WorksheetsShort Stories Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 36mins
instigate
the condition of having good fortune
a desire to have something that is possessed by another
mentally quick
to stir up or urge on
Depreciate
A desire to have something that is possessed by another
Mentally agile
To search thoroughly
To lower the value of something
Scrutiny
To make free from confusion or ambiguity (open to more than one interpretation)
Moving quick and lightly
To make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
A prolonged intense look
Ecstatic
desire strongly or persistently
Characterized by strong enthusiasm
Feeling great rapture or delight
To endure the loss of
Ardent
A prolonged intense look
Characterized by strong enthusiasm
A destructive action
To move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
imputation
something necessary
an accusation
an embarrassing situation
a close call
patent
a falsehood
something evil
evident or obvious
unclear
inconsequential
important
vital
not important or significant
a lasting legacy
prudence
elated
thrilled
cautiousness or judgement
impulsive
parsimony
indulgent
flashy
unwilling to spend money or resources
indulgent
What is the BEST example of irony in the story?
The magi took gifts to Jesus.
Della cut her most prized possession.
Jim's most prized possession was a watch from his grandfather.
Jim expected his wife to have hair in which to wear the combs he bought her.
The narrator compares Della and Jim to the magi because
they gave each other gifts.
they were like "wise men", knowing that their sacrificial love was the most important part of their gift.
They followed a star to Bethlehem.
They took gifts to Jesus.
most common or main dominating thing
instigate
predominant
imputation
truant
huge, very large
gradually
parsimony
mammoth
vanish
changing slowly, step by step
deprecate
gradually
prosperous
vanish
a quality of being careful with money or resources
parsimony
instigate
vanish
ecstatic
someone who avoids doing his or her duty; someone who is skipping school without permission
depreciate
imputation
prosperous
truant
Accept something reluctantly but without protest
quest
embitter
detest
acquiesce
a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong; trespasser; intruder
interloper
pious
marauder
dispossess
to deprive someone of or force someone to give up the possession of a house, land, or other property
detest
acquiesce
dispossess
Condolence
a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something
acquiesce
precipitous
marauder
quest
an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death
marauder
condolence
pious
interloper
feud
someone who hates you and wants to harm you
an angry feeling of extreme dislike for someone or something
an angry and often violent fight between two people or groups that continues for a long time
a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened
to rotate or revolve quickly; to spiral
gyrate
melee
pedagogue
rambunctious
clamber
to climb using your hands and feet because it is difficult
a clip used to hang on when mountain climbing
to claim what is rightfully yours
The prison inmate was placed in ___________ after he attacked several of his fellow inmates.
seclusion
certitude
arch
After his best friend moved away, Jeff couldn't help but feel a ______, or emptiness in his life.
urgent
void
torrent
Mounfully
Somber
Indignant
Dubiously
Plaintively
to move forward suddenly
lunge
shriek
slumber
petrified
adornment
love
peace
decoration
She led a quiet, chaste life.
morally pure, modest
Stinginess
expensive
There are one thousand names on this list and putting them all into alphabetical order without the help of a computer is a very ______________ task.
fiddly
problematic
strenuous
laborious
Match the word with its definition: hearth
showing unusual lack of energy
an area near or around a fireplace
the act of consoling
not clearly understood or expressed
not possible to perceive by the mind or senses
If someone is looking solemn, it means they are
serious
happy
frustrated
weeping
