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1984 Lesson 2 Vocabulary Game

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is synonym for the word "folly?"

a)

Sadness

b)

Foolishness

c)

Helplessness

d)

Happiness

2.

The definition of this word is "a feeling of sadness or depression."

a)

Deprecating

b)

Inviolate

c)

Insatiably

d)

Melancholy

3.

Which of the following is a correct definition of the word "Indignation?"

a)

Anger or annoyance stimulated by supposed unfair treatment

b)

A state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking

c)

Blatantly offensive or inconsistent with morality

d)

Expressing disapproval

4.

Complete the following sentence: Even after the terrible storm, the little village remained ____.

a)

Infallible

b)

Pretentious

c)

Inviolate

d)

Meritorious

5.

Which of the following words is a synonym for the word "disapproving?"

a)

Deprecating

b)

Pretentious

c)

Fatuous

d)

Flagrant

6.

Complete the following sentence: After the intense argument, the tension in the room was ____.

a)

Inviolate

b)

Palpable

c)

Gratuitous

d)

Irreconcilable

7.

Complete the following sentence: The Federal Government must consider all of the possible ____ of changing a law before they change one.

a)

Indignation

b)

Privations

c)

Ramifications

d)

Remonstrances

8.

What is the correct definition of the word "Flagrant?"

a)

Never failing; always effective

b)

Deserving reward or praise

c)

Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt

d)

Blatantly offensive or inconsistent with morality

9.

Which of the following is a synonym for the word "Superfluous?"

a)

Hazardous

b)

Unnecessary

c)

Exciting

d)

Generous

10.

The definition of this word is "a forcefully reproachful protest."

a)

Folly

b)

Privation

c)

Ramifications

d)

Remonstrances

11.

What is not a synonym for Infallible?

a)

Trustworthy

b)

Never effective

c)

Never failing

d)

Reliable

12.

Gratuitous is which part of speech?

a)

Noun

b)

Verb

c)

Adjective

d)

Adverb

13.

This word means deferential respect?

a)

Obeisance

b)

Fatuous

c)

Folly

d)

Privation

14.

Which one is not a definition for vanquished?

a)

Annihilate

b)

To conquer

c)

To overcome

d)

To accept defeat

15.

Privation is a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are _________.

a)

Scarce

b)

Surplus

c)

Plentiful

d)

Excess

16.

For a remark to be fatuous, it can be? (select all that apply)

a)

Silly

b)

Mindless

c)

Sensable

d)

Foolish

17.

Which word does not describe incredulity

a)

Belief

b)

Amazement

c)

Skepticism

18.

What word means to be incapable of being satisfied or appeased

a)

Debauch

b)

Folly

c)

Obeisance

d)

Insatiably

19.

Complete the sentence: The student was __________, and exhausted at the end of the first week of school.

a)

Etiolated

b)

Folly

c)

Privation

d)

Fatuous

20.

Complete the sentence: She choose to work on her big project at _________ intervals.

a)

Intermittent

b)

Gratuitous

c)

Incredulity

d)

Intermittent