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The Boys in the Boat Vocabulary

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Respite

a)

A resident of a specific country or area, a habitual visitor to a place

b)

Plain and without luxury

c)

Great in size; very impressive or amazing

d)

A brief period of rest and recovery

2.

The steersman of a boat who also directs the speed and rhythm of the rowers

a)

Coxswain

b)

Denizen

c)

Prowess

d)

Meager

3.

Showing patience and endurance in the face of adversity without complaining or showing emotion

a)

Impediment

b)

Scarcity

c)

Stoic

d)

Vindictive

4.

Austere

a)

To move in a wavy pattern, or with a rising and falling motion

b)

Plain and without luxury

c)

Honesty or directness, whether refreshing or distasteful

d)

Great in size; very impressive or amazing

5.

An insufficient supply of something

a)

Overt

b)

Respite

c)

Sullen

d)

Scarcity

6.

Two things seen or placed together with a contrasting effect

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

Onery

c)

Denizen

d)

Resilient

7.

Prodigious

a)

Honesty or directness, whether refreshing or distasteful

b)

The quality or fact of being able to grip or hold on to something firmly

c)

Great in size; very impressive or amazing

d)

Characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity

8.

Information, especially of a biased nature, used to promote or publicize a political or commercial cause, or point of view

a)

Propaganda

b)

Prognostication

c)

Resilient

d)

Dark Horse

9.

Denizen

a)

A resident of a specific country or area, a habitual visitor to a place

b)

honesty or directness, whether refreshing or distasteful

c)

skill or expertise

d)

Showing patience and endurance in the face of adversity without complaining or showing emotion

10.

The quality or fact of being able to grip or hold on to something firmly

a)

Exuberant

b)

Juxtaposition

c)

Tenacity

d)

Candor

11.

An excessive devotion to someone

a)

Erratic

b)

Adulation

c)

Undulate

d)

Meager

12.

Exuberant

a)

to examine closely

b)

open and observable; not secret or hidden at all

c)

an obstacle that keeps one from moving forward

d)

filled with lively energy and excitement

13.

Honesty or directness, whether refreshing or distasteful

a)

Candor

b)

Scrutinize

c)

Ornery

d)

Lithe

14.

Erratic

a)

a statement made about the future

b)

to move and bend easily

c)

characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity

d)

a candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly

15.

ridicule or mockery

a)

Sullen

b)

Derision

c)

Scrutinize

d)

Overt

16.

Scrutinize

a)

skill or expertise

b)

to move and bend easily

c)

open and observable; not secret or hidden at all

d)

to examine closely

17.

Resilient

a)

able to recover quickly from disruptive change

b)

a loud, harsh, or persistent noise, especially one composed of confused sounds

c)

a candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly

d)

a statement made about the future

18.

having a difficult and contrary/rebellious disposition

a)

Prodigious

b)

Stoic

c)

Ornery

d)

Sullen

19.

Din

a)

having a difficult and contrary/rebellious disposition

b)

A resident of a specific country or area, a habitual visitor to a place

c)

A brief period of rest and recovery

d)

a loud, harsh, or persistent noise, especially one composed of confused sounds

20.

skill or expertise

a)

Prowess

b)

Candor

c)

Ornery

d)

Tenacity

21.

Impediment

a)

able to recover quickly from disruptive change

b)

an obstacle that keeps one from moving forward

c)

showing bad temper or hostility by a refusal to talk or behave sociably

d)

having a difficult and contrary/rebellious disposition

22.

having or showing a strong or unreasonable desire for revenge

a)

Derision

b)

Lithe

c)

Vindictive

d)

Tolerate

23.

Prognostication

a)

a statement made about the future

b)

ridicule or mockery

c)

excessive devotion to someone

d)

open and observable; not secret or hidden at all

24.

Ornery

a)

open and observable; not secret or hidden at all

b)

excessive devotion to someone

c)

Showing patience and endurance in the face of adversity without complaining or showing emotion

d)

having a difficult and contrary/rebellious disposition

25.

to move and bend easily

a)

Prowess

b)

Propaganda

c)

Lithe

d)

Tenacity

26.

Tolerate

a)

Showing patience and endurance in the face of adversity without complaining or showing emotion

b)

The quality or fact of being able to grip or hold on to something firmly

c)

to put up with something or somebody unpleasant

d)

having a difficult and contrary/rebellious disposition

27.

Undulate

a)

a loud, harsh, or persistent noise, especially one composed of confused sounds

b)

ridicule or mockery

c)

A brief period of rest and recovery

d)

to move in a wavy pattern, or with a rising and falling motion

28.

unsatisfactorily deficient in amount, quality, or extent

a)

Sullen

b)

Meager

c)

Impediment

d)

Prodigious

29.

showing bad temper or hostility by a refusal to talk or behave sociably

a)

Overt

b)

Vindictive

c)

Sullen

d)

Prowess

30.

a candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly

a)

Prowess

b)

Denizen

c)

Dark Horse

d)

Coxswain

31.

open and observable; not secret or hidden at all

a)

Overt

b)

Derision

c)

Erratic

d)

Candor

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