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World Lit Vocabulary January 2

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prodigious (Adj)

a)

Small

b)

Scary

c)

Enormous

d)

Sleepy

2.

What Part of Speech is Deleterious?

a)

Adverb

b)

Noun

c)

Verb

d)

Adjective

3.

Deleterious

a)

Able to be erased or deleted

b)

Harmful to health or well-being

c)

Having to do with the government

d)

Decision-making

4.

Judicious (Adj)

a)

Showing good judgement

b)

Showing good character

c)

Showing bad judgement

d)

Showing bad character

5.

Placidly

a)

Loudly; obnoxiously

b)

Silently; gracefully

c)

Calmly; quietly

d)

Slowly; gently

6.

What Part of Speech is Placidly?

a)

Noun

b)

Adverb

c)

Verb

d)

Adjective

7.

Desultory (Adj)

a)

Random

b)

Planned

c)

Insulting

d)

Result of something

8.

Precipitous (Adj)

a)

Rainy; having to do with rain

b)

Steep; sheer

c)

Sneering; snooty

d)

Pompous; bragging

9.

Condolences

a)

Offerings made to an idol or god in worship

b)

Idiotic or dumb people

c)

Expressions of sympathy with another in grief

d)

Dreamy thought of pleasant things

10.

What Part of Speech is Condolences?

a)

Noun

b)

Adverb

c)

Verb

d)

Adjective

11.

Languor (N)

a)

Calmly; quietly

b)

enormous

c)

happening over and over; perpetual

d)

lack of vigor; weakness

12.

Purged

a)

Cleansed

b)

Dirtied

c)

Purified

d)

To keep

13.

What Part of Speech is Purged?

a)

Noun

b)

Adverb

c)

Verb

d)

Adjective

14.

Perennial (Adj)

a)

Deviating from what is considered right or reasonable

b)

Dreamy thoughts of pleasant things

c)

Happening over and over; perpetual

d)

A kind of flower that emerges once ever year

15.

Reverie (N)

a)

Dream

b)

Dreamy thought of pleasant things

c)

Thought

d)

None of the above

16.

Perverse (Adj)

a)

Similar

b)

Opposite

c)

A creepy old guy

d)

Deviating from what is considered right or reasonable

17.

Theme: Central Message or Insight About Life That is Conveyed in A Story

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Irony

a)

Difference or contradiction between appearance and reality or between what is expected and what actually happens

b)

Similarity between appearance and reality or between what is expected and what actually happens

19.

Inference

a)

A logical assumption that you make based on details in a text

b)

A guess that you make based on details in a text

20.

Cause: An Event, Action, or Feeling That Produces A Result

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Effect: The Result Produced

a)

True

b)

False