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Code Orange, vocabulary chapters 9 -19

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Our nation was __________ at the horrendous 9-11 terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York in 2001, which left 2996 people dead and more than 6000 injured.

a)

flailing

b)

appalled

c)

profound

d)

coherent

2.

Because Mitty had his mind on smallpox, his ______ answers to Olivia's normal conversational questions made her think that he had changed his mind about liking her.

a)

pacifist

b)

debriefing

c)

recipient

d)

stilted

3.

Movie producers hope that their intriguing trailers _____ the potential audience's appetites enough to really boost sales of tickets.

a)

monotony

b)

whet

c)

debrief

d)

patronize

4.

The graphic pictures of the Holocaust victims and survivors gives _____ evidence of the horror and hate that resulted in the torture and cruel murder of over six million innocent people.

a)

sobering

b)

infinitesimally

c)

vague

d)

iridescent

5.

Jaynee loves coffee so much that she ______ Star Bucks every single day.

a)

expounds

b)

detonates

c)

patronizes

d)

jaunties

6.

When my family and I vacationed in New York City, we visited each of the five __________________.

a)

boughs

b)

boroughs

c)

cohorts

d)

virions

7.

One of the most well-known __________ companies in the world, Bayer AG, produces the commonly recognized aspirin product.

a)

pharmaceutical

b)

trolling

c)

profound

d)

flailing

8.

Mitty is unsure as to whether or not the smallpox virus is still a _______ threat since the scabs are 100 years old.

a)

coherent

b)

vague

c)

viable

d)

initial

9.

Because he could not swim even a little bit, as soon as Jason fell into the lake, he began _____________ about wildly, hoping to get someone to rescue him.

a)

trolling

b)

debriefing

c)

expounding

d)

flailing

10.

From the emails that Mitty has received, it's obvious that there really are bad people __________ the internet, hoping to find a victim for some horrible scheme.

a)

detonating

b)

endearing

c)

trolling

d)

lesioning

11.

If Mitty hopes to _____ himself to Olivia, then he's going to have to tell her what's bothering him and start acting like he actually likes her still.

a)

coherent

b)

endear

c)

recepient

d)

jaunty

12.

Because you were half asleep AND on pain medication, you were not the least bit ______________ after your surgery.

a)

cohort

b)

solitude

c)

stilted

d)

coherent

13.

Because of ____ support, the proposed bill will not even be brought up in the House of Representatives, so those behind it will have to "go back to the drawing board" and make it better.

a)

flaccid

b)

precedence

c)

debriefing

d)

lesions

14.

The opal in her earrings had the most beautiful _____ quality that they seemed to be a shimmering rainbow.

a)

iridescence

b)

iridescent

c)

longevity

d)

permeable

15.

The cotton shirt was so _________ that I was soon soaked from the pouring rain.

a)

permeable

b)

vague

c)

endearing

d)

lesioned

16.

Most doctors hang their many diplomas on their office walls so that their _______________ are in plain sight and, therefore, make the patients more comfortable in the hands of experts in their fields.

a)

virions

b)

iridescence

c)

credentials

d)

precedence

17.

In the _____________ after the experiment, we all learned that we had been test subjects to show the effects of sleep deprivation on one's ability to make rational decisions.

a)

longevity

b)

solitude

c)

monotony

d)

debriefing

18.

Those who eat healthy, exercise often, learn to deal well with stress, and who get plenty of rest will find the _________________ of their lives increased.

a)

longevity

b)

nonentity

c)

monotony

d)

precedence

19.

When abandoning a sinking ship, women and children have always taken ____________ over saving the lives of men and crew members.

a)

solitude

b)

precedence

c)

iridescence

d)

credentials

20.

Mitty generally ____________ made his way home from school, stopping to chat with nearly every street vendor and taking time to enjoy the many sights and sounds of busy New York City.,

a)

endearingly

b)

vaguely

c)

presumably

d)

jauntily

21.

The __________ of the day-- doing the exact same things repetitiously at the exact same times and in the exact same ways -- bored Gertrude so much that she almost fell asleep standing up at her station at work.

a)

virions

b)

monotony

c)

pacifist

d)

boughs

22.

Would you please _______________ on your answer, Jeff? We don't really understand what you mean.

a)

expound

b)

initial

c)

stilt

d)

appall

23.

Though Mitty's ____________ thought was that there's no way a virus will live outside a host for over 100 years, now is beginning to rethink this after all he's read.

a)

precedence

b)

initial

c)

flailing

d)

appalling

24.

Although often you may feel like a ______________, you matter very much to many people in your world.

a)

endeared

b)

lesion

c)

nonentity

d)

precedence

25.

____________ words of wisdom that Mitty reads in some of his books has him really thinking deeply about what his next move should be.

a)

Viable

b)

Stilted

c)

Vague

d)

Profound