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A Modest Proposal Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the correct definition of melancholy?

a)

moral corruption; wickedness

b)

showing fearlessness and determination

c)

deprived of or lacking something, especially a nonmaterial asset

d)

feeling of intense sadness

2.

What is the correct definition of prodigious?

a)

a natural ability to do something

b)

moral corruption; wickedness

c)

remarkably or impressive; great

d)

not easily upset or excited

3.

What is the correct definition of sustenance?

a)

food and drink regarded as nourishment

b)

convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another

c)

a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics

d)

not easily upset or excited

4.

What is the correct definition of deplorable?

a)

not easily upset or excited

b)

deserving strong condemnation

c)

deep respect for someone or something

d)

tending to be different or develop in different directions

5.

What is the correct definition of rudiment?

a)

showing fearlessness and determination

b)

not easily upset or excited

c)

tending to be different or develop in different directions

d)

the first principles of a subject

6.

What is the correct definition of commodity?

a)

a useful or valuable thing

b)

deep respect for someone or something

c)

tending to be different or develop in different directions

d)

moral corruption; wickedness

7.

What is the correct definition of deference?

a)

not easily upset or excited

b)

humble submission and respect

c)

tending to be different or develop in different directions

d)

moral corruption; wickedness

8.

What is the correct definition of resolute?

a)

deep respect for someone or something

b)

not easily upset or excited

c)

showing fearlessness and determination

d)

admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering

9.

What is the correct definition of scrupulous?

a)

moral corruption; wickedness

b)

a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics

c)

very concerned to avoid doing wrong

d)

showing fearlessness and determination

10.

What is the correct definition of encumbrance?

a)

an encounter that end with an embrace

b)

an variety of cucumber

c)

deprived of or lacking something

d)

a burden or impediment

11.

What is the correct definition of prudent?

a)

an encounter that end with an embrace

b)

brash and reckless

c)

deprived of or lacking something

d)

Showing care and thought for the future

12.

What is the correct definition of emulation?

a)

copy ones reckless behavior

b)

peer pressure

c)

try to match or surpass another through imitation

d)

Showing care and thought for the future