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"All the Light We Cannot See" Vocabulary

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

embossed decoration or fluting on silverware

a)

gadrooned

b)

tamarinds

c)

ruminates

d)

burgeons

2.

very small instructor

a)

church refectory

b)

diminutive instructor

c)

indolent

d)

interminable queues

3.

having a swelled area, usually in the neck and caused by an enlarged thyroid gland

a)

taciturn

b)

goitrous

c)

gibbous

d)

chevrons

4.

habitually lazy; idle

a)

crone

b)

indolent

c)

skunked

d)

whorled

5.

dining hall in a church

a)

raveled gherkins

b)

church refectory

c)

naked lindens

d)

American Philco

6.

a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food

a)

galettes

b)

brasserie

c)

byzantine

d)

embrasures

7.

figure, pattern, or object having the shape of a V or an inverted V

a)

chevrons

b)

taciturn

c)

inveigled

d)

burgeons

8.

an enormous mythical sea monster said to appear off the coast of Norway

a)

taper

b)

kraken

c)

brogues

d)

loupe

9.

never-ending lines of people

a)

diminutive instructor

b)

interminable queues

c)

American Philco

d)

windburned corsairs

10.

gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town (Saint-Malo)

a)

brasserie

b)

embrasures

c)

portcullis

d)

phrenologist

11.

high-end radio that belongs to Herr Siedler

a)

American Philco

b)

raveled gherkins

c)

sycophantic

d)

topiaries

12.

red-faced (skin irritation) killers, plunderers, raiders, and seamen

a)

sycophantic

b)

gadrooned

c)

juvenile sobriquets

d)

windburned corsairs

13.

provide (a wall of a building) with battlements

a)

ruminates

b)

brasserie

c)

crenelated

d)

gadrooned

14.

begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish

a)

ruminates

b)

redoubts

c)

burgeons

d)

gibbous

15.

to flow or move with a rippling sound

a)

purls

b)

demure

c)

nadir

d)

runnels

16.

someone who flatters influential people to further themselves

a)

diaphanous

b)

sycophantic

c)

malacologist

d)

byzantine

17.

to smile in a silly manner

a)

tamarinds

b)

simpering

c)

lapidary

d)

ruminates

18.

mournful; gloomy

a)

diaphanous

b)

fulminates

c)

fustiness

d)

lugubrious

19.

habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

a)

taciturn

b)

atavistic

c)

galettes

d)

chevrons

20.

a durable, comfortable leather shoe

a)

gibbous

b)

brogues

c)

boreal

d)

redoubts

21.

a marine mollusk that has an oval flattened body with a shell of overlapping plates

a)

litzen

b)

kraken

c)

yarrow

d)

chiton

22.

sheltered side of the ramparts

a)

naked lindens

b)

church refectory

c)

interminable queues

d)

the lee of the ramparts

23.

diminish or reduce or cause to diminish or reduce in thickness toward one end

a)

nadir

b)

demur

c)

taper

d)

yarrow

24.

an abnormal fear of open or public places

a)

atavistic

b)

brasserie

c)

ruminates

d)

agoraphobia

25.

extremely intricate or complicated in structure

a)

ruminates

b)

byzantine

c)

gadrooned

d)

sycophantic

26.

very sheer and light; almost completely transparent wings

a)

embrasures

b)

diaphanous

c)

brasserie

d)

topiaries

27.

a flat round cake of pastry or bread

a)

fulminates

b)

ruminates

c)

brogues

d)

galettes

28.

extreme eagerness or enthusiasm

a)

avidity

b)

brogues

c)

nadir

d)

litzen

29.

more than half but less than fully illuminated

a)

diaphanous

b)

gibbous

c)

burgeons

d)

redoubts

30.

small, temporary defensive fortifications

a)

redoubts

b)

burgeons

c)

galettes

d)

gibbous

31.

poorly dressed, shabby

a)

demure

b)

dowdy

c)

whorled

d)

crone

32.

net or network (having veins, fibers, or lines crossing) in a hall or court

a)

reticulated atrium

b)

atavisitc

c)

windburned corsairs

d)

juvenile sobriquets

33.

concise, using few words

a)

melange

b)

laconic

c)

skunked

d)

lapidary

34.

a narrow channel in the ground for liquid to flow through

a)

runnels

b)

embrasures

c)

purls

d)

burgeons

35.

the lowest point of something

a)

purls

b)

tamarinds

c)

nadir

d)

demur

36.

an old coward

a)

church refectory

b)

American Philco

c)

raveled gherkins

d)

an elderly funk

37.

a small magnifying glass used by jewelers and watchmakers

a)

loupe

b)

brasserie

c)

litzen

d)

runnels

38.

a mixture; medley

a)

laconic

b)

fustiness

c)

melange

d)

skunked

39.

ornamental cord or fabric; sign of rank

a)

gibbous

b)

brogues

c)

litzen

d)

whelks

40.

nook; recess

a)

sallow

b)

alcove

c)

plangent

d)

laconic

41.

large kinds of various sea snail

a)

whorled

b)

whelks

c)

sallow

d)

purls

42.

a Eurasian plant of the daisy family, with feathery leaves and heads of small white, yellow, or pink aromatic flowers

a)

taper

b)

entropy

c)

kraken

d)

yarrow

43.

tangled, small cucumbers used for pickling

a)

American Philco

b)

agoraphobia

c)

raveled gherkins

d)

juvenile sobriquets

44.

an expert in precious stones

a)

entropy

b)

laconic

c)

avidity

d)

lapidary

45.

spiral or twisted shell

a)

whorled

b)

indolent

c)

whelks

d)

skunked

46.

person who studies mollusks

a)

tamarinds

b)

malacologist

c)

naked lindens

d)

simpering

47.

the pod of a large tropical tree

a)

topiaries

b)

simpering

c)

ruminates

d)

tamarinds

48.

nickname (often humorous) given to Frederick by the German boys at camp

a)

windburned corsairs

b)

reticulated atrium

c)

interminable queues

d)

juvenile sobriquets

49.

persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception of flattery

a)

inveigled

b)

atavistic

c)

crenelated

d)

gadrooned

50.

object or protest

a)

demur

b)

nadir

c)

boreal

d)

crone

51.

the study of the conformation of the skull based on the belief that it is indicative of mental faculties and character

a)

portcullis

b)

malcologist

c)

inveigled

d)

phrenologist

52.

spoiled or ruined wine

a)

laconic

b)

whorled

c)

skunked

d)

brogues

53.

a measure of disorder or randomness

a)

entropy

b)

melange

c)

lapidary

d)

avidity

54.

brushes trimmed into decorative shapes

a)

diaphanous

b)

galettes

c)

topiaries

d)

ruminates

55.

a tree without its leaves; bare

a)

galettes

b)

tamarinds

c)

malacologist

d)

naked lindens

56.

relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral

a)

atavistic

b)

byzantine

c)

chiton

d)

brasserie

57.

of the North or northern regions

a)

boreal

b)

burgeons

c)

sallow

d)

whelks

58.

an unpleasant smell

a)

fustiness

b)

indolent

c)

simpering

d)

plangent

59.

to explode with a loud noise; detonate

a)

fustiness

b)

fulminates

c)

ruminates

d)

crenelated

60.

quiet and modest; reserved

a)

demure

b)

simpering

c)

demur

d)

whorled

61.

a small opening in a parapet of a fortified building

a)

fulminates

b)

embrasures

c)

brasserie

d)

ruminates

62.

pointed, thin face

a)

church refectory

b)

lugubrious

c)

fulminates

d)

gothic faces

63.

hag; ugly old woman

a)

whorled

b)

alcove

c)

demure

d)

crone

64.

of a sickly, yellowish color

a)

alcove

b)

yarrow

c)

sallow

d)

whelks

65.

loud and resounding

a)

melange

b)

fustiness

c)

laconic

d)

plangent

66.

to ponder over intensely, to think about

a)

topiaries

b)

fulminates

c)

ruminates

d)

tamarinds