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WP#6 "War and Peace" Challenging

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

agreement

a)

corpus

b)

sally

c)

viable

d)

pact

2.

elasticity

a)

resilience

b)

salient

c)

repugnance

d)

vitality

3.

boxer

a)

mortician

b)

appeaser

c)

pugilist

d)

pacifist

4.

before the war

a)

post-helium

b)

ante•bellum

c)

interlude

d)

prelude

5.

capable of being wounded or dying

a)

mortal

b)

immortal

c)

salient

d)

desultory

6.

pugnacity means

a)

animation

b)

inclination or urge to fight

c)

despair or hopeless over loss

d)

loss of memory

7.

A person who reads in a desultory way, literally, reads by ___________ from place to place--that is, in a disconnected, random, or unmethodical way.

a)

pugnacious

b)

methodical

c)

sagacious

d)

leaping

8.

An assault is, literally, __________ toward--that is, a violent attack on someone or something.

a)

leaping

b)

rolling

c)

leaning

9.

A BELLIGERENT attitude is, literally, one which is "given or prone to waging _______."

a)

peace

b)

war

c)

a fist fight

d)

resolution

10.

definition: a legal agreement by which a bank or other creditor lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property...literally death-pledge.

a)

compact

b)

insult

c)

vital

d)

mortgage

11.

vivacity means

a)

(noun) the quality of being attractively lively and animated

b)

(noun) the belief or ideal that all national or international disputes should be solved by peaceful means

c)

(noun) condition of endless or everlasting life; lasting fame

d)

(noun) the inclination or readiness to fight

12.

describes something that bounces or springs back into position after being stretched, bent, or compressed; describes someone who recovers quickly from disappointment or defeat

a)

mortal

b)

belligerent

c)

resilient

d)

pugnacious

13.

mortician

a)

(noun) a person who undertakes the task of preparing a body for burial; an undertaker or funeral director

b)

(noun) a person who rises against authority

c)

(noun) someone who fights with fists; a boxer

d)

(noun) someone who believes that all national or international disputes should be solved by peaceful means

14.

(noun) the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation or scientific research; ruthlessly sharp and detailed criticism or analysis

a)

appease

b)

mortify

c)

pacify

d)

vivisection

15.

speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse; literally leap on

a)

impugn

b)

rebel

c)

exult

d)

insult

16.

(verb) to bring to a state of peace; to satisfy, ease, quiet, or calm. Negative connotation: to agree to the belligerent demands of someone (a government or country) by sacrificing justice

a)

immortalize

b)

appease

c)

vitalize

d)

vivisect

17.

vivid

a)

(adjective) peaceful in character or intent; indicates that something tends to create a condition of peace; peaceable (not warlike or quarrelsome); peaceful (at peace)

b)

(adjective) describes something that bounces or springs back into position after being stretched, bent, or compressed; describes someone who recovers quickly from disappointment or defeat.

c)

(adjective) someone or something full of life; lively; something that make a strong impression, is intense or brilliant.

d)

(adjective) causing or liable to cause death; fatal

18.

a sudden leap; in a military sense, it is a sudden rush of troops to attack an enemy. (Used as a noun and a verb)

a)

rebel

b)

impugn

c)

pacify

d)

sally

19.

(noun) any person, group or nation engage in a war.

a)

rebel

b)

pacifist

c)

immortal

d)

belligerent

20.

bellum

a)

war

b)

life

c)

peace

d)

death