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V1 and V2 Am. Lit Qtr 2 2020

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I can't get a word in edgewise. Let me speak! You keep interrupting me.

a)

warble

b)

juncture

c)

waylay

d)

mottled

2.

"Oh my gosh, look at her dress! Tee hee, tee hee!"

a)

indignation

b)

deride

c)

morose

d)

derision

3.

Please measure carefully; we have to cut the drywall to fit over the pipes just perfectly.

(a)  

4.

I can't believe it! Mr. Smithson gave Euricka extra credit and she was failing - I asked for some and he said he doesn't give out extra credit. That is so not fair!

a)

imperious

b)

indignation

c)

penchant

d)

waylay

5.

If your boss is telling you to do this and that, then screams at his employees, he is definitely:

(a)  

6.

After getting poisoned, our dog's coat started to turn splotchy and even became a different shade of brown.

a)

bindle

b)

mundane

c)

scourge

d)

mottled

7.

Try carrying your grandmother's piano up six flights of steps.

(a)  

8.

A scourge is any of the following:

a)

silent library

b)

cockroaches

c)

a car alarm

d)

someone tapping on their desk constantly

9.

"Just solve for 'A' by taking 456 and divide it by jellyfish, then multiply that by Korea, south preferably, and if you have a Pop Tart you could easily solve this." Student: "What? Can you please explain that differently?"

a)

penchant

b)

morose

c)

elucidate

d)

derision

10.

All of the following are examples of "flagrant" except:

a)

red flowers

b)

red flag

c)

red lights

d)

cussing in front of grandma

11.

Right in the middle of the lab, the professor asked everyone to stop and analyze how the chemicals were reacting. So, at that moment in time, he wanted everyone to reflect.

(a)  

12.

Nine Inch Nails wrote, "Every day is exactly the same." Routines can be boring, drab, and drain the life out of some people.

a)

mottled

b)

morose

c)

mundane

d)

derision

13.

I prefer my tea with cream and honey. My brother likes his coffee black. My dad drinks only decaf.

(a)  

14.

Princess Fiona, Elsa from Frozen, a mother singing a melody to her baby, a soft lullaby being played.

a)

waylay

b)

warble

c)

aesthetic

d)

scourge

15.

All of the following are examples of the word "morose" except:

a)

optimistic

b)

downtrodden

c)

spunky

d)

shoulders stooping, listening to Death Cab for Cutie

16.

Asking someone out for the first time, speaking up for yourself at a new place of employment, standing up for yourself when you are usually quiet.

a)

mundane

b)

perturbation

c)

morose

d)

indignation

17.

George and Lennie do not have North Face or Rudis backpacks.

(a)  

18.

Slim can work any piece of farm equipment with ease, even the ones that pull up weeds.

a)

scourge

b)

mundane

c)

cultivator

d)

imperious

19.

All the following are examples of the word "aesthetic":

a)

A dried out field with weeds and trash on it.

b)

Mattel, the company that created Barbie

c)

A Tesla

d)

A rundown downtown with gangs, broken windows, broken down cars.

20.

Did you just make fun of my outfit? You mocked me! (Noun form, not the verb).

(a)