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🐺"The Call of the Wild," Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

stubborn; persistent

a)

obdurate

b)

celerity

c)

convulsive

d)

lugubriously

2.

swiftness; speed

a)

celerity

b)

convulsive

c)

obdurate

d)

coveted

3.

greatly desired or envied

a)

coveted

b)

gleefully

c)

convulsive

d)

unruly

4.

full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.

a)

gleefully

b)

coveted

c)

lugubriously

d)

toil

5.

to obey, follow instructions

a)

comply

b)

gleefully

c)

unruly

d)

lugubriously

6.

work

a)

toil

b)

unruly

c)

convulsive

d)

celerity

7.

difficult to control

a)

unruly

b)

gleefully

c)

lugubriously

d)

comply

8.

a feeling of unity between people who have the same interests and goals

a)

solidarity

b)

obdurate

c)

convulsive

d)

celerity

9.

looking or sounding sad and dismal

a)

lugubriously

b)

comply

c)

toil

d)

unruly

10.

a sudden, violent movement of the body

a)

convulsion

b)

obdurate

c)

solidarity

d)

coveted

11.

Laughs could be heard from outside their daughter’s bedroom door as she and her ____________ friends were having a slumber party.

a)

unruly

b)

gleeful

c)

celerity

d)

obdurate

12.

Surrounded by sad, dark clouds, the isolated barn made the perfect inspiration for the poet’s ___________ poem.

a)

coveted

b)

toil

c)

lugubrious

d)

solidarity

13.

Although the hurricane was quickly coming their way, the family was ___________ and would not leave their home.

a)

obdurate

b)

unruly

c)

convulsing

d)

compliant

14.

All of the marchers wore matching t-shirts to show __________ for their cause.

a)

celerity

b)

compliance

c)

gleefulness

d)

solidarity

15.

According to the principal, students who repeatedly fail to __________ with school rules may be suspended.

a)

lugubrious

b)

toil

c)

comply

d)

obdurate

16.

The woman shivered in fear as she moved throughout the haunted house, a ___________ that she couldn’t stop no matter how hard she tried.

a)

gleeful

b)

convulsion

c)

solidarity

d)

celerity

17.

Angered and __________ fans blocked the stadium exit when their team lost the playoff game.

a)

unruly

b)

coveted

c)

lugubrious

d)

toil

18.

In order to work as a ball person during a tennis game, you must be able to run with great ___________.

a)

gleefulness

b)

compliance

c)

toil

d)

celerity

19.

As soon as the teen star wears an outfit in public, young girls around the world immediately ___________ the same outfit.

a)

toil

b)

convulse

c)

covet

d)

solidarity

20.

Because construction workers have to ___________ in the sun all day, they must drink a lot of water to ensure they do not dehydrate.

a)

toil

b)

obdurate

c)

comply

d)

covet