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Short Stories Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Helen is a ______________ woman who does not trust anyone

a)

cynical

b)

raucous

c)

insolent

d)

frantic

2.

Her birthday party last weekend was fun but ____________.

a)

forfeit

b)

haggard

c)

era

d)

raucous

3.

Betsy is an ____________ girl who acts as though she has no manners at all.

a)

frantic

b)

insolent

c)

bewildered

d)

veranda

4.

After the man was tortured by his government for many years, he decided to _____________ his citizenship and move to new country.

a)

era

b)

forfeit

c)

renounce

d)

veranda

5.

Joan was ____________ as she tried to call her parents to let them know she was in a car accident.

a)

frantic

b)

raucous

c)

bewildered

d)

era

6.

Whenever the puppy looked in the mirror, he was _______________ by his reflection and kept barking at the "other dog."

a)

bewildered

b)

haggard

c)

renounced

d)

cynical

7.

The soldiers felt _____________ after walking forty miles through the desert.

a)

frantic

b)

renounce

c)

haggard

d)

bewildered

8.

If I could live in an any ________ I would probably choose the 1960s because there was such great music back then.

a)

veranda

b)

forfeit

c)

insolent

d)

era

9.

My parents want to renovate our dining room to include a ____________ that opens onto our back yard.

a)

frantic

b)

renounce

c)

era

d)

veranda

10.

After it was determined that the boy won the race by tripping his opponent, he was forced to ____________ his first place trophy.

a)

forfeit

b)

haggard

c)

frantic

d)

renounce

11.

If you're laying around on a long, airy porch that runs along the outside of your house, you are on a ___________.

a)

veranda

b)

bewildered

c)

cynical

d)

era

12.

An ___________ is a period of time distinguished by a particular characteristics.

a)

cynical

b)

era

c)

insolent

d)

haggard

13.

My parents told me that if I don’t finish my homework and eat all my broccoli, I would be _____________ my right to watch TV before going to bed.

a)

forfeiting

b)

bewildering

c)

renouncing

d)

insolence

14.

Someone who is _____________ looks exhausted and worn out, exactly how you'd expect someone who's been lost at sea for days to look.

a)

forfeit

b)

haggard

c)

raucous

d)

insolent

15.

If a conversation about quantum mechanics leaves you feeling ____________, don't feel bad: physics is a difficult and advanced subject.

a)

frantic

b)

renounce

c)

raucous

d)

bewildered

16.

On Christmas Eve, the scene at the mall was ___________ with shoppers desperately searching for their last minute gifts.

a)

insolent

b)

frantic

c)

cynical

d)

haggard

17.

If you decide to become a vegetarian, you will have to ______________ hamburgers and bacon.

a)

bewilder

b)

raucous

c)

renounce

d)

forfeit

18.

The ____________ baseball player refused to shake hands with the other team after his team lost.

a)

raucous

b)

frantic

c)

bewildered

d)

insolent

19.

_______________ means unpleasantly loud, or behaving in a noisy and disorderly way. It can be hard to give a presentation in the front of a classroom when the kids in the back are being _________________.

a)

raucous

b)

haggard

c)

forfeit

d)

era

20.

A ___________ person has a negative outlook about others, always imagining that people are ruled by their worst instincts.

a)

cynical

b)

insolent

c)

renounce

d)

veranda