WorksheetsStealing Buddha's Dinner Vocabulary
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which vocabulary word best completes the sentence?
Bich's family found a home in the United States as a part of ____________________.
Nexus
Resettlement
Forlornness
Mille-Feuille
Which one of these vocabulary words means 'to reflect sparkling light or glow?'
Glistening
Elusive
Tantalized
Windfall
Something grows quickly when it is _________________________.
Burgeoning
Rickrack
Lacquer
Objet D'art
Fill in the blank with the appropriate vocabulary word.
Mutual respect and loyalty to family and society are core beliefs of __________________.
Nominal
Guttural
Confucianism
Matrilineal
Which of the following means evoking a keen sense of sadness?
Trove
Visceral
Reticence
Poignancy
Complete the sentence.
While Bich was growing up, her sister Crissy often acted ______________.
Imperious
Mitigated
Shucked
Entreated
Which word best completes the sentence?
Bich felt her life unwind like a _________________ of yarn?
Kempt
Acolytes
Valence
Skein
Musicians use a _______________ to keep time.
Mimeograph
Metronome
Ensconced
Rollicking
Fill in the sentence.
Bich's father struggled with ________________.
Upholstery
Alluring
Idioms
Vicinity
Which word best fills the blank?
Bich was distraught after Crissy's dad called her _______________.
Aberration
Prim
Homely
Blithe
Bich believed that the Ingals family from her novels were the ________________ of the perfect American family.
Belies
Intuitive
Epitome
Ostracized
Fill in the sentence.
Bich often had an expression of ___________________________ on her face.
Rigor
Affability
Impudence
Sussed
Which word means 'the belief that the soul will be reborn into a new body after death?'
Reincarnation
Nirvana
Affinity
Abstemious
Which of the following is the definition of Nirvana?
the belief that the body will live on after death in a new body
a perfect state where there is no pain, suffering, or self
a natural liking for something
not indulging oneself
Fill in the blank.
Bich noticed __________________ in her parents' relationship.
Fissures
Facades
Lurid
Credenzas
Which of the following best completes the sentence?
Bich notices that her parents pretend to be happy, their relationship is a __________________.
Lurid
Credenza
Fissure
Facade
Which word means cheerful or friendly?
Deadpan
Subsidized
Sumptuous
Jovial
Bich often felt _______________________ from the other children at school.
Ostracized
Epitome
Impudence
Belies
I've worked so hard this year, I'm ready for a ________________________, easy summer.
Incipient
Detente
Languid
Redolent
