WorksheetsVocabulary #8 (The Crucible Act 4)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
If you go from being homeless to living in a mansion, you are the ________ of the American dream.
embodiment
adamant
calamity
quail
Unused to skating, the rookie hockey player would ________ on the ice until he learned to skate.
quail
flounder
merely
adamant
To everyone’s surprise, the convict received a ________ from the governor of his state.
merely
quail
reprieve
flounder
He is so ________ in his beliefs that no one can change his mind!
adamant
flounder
merely
frantic
Even in the face of the immense danger, the hero never _________.
frantic
quailed
conciliatory
reprieved
I was worried after the fortuneteller warned me of a great ________.
calamity
conciliatory
embodiment
adamant
Despite his ________ gesture, Franklin could not forgive the man who accidentally shot his dog.
frantic
merely
purge
conciliatory
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.
flounder
purge
quail
reprieve
When Billy did not come home after school, his mother became ________ with worry.
merely
embodiment
frantic
adamant
The knight wondered how he, being ________ a man, could hope to defeat the dragon.
merely
frantically
adamantly
conciliatory
Embodiment
draw back, as with fear or pain
giving concrete form to an abstract concept
rid of impurities
and nothing more
Flounder
giving concrete form to an abstract concept
making or willing to make concessions
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
walk with great difficulty; behave awkwardly
Reprieve
walk with great difficulty; behave awkwardly
draw back, as with fear or pain
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Adamant
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
and nothing more
rid of impurities
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
Quail
walk with great difficulty; behave awkwardly
draw back, as with fear or pain
rid of impurities
Calamity
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
making or willing to make concessions
giving concrete form to an abstract concept
Conciliatory
and nothing more
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
making or willing to make concessions
Purge
rid of impurities
and nothing more
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
Frantic
walk with great difficulty; behave awkwardly
marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
giving concrete form to an abstract concept
Merely
and nothing more
rid of impurities
draw back, as with fear or pain
