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Vocab Feb 19

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

create difficulties for (someone or something), resulting in delay or obstruction

a)

Gesticulate

b)

Hindering

c)

Assurance

d)

Stirred

2.

understood or implied without being stated.

a)

Tacit

b)

Astonished

c)

Incredulous

d)

Grave

3.

use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words.

a)

Assurance

b)

Gentrification

c)

Clamor

d)

Gesticulate

4.

greatly surprised or impressed; amazed.

a)

assonance

b)

astonished

c)

tacit

d)

Mr. Howell is a legend

5.

a positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise.

a)

Assurance

b)

Stirred

c)

Clamor

d)

Grotesque

6.

giving cause for alarm; serious.

a)

Grotesque

b)

Incredulous

c)

Grave

d)

Alarmetiquette

7.

to induce strong feeling in (someone); move or excite.

a)

Stirred

b)

Clamor

c)

Grotesque

d)

Grave

8.

to shout loudly and insistently

a)

grave

b)

incredulous

c)

clamor

d)

obtuse

9.

unwilling or unable to believe something.

a)

Tacit

b)

Astonished

c)

Incredulous

d)

Assurance

10.

comically or repulsively ugly or distorted

a)

Mr. Howell

b)

Clamor

c)

Repulse

d)

Grotesque

11.

full of danger or risk

a)

perilous

b)

speculate

c)

effagy

d)

lament

12.

the expression of approval or agreement

a)

tempestuous

b)

amalgamation

c)

incantation

d)

assent

13.

a sculpture or model of a person

a)

lament

b)

effigy

c)

murmur

d)

assent

14.

a series of words said as a magic spell or charm.

a)

lament

b)

derogative

c)

contempt

d)

incantation

15.

form a theory of conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.

a)

effigy

b)

rejecter

c)

speculate

d)

murmur

16.

characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion

a)

tempestuous

b)

overt

c)

lament

d)

glycerol

17.

a soft, indistinct sound made by a person or group of people speaking quietly or at a distance.

a)

General Tso Chicken

b)

Murmur

c)

Lament

d)

Contempt

18.

feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

a)

Indignant

b)

Contempt

c)

Speculate

d)

Effigy

19.

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow

a)

Lament

b)

Contempt

c)

Indignant

d)

Effervescence

20.

The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.

a)

Perilous

b)

Speculate

c)

Contempt

d)

Tempestuous