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Flora and Ulysses Vocabulary - Ch.1-11

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Somebody who believes that human actions are insincere and motivated by self-interest

a)

humdrum

b)

cynic

c)

cogitation

d)

malfeasance

2.

An act carried out by a public official that cannot be legally justified or that conflicts with the law

a)

humdrum

b)

cynic

c)

cogitation

d)

malfeasance

3.

A vertical column that is part of a building or other structure and can be either a support or decoration

a)

humdrum

b)

indomitable

c)

cogitation

d)

pillar

4.

The act of thinking deeply and carefully about something

a)

humdrum

b)

indomitable

c)

cogitation

d)

pillar

5.

Extending to or situated at a great depth

a)

humdrum

b)

indomitable

c)

cogitation

d)

profound

6.

Brave, determined, and impossible to defeat or frighten

a)

humdrum

b)

indomitable

c)

cogitation

d)

profound

7.

Said or done in a slow, hesitant, and careful way that reveals a lack of confidence

a)

obliged

b)

unassuming

c)

tentative

d)

humdrum

8.

Go back; go farther away; slope

a)

obliged

b)

recede

c)

tentative

d)

humdrum

9.

Dull because of being too familiar

a)

obliged

b)

recede

c)

tentative

d)

humdrum

10.

Require somebody to do something; force somebody to something; make someone feel indebted

a)

obliged

b)

recede

c)

tentative

d)

disdain

11.

Intense scorn; to look down on someone or something

a)

obliged

b)

recede

c)

tentative

d)

disdain

12.

Acting in a way that does not assume superiority

a)

unassuming

b)

righteous

c)

heinous

d)

disdain

13.

Morally right

a)

unassuming

b)

righteous

c)

heinous

d)

disdain

14.

Shockingly evil or wicked

a)

unassuming

b)

righteous

c)

heinous

d)

disdain