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The Great Gatsby vocabulary quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

supercilious

a)

pertaining to various anatomical structures of the eye

b)

being at or near the surface

c)

showing arrogant disdain or haughtiness

d)

animated; vivacious; effervescent

2.

contiguous

a)

tending to argue; quarrelsome

b)

clamorous

c)

making compatible; reconciling

d)

having a common boundary or edge

3.

interpose

a)

To place or come between; to intervene or interrupt

b)

intrude upon

c)

to assume a particular attitude or stance

d)

situate between cells of an organism

4.

vacuous

a)

without definite course; indirect

b)

excessively tidy

c)

devoid of matter

d)

pertaining to the vesicles in organic tissue

5.

corpulent

a)

projecting or pointing upward

b)

extremely overweight

c)

immature or inexperienced

d)

refined or enlightened

6.

somnambulate

a)

walk in one's sleep

b)

to confuse or deject

c)

dark and dull; gloomy

d)

to represent numbers by symbols

7.

denizen

a)

a person who inherits land from a deceased spouse

b)

shameless or impudent

c)

a plant or animal naturalized in a region

d)

to speak damagingly of

8.

dilatory

a)

tending to waste time or procrastinate

b)

fallen into ruin or decay

c)

beheaded

d)

hard-working

9.

portentous

a)

resembling a sea creature

b)

able to be carried from place to place

c)

producing powerful chemical or physical effects

d)

of momentous significance

10.

vicarious

a)

tending to showy displays of affection

b)

experienced second-hand

c)

religious

d)

prone to violence