who is exhausted is ______________.

a)

Happy

b)

Haggard

c)

Villian

d)

Petition

8.

cowardly

a)

barbarity

b)

restrained

c)

diurnal

d)

craven

9.
To act rude or show disrespect
a)
Insolent
b)
Deranged
c)
Forlorn
d)
Gorged
10.
Which word means:  to hint, without directly saying?
a)
insinuate
b)
impute
c)
retort
d)
dispel
11.

To argue about unimportant things

a)

Bad

b)

Bicker

12.

What is the denotation of 'pandemonium'?

a)

a method of cooking

b)

orderly and calm

c)

wild uproar; chaos

d)

mimicking someone's behavior

13.

A state of noisy confusion and uproar

a)

Bedlam

b)

Abundant

c)

Quail

d)

Indulge

14.

an aggressive dog or one that is in poor condition, especially a mongrel.

a)

bishop

b)

pound

c)

cur

15.
an attack with heavy artillery
a)
cannonade
b)
petticoat
c)
environing
d)
scamper
16.

tear (something) into two or more pieces

a)

turrent

b)

hydro

c)

rend

17.
an overwhelming quantity of words, criticisms, questions, etc.
a)
INFIRMARY
b)
ASTONISHMENT
c)
BARRAGE
d)
INCAPACITATED
18.

passing swiftly or rapidly

a)

fleeting

b)

exhilirating

c)

exempt

d)

prohibited

19.
ADJECTIVE
scornful; mocking
a)
derisive
b)
pivot
c)
repel
d)
squabble
20.

in a way that expresses contempt or superiority over something

a)

impoundment

b)

precariously

c)

disdainful

d)

audacious