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The Monkey's Paw vocabulary

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means "Calm and peaceful"?

a)

Keenly

b)

Placidly

c)

Avaricious

d)

Ebullient

2.

Which word means "To be too ready to believe that something is real or true"?

a)

Prosaic

b)

Apathetically

c)

Pungent

d)

Credulity

3.

Which word means "to recall and show respect for someone or something"?

a)

Macabre

b)

Interposed

c)

Commemorate

4.

Which word means "A person's face"?

a)

Visage

b)

Let

c)

Rubicund

5.

Which word means "Greedy"?

a)

Fusillade

b)

Doughty

c)

Avaricious

6.

Which word means "to rent"?

a)

Let

b)

Compensation

c)

Iconography

7.

Which word means "in an eager or enthusiastic manner"?

a)

Presumptuous

b)

Talisman

c)

Keenly

8.

Which word means "an object that is thought to have magic powers"?

a)

Ebullient

b)

Talisman

c)

Rubicund

9.

Which word means "having a ruddy complexion"?

a)

Visage

b)

Rubicund

c)

Interposed

10.

Which word means "To interrupt"?

a)

Interpose

b)

Placidly

c)

Commemorate

11.

Which word means "having a sharply strong taste or smell"?

a)

Pungent

b)

Macabre

c)

Credulity

12.

Which word means "commonplace" or "ordinary"?

a)

Doughty

b)

Apathetically

c)

Prosaic

13.

Which word means "done in a way that shows or feels no interest"?

a)

apathetically

b)

placidly

c)

keenly

14.

Which word means "cheerful and full of energy"?

a)

Presumptuous

b)

Avaricious

c)

Ebullient

15.

Which word means "brave and persistent"?

a)

credulity

b)

doughty

c)

pungent

16.

Which word means "the visual images and symbols used in a work or art or the study or interpretation of these"?

a)

iconography

b)

interposed

c)

talisman

17.

Which word means "disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction or death and injury"?

a)

macabre

b)

pungent

c)

prosaic

18.

Which word means "a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time"?

a)

visage

b)

compensation

c)

fusillade

19.

Which word means "something (money) awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering"?

a)

compensation

b)

avaricious

c)

commemorate

20.

Which word means "failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate"?

a)

prosaic

b)

placidly

c)

presumptuous

21.

Which is a latin root that means "life"?

a)

Mort-

b)

Bio-

c)

Viv-

d)

Vis-

22.

Which is a latin root meaning "Death"?

a)

Vid-

b)

Mor-

c)

Vit-

d)

Mort-