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Vocabulary in Context: They Called Us Enemy

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Her ________ decision to take a year off before college made her parents nervous, but she knew it was the right move for herself.

a)

Bold

b)

Infamous

c)

Assimilated

d)

Renounced

2.

To sleep like animals in such deplorable conditions was ___________, and left the family feeling embarrassed and angry.

a)

dehumanizing

b)

fallible

c)

interned

d)

radicalized

3.

Their response to the argument was a _________ that left the entire room cheering in agreement.

a)

expatriate

b)

internment

c)

counter-attack

d)

radical

4.

The act was horribly gruesome, and it left the convicted defendants to sit with the ________ of their crime as the judge decided their fate.

a)

infamy

b)

fallibility

c)

internment

d)

renounced

5.

The law felt unjust to everyone at the meeting, and in fact, some of the the more _________ members of the party were ready to take drastic action.

a)

renounced

b)

dehumanized

c)

seized

d)

radicalized

6.

His teacher ________ the bag of Takis from under Harry's desk. Harry was sad as he watched his teacher enjoy every last remaining morsel.

a)

counter-attacked

b)

seized

c)

renounced

d)

radicalized

7.

Human beings are imperfect and _________.

a)

expatriate

b)

infamous

c)

fallible

d)

bold

8.

After her boss made some questionable and possibly illegal decisions, the employee ______ her loyalty to the company and resigned.

a)

radicalized

b)

seized

c)

renounced

d)

assimilated

9.

In her neighborhood, the girl was just one of many _________ who were living in Japan.

a)

radicals

b)

assimilates

c)

expatriates

d)

infamy

10.

The missionaries' ________ was against international law, and the United States spared no expense in securing their release.

a)

seized

b)

dehumanization

c)

internment

d)

radicalization

11.

Part of speech? He had become radicalized by the events leading up to the war.

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

verb

d)

noun

12.

Part of speech? The event radicalized many members of the public.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

noun

13.

Part of speech? Her radicalization was caused by the inhumane treatment of her people.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

noun

14.

Part of speech? The internee was incredibly grateful to be released.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

noun

15.

Part of speech? He infamously disregarded the human rights of everyone within his power.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

noun

16.

I describe people, places and things.

a)

I'm an adjective.

b)

I'm an adverb.

17.

I describe actions and states of being.

a)

I'm an adjective.

b)

I'm an adverb.

18.

Part of speech? He was infamous for the way that he disregarded the human rights of everyone within his power.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

noun

19.

Part of speech? His reign of terror lived in infamy.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

adverb

d)

noun