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Vocabulary #8 (The Crucible Act 4)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you go from being homeless to living in a mansion, you are the ________ of the American dream.

a)

embodiment

b)

adamant

c)

calamity

d)

quail

2.

Unused to skating, the rookie hockey player would ________ on the ice until he learned to skate.

a)

quail

b)

flounder

c)

merely

d)

adamant

3.

To everyone’s surprise, the convict received a ________ from the governor of his state.

a)

merely

b)

quail

c)

reprieve

d)

flounder

4.

He is so ________ in his beliefs that no one can change his mind!

a)

adamant

b)

flounder

c)

merely

d)

frantic

5.

Even in the face of the immense danger, the hero never _________.

a)

frantic

b)

quailed

c)

conciliatory

d)

reprieved

6.

I was worried after the fortuneteller warned me of a great ________.

a)

calamity

b)

conciliatory

c)

embodiment

d)

adamant

7.

Despite his ________ gesture, Franklin could not forgive the man who accidentally shot his dog.

a)

frantic

b)

merely

c)

purge

d)

conciliatory

8.

After he saw his parents making out in the back seat of their Buick, Kevin vowed that he would do whatever it took to ________ the image from his brain.

a)

flounder

b)

purge

c)

quail

d)

reprieve

9.

When Billy did not come home after school, his mother became ________ with worry.

a)

merely

b)

embodiment

c)

frantic

d)

adamant

10.

The knight wondered how he, being ________ a man, could hope to defeat the dragon.

a)

merely

b)

frantically

c)

adamantly

d)

conciliatory

11.

Embodiment

a)

draw back, as with fear or pain

b)

giving concrete form to an abstract concept

c)

rid of impurities

d)

and nothing more

12.

Flounder

a)

giving concrete form to an abstract concept

b)

making or willing to make concessions

c)

marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

d)

walk with great difficulty; behave awkwardly

13.

Reprieve

a)

walk with great difficulty; behave awkwardly

b)

draw back, as with fear or pain

c)

postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

d)

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

14.

Adamant

a)

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

b)

and nothing more

c)

rid of impurities

d)

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

15.

Quail

a)

walk with great difficulty; behave awkwardly

b)

draw back, as with fear or pain

c)

rid of impurities

16.

Calamity

a)

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

b)

making or willing to make concessions

c)

giving concrete form to an abstract concept

17.

Conciliatory

a)

and nothing more

b)

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

c)

postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

d)

making or willing to make concessions

18.

Purge

a)

rid of impurities

b)

and nothing more

c)

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

19.

Frantic

a)

walk with great difficulty; behave awkwardly

b)

marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion

c)

giving concrete form to an abstract concept

20.

Merely

a)

and nothing more

b)

rid of impurities

c)

draw back, as with fear or pain