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"The Scholarship Jacket" Vocabulary Practice

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word despair mean?

a)

to be quick and nimble

b)

to hear something you aren't supposed to

c)

to be forgetful and confused

d)

to feel that everything is wrong

2.

What does the word vile mean as it is used in the text?

a)

unpleasant, disgusting

b)

a small, glass container of liquid

c)

to feel helpless and alone

d)

to gather together

3.

What does the word agile mean?

a)

to formally announce you are leaving a job

b)

able to move quickly and easily

c)

to add made up or untrue details

d)

to feel that everything is wrong and will never improve

4.

What does the word eavesdrop mean?

a)

to gather your emotions together

b)

to jump into a conversation you weren't initially a part of

c)

to stop by unannounced

d)

to listen secretly to what someone else is saying

5.

What does the word dignity mean?

a)

to gather one's emotions together

b)

the importance that something has, usually because it has an effect on the situation

c)

a sense of importance and value, pride, and self-respect

d)

a strong feeling of fear, worry, or sadness caused by something unexpected or unpleasant

6.

What does the word resign mean?

a)

to formally announce you are leaving your job

b)

unpleasant, disgusting

c)

very thin

d)

very quiet, not wanting to talk to others

7.

Which word means "very thin"?

a)

vile

b)

gaunt

c)

agile

d)

dismay

8.

Which word means "to gather up (emotions)"?

a)

dignity

b)

withdrawn

c)

eavesdrop

d)

muster

9.

Which word means "a strong feeling of fear, worry, or sadness caused by something unexpected and unpleasant"?

a)

dismay

b)

despair

c)

dignity

d)

vile

10.

Which word means "very quiet, not wanting to talk to others"?

a)

eavesdrop

b)

withdrawn

c)

significance

d)

gaunt

11.

Which word means "to add untrue or made up details"?

a)

resign

b)

vile

c)

falsify

d)

despair

12.

Which word means "the importance that something has, usually because it will have an effect on the situation or shows something about a situation"?

a)

significance

b)

withdrawn

c)

dignity

d)

resign