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A long way from Chicago - Vocabulary

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an outhouse

a)

Privy

b)

Stringer

c)

Snaggletoothed

d)

Reprobate

2.

a freelance or part-time journalist

a)

Cob house

b)

Stringer

c)

Snaggletoothed

d)

Reprobate

3.

misaligned, broken, missing or otherwise damaged teeth

a)

Cob house

b)

Peddlers

c)

Snaggletoothed

d)

Reprobate

4.

a small, flimsy structure, built out clay or wood

a)

Cob house

b)

Peddlers

c)

Lippy

d)

Philanthropist

5.

a person who goes from place to place selling small items

a)

Pauper

b)

Peddlers

c)

Lippy

d)

Philanthropist

6.

showing no respect in the way that you talk to someone

a)

Pauper

b)

Bellowed

c)

Lippy

d)

Philanthropist

7.

a person who gives money or gifts to charities, or helps needy people in other ways.

a)

Pauper

b)

Bellowed

c)

Jurisdiction

d)

Philanthropist

8.

a very poor person

a)

Pauper

b)

Bellowed

c)

Jurisdiction

d)

Slum

9.

emitting a deep loud roar, typically in pain or anger

a)

Settee

b)

Bellowed

c)

Jurisdiction

d)

Slum

10.

the area over which legal authority extends

a)

Settee

b)

Pilfering

c)

Jurisdiction

d)

Slum

11.

An area marked by run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization.

a)

Settee

b)

Pilfering

c)

Culprit

d)

Slum

12.

a long upholstered seat for more than one person, typically with a back and arms

a)

Settee

b)

Pilfering

c)

Culprit

d)

Ransack

13.

stealing

a)

Britches

b)

Pilfering

c)

Culprit

d)

Ransack

14.

a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed

a)

Britches

b)

Chiggers

c)

Culprit

d)

Ransack

15.

go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage

a)

Britches

b)

Chiggers

c)

Titter

d)

Ransack

16.

short pants fastened just below the knee

a)

Britches

b)

Chiggers

c)

Titter

d)

Proprietor

17.

A small insect that feeds upon vertebrates, such as humans

a)

Privy

b)

Chiggers

c)

Titter

d)

Proprietor

18.

a short, high-pitched nervous laughter

a)

Privy

b)

Stringer

c)

Titter

d)

Proprietor

19.

the owner of a business establishment

a)

Privy

b)

Stringer

c)

Snaggletoothed

d)

Proprietor