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Long Way from Chicago Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an outhouse

a)

privy

b)

cob house

c)

peddlers

d)

lippy

2.

freelance or part-time journalist

a)

peddler

b)

stringer

c)

reprobate

d)

philanthropist

3.

misaligned, broken, missing or otherwise damaged teeth

a)

chiggers

b)

lippy

c)

snaggletoothed

d)

titter

4.

a disreputable or immoral person

a)

reprobate

b)

pauper

c)

culprit

d)

peddler

5.

a small, flimsy structure, built out clay or wood

a)

cob house

b)

slum

c)

jurisdiction

d)

pilfering

6.

a person who goes from place to place selling small items

a)

pauper

b)

peddler

c)

bellowed

d)

settee

7.

showing no respect in the way that you talk to someone

a)

lippy

b)

bellowed

c)

stringer

d)

ransack

8.

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

a)

peddler

b)

pauper

c)

culprit

d)

philanthropist

9.

a very poor person

a)

britches

b)

slum

c)

pauper

d)

culprit

10.

emitting a deep loud roar, typically in pain or anger

a)

bellowing

b)

pilfering

c)

ransack

d)

titter

11.

the area over which legal authority extends

a)

jurisdiction

b)

slum

c)

proprietor

d)

britches

12.

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

a)

ransack

b)

jurisdiction

c)

slum

d)

chiggers

13.

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

a)

settee

b)

britches

c)

cob house

d)

titter

14.

stealing

a)

britches

b)

pilfering

c)

bellowed

d)

chiggers

15.

a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed

a)

culprit

b)

pauper

c)

ransack

d)

settee

16.

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

a)

ransack

b)

peddler

c)

reprobate

d)

slum

17.

short pants fastened just below the knee

a)

britches

b)

chiggers

c)

pilfering

d)

jurisdiction

18.

A small insect that feeds upon vertebrates, such as humans

a)

chiggers

b)

britches

c)

lippy

d)

snaggletoothed

19.

a short, high-pitched nervous laughter

a)

titter

b)

ransack

c)

pilfering

d)

bellowed

20.

the owner of a business establishment

a)

proprietor

b)

pauper

c)

culprit

d)

philanthropist