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Vocab from The Fall of the House of Usher

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The meaning of melancholy

a)

Feeling of excitement, for apparent reasons

b)

Feeling of fear, typically towards spiders

c)

Feeling of sadness, typically with no obvious cause

d)

Feeling of sadness because your unicorn ran away

2.

Which word means: impossible to solve

a)

Unattainable

b)

Soluble

c)

Unsure

d)

Insoluble

3.

The meaning of alleviation

a)

the action of making suffering or a problem less severe

b)

the action of making suffering or a problem worse

c)

the action of making rainbows trip unicorns for fun

d)

the action of making suffering worse for others but better for your friends

4.

Which word means: the action of giving a name or a title to something

a)

alleviation

b)

appellation

c)

affinity

d)

apathy

5.

what is the meaning of affinity

a)

a natural disliking to someone

b)

a spontaneous or natural liking to someone or something

c)

a spontaneous argument between family members

d)

a spontaneous flash mob that shows up in the grocery store and begins dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller

6.

which word means: destructive to life; deadly

a)

zombies

b)

red is sus

c)

insipid

d)

pestilent

7.

what does inordinate mean

a)

unusually large; excessive

b)

unusually small; mini

c)

unusually cruel; evil

d)

standard; less than impressive

8.

which word means: lacking in interest or flavor

a)

infused

b)

involved

c)

inspired

d)

insipid

9.

what does phantasm mean

a)

ailment of foot

b)

sadness or anger

c)

figment of the imagination

d)

exciting adventures

10.

which word means: lack of interest or concern

a)

aliment

b)

apathy

c)

aligned

d)

appeal

11.

what is the meaning of malady

a)

a cure for an illness

b)

a role of cooking and cleaning

c)

a crazy lady

d)

a disease or ailment

12.

which word means: the action of improvising

a)

impossible

b)

improvisation

c)

important

d)

impassable

13.

what is the meaning of pertinacity

a)

quality of messing things up

b)

quality of making objects out of paper

c)

quality of giving up before you even start a task

d)

quality of sticking with something no matter what

14.

which word means: a long, narrow opening or breaking made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or the earth

a)

fishing

b)

fissure

c)

fixture

d)

furniture

15.

what is the meaning of the word vagary

a)

a change in taste

b)

unexpected change in a situation or someones behavior

c)

behaving in a way that is expected

d)

an expected result after studying for a test

16.

which word means: something that deviates from what is normal or expected

a)

absent

b)

apathy

c)

anomaly

d)

alleviation