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Act 4 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

intended or likely to placate or pacify

a)

Adamant

b)

Conciliatory

c)

Cleave

d)

Gaunt

2.

heated disagreement

a)

Calamity

b)

Belie

c)

Gaunt

d)

Contention

3.

refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind

a)

Beguile

b)

Adamant

c)

Reprieve

d)

Faction

4.

charm or enchant (someone)sometimes on a deceptive way

a)

Beguile

b)

Perplex

c)

Prevail

d)

Adamant

5.

fail to give a true notion or impression of (something); disguise or contradict

a)

Cleave

b)

Belie

c)

Beguile

d)

Adamant

6.

deep load roar, typically in pain or anger

a)

Gibbet

b)

Gaunt

c)

Bellow

d)

Calamity

7.

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster

a)

Calamity

b)

Faction

c)

Purge

d)

Reprieve

8.

split or divide (something) especially along a natural line or grain

a)

Penitence

b)

Cleave

c)

Sibilance

d)

Prodigious

9.

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

a)

Calamity

b)

Faction

c)

Idictment

d)

Quaver

10.

A person who is lean and haggard, specially because of suffering, hunger, or age

a)

Bellow

b)

Gibbet

c)

Quaver

d)

Gaunt

11.

Gallows; a structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals

a)

Penitence

b)

Gibbet

c)

Perplex

d)

Reprieve

12.

a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime

a)

Indictment

b)

Purge

c)

Beguile

d)

Calamity

13.

the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance

a)

Penitence

b)

Prodigious

c)

Prevail

d)

Sibilance

14.

consonants produce hissing sounds

a)

Sibilance

b)

Gibbet

c)

Conciliatory

d)

Cleave

15.

to feel completely baffled; confused

a)

Purge

b)

Perplex

c)

Quaver

d)

Adamant

16.

to prove more powerful than opposing forces; be victorious

a)

Contention

b)

Reprieve

c)

Prevail

d)

Bellow

17.

remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

a)

Beguile

b)

Penitence

c)

Conciliatory

d)

Prodigious

18.

getting rid of someone or something of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling

a)

Belie

b)

Faction

c)

Purge

d)

Quaver

19.

When a person’s voice shakes or trembles when speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion

a)

Quaver

b)

Prevail

c)

Gibbet

d)

Sibilance

20.

a cancellation or postponement of a punishment

a)

Belie

b)

Reprieve

c)

Contention

d)

Indictment