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Letter from Birmingham Jail-Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To make an attack in return for a similar attack is to .....................

a)

retaliate

b)

mores

c)

complacency

2.

The essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a society or community are ...................

a)

complacency

b)

mores

c)

cognizant

3.

A feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements (gloating).

a)

precipitate

b)

retaliate

c)

complacency

4.

Having knowledge or awareness is being ................

a)

cognizant

b)

moratorium

c)

mores

5.

Show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.

a)

provocation

b)

manifest

c)

precipitate

6.

Cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely.

a)

moratorium

b)

mores

c)

precipitate

7.

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.

a)

provocation

b)

complacency

c)

manifest

8.

A temporary prohibition of an activity (suspension, delay).

a)

complacency

b)

moratorium

c)

precipitation

9.

He has promised to take tough measures to....................... against extremists.

a)

retaliate

b)

mores

10.

I'm ........................of the fact that your client has tried to pay the debt.

a)

manifest

b)

cognizant

11.

But his environment colleague wants a ....................... on further nuclear plants.

a)

moratorium

b)

mores

12.

At this point there is no need of a major crisis or a profound tragedy to ........................ doubt.

a)

provocation

b)

precipitate

13.

Truth does far less harm than insular .......................

a)

cognizant

b)

complacency

14.

These very basic differences become ................. in groups.

a)

manifest

b)

mores

15.

We advocate a harmonious society where corruption is swept away , and social .......................... are cleared.

a)

provocation

b)

mores

16.

Law makers, givers and enforcers should show more understanding and sympathy in the face of intolerable ........................

a)

provocation

b)

moratorium