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Vocab List 1.8: Words from Great Literature #4

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

venerate

a)

the state of having rest or tranquility

b)

to gradually reduce or diminish

c)

to treat with reverence and respect

d)

obscene, crude, lacking good taste

e)

to travel across or pass over

2.

abate

a)

the state of having rest or tranquility

b)

to gradually reduce or diminish

c)

to treat with reverence and respect

d)

obscene, crude, lacking good taste

e)

to travel across or pass over

3.

repose

a)

the state of having rest or tranquility

b)

to gradually reduce or diminish

c)

to treat with reverence and respect

d)

obscene, crude, lacking good taste

e)

to travel across or pass over

4.

vulgar

a)

the state of having rest or tranquility

b)

to gradually reduce or diminish

c)

to treat with reverence and respect

d)

obscene, crude, lacking good taste

e)

to travel across or pass over

5.

traverse

a)

the state of having rest or tranquility

b)

to gradually reduce or diminish

c)

to treat with reverence and respect

d)

obscene, crude, lacking good taste

e)

to travel across or pass over

6.

Which one of these is NOT a synonym for "venerate?"

a)

reverence

b)

adore

c)

eat vigorously

d)

worship

7.

Which of these is a verb?

a)

vulgar

b)

venerate

c)

venerator

d)

vulgarly

8.

By your glorious father, and by yourself, whom I love and ____________above all the world, I swear it.

a)

abate

b)

venerate

c)

vulgar

d)

repose

9.

Which are antonyms for "abate?"

a)

accumulate

b)

build

c)

rebate

d)

grow

e)

decrease

10.

What part of speech is "abate?"

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

11.

We worked on; but the water increasing in the hold, it was apparent that the ship would founder; and though the storm began to ________a little, yet it was not possible she could swim till we might run into any port; so the master continued firing guns for help; and a light ship, who had rid it out just ahead of us, ventured a boat out to help us.

a)

repose

b)

venerate

c)

abate

d)

traverse

12.

Which TWO definitions are there for "repose?"

a)

the state of having rest or tranquility (noun)

b)

to gradually reduce or diminish (verb)

c)

to lay at rest (verb)

d)

to travel across (verb)

13.

Which parts of speech might "repose" be?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

14.

Why is it called an "angle of repose?"

a)

The material won't slide or move, just rest and stay put

b)

It is less than 45 degrees

c)

The angle is almost lying down

d)

It could have a landslide

15.

I have been well for ten days, but have remained in bed in the hope of gaining by __________the strength that would justify me in taking your medicines.

a)

abating

b)

reposed

c)

repose

d)

venerating

16.

Which are synonyms for "vulgar?"

a)

common

b)

gross

c)

inferior

d)

upper-class

e)

gentle

17.

What part of speech is "vulgar?"

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

18.

And do not suppose, senor, that I apply the term ________here merely to plebeians and the lower orders; for everyone who is ignorant, be he lord or prince, may and should be included among the __________.

a)

vulgar, vulgar

b)

abate, vulgar

c)

venerate, vulgar

d)

vulgar, repose

19.

What parts of speech can "traverse" be?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

20.

What words could be synonyms for "traverse?"

a)

crossing

b)

verse

c)

travail

d)

average

e)

crosswise

21.

TWO FROGS were neighbors. One inhabited a deep pond, far removed from public view; the other lived in a gully containing little water, and _____________by a country road.

a)

traverse

b)

traversed

c)

traversing

d)

traverses