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"Kaleidoscope" Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

kaleidoscope

a)

an instrument for viewing objects arranged in changing but symmetrical patterns

b)

injury to the brain caused by a blow

c)

to cause to separate and go in different directions

2.

prose

a)

A fictional narrative written in prose, which is shorter than a novel.

b)

to slip away or to pass (time)

c)

any writing that is not poetry; the ordinary form of written language

3.

concussion

a)

separated from or existing without the body

b)

injury to the brain caused by a blow

c)

An instrument for viewing objects arranged in changing but symmetrical patterns

4.

short story

a)

removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's own mind; preoccupied

b)

a fictional narrative written in prose, which is shorter than a novel

c)

any writing that is not poetry; the ordinary form of written language

5.

scatter

a)

to cause to separate and go in different directions

b)

separated from or existing without the body

c)

reluctant acceptance of a bad situation

6.

abstracted

a)

removed in thought from the immediate situation, lost in one's own mind; preoccupied

b)

to slip away or to pass (time)

c)

Any writing that is not poetry; the ordinary form of written language

7.

disembodied

a)

reluctant acceptance of a bad situation

b)

incapable of being changed or called back; irreversible

c)

separated from or existing without the body

8.

elapsed

a)

to slip away or to pass (time)

b)

incapable of being changed or called back; irreversible

c)

any writing that is not poetry; the ordinary form of written language

9.

impassioned

a)

highest male voice

b)

filled with or showing great emotion

c)

of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning

10.

irrevocable

a)

reluctant acceptance of a bad situation

b)

removed in thought from the immediate situation

c)

incapable of being changed or called back; irreversible

11.

vague

a)

incapable of being changed or called back; irreversible

b)

of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning

c)

a fictional narrative written in prose, which is shorter than a novel

12.

tenor

a)

highest male voice

b)

filled with or showing great emotion

c)

a device that expels gas in one direction to move in the opposite direction

13.

Ray Bradbury

a)

A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemmas.

b)

An Igbo Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic.

c)

An English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theater, and films.

14.

rocket

a)

an instrument for viewing objects arranged in changing but symmetrical patterns

b)

a device that expels gas in one direction to move in the opposite direction

c)

a fictional narrative written in prose, which is shorter than a novel

15.

resignation

a)

reluctant acceptance of a bad situation

b)

uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning

c)

incapable of being changed or called back; irreversible

16.

destiny

a)

related to transmission of sound from a distance; conveyed by a telephone

b)

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future; fate

c)

Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased

17.

queer

a)

Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased

b)

normal, common, unoriginal

c)

strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal

18.

objective

a)

strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal

b)

related to transmission of sound from a distance; conveyed by a telephone

c)

factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased

19.

telephonic

a)

related to transmission of sound from a distance; conveyed by a telephone

b)

strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal

c)

turning or swinging round and round; spinning

20.

whirling

a)

Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased

b)

turning or swinging round and round; spinning

c)

with great fear and urgency; hurriedly

21.

frantically

a)

destiny

b)

turning or swinging round and round; spinning

c)

with great fear and urgency; hurriedly