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Pygmalion Vocab

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.

a)

Phonetic

b)

contempt

c)

dialect

2.

the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

a)

contempt

b)

dialect

c)

detestable

3.

a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary

a)

dialect

b)

detestable

c)

decipher

4.

deserving to be detested; abominable; hateful.

a)

detestable

b)

decipher

c)

genial

5.

to make out the meaning of

a)

decipher

b)

genial

c)

deprecate

6.

warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:

a)

genial

b)

deprecate

c)

remonstrance

7.

to urge reasons against; protest against

a)

deprecate

b)

remonstrance

c)

arbitrary

8.

a protest:

a)

remonstrance

b)

arbitrary

c)

audacity

9.

based on whim or personal preference, without reason or pattern

a)

arbitrary

b)

audacity

c)

contemplate

10.

boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.

a)

audacity

b)

contemplate

c)

eligible

11.

to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about

a)

contemplate

b)

eligible

c)

cynical

12.

meeting the stipulated requirements, as to participate, compete, or work; qualified.

a)

eligible

b)

cynical

c)

indictment

13.

bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.

a)

cynical

b)

indictment

c)

mimic

14.

any charge, accusation, serious criticism, or cause for blame.

a)

indictment

b)

mimic

c)

fervently

15.

to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.

a)

mimic

b)

fervently

c)

superlative

16.

with great intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm

a)

fervently

b)

superlative

c)

ignorant

17.

of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme

a)

superlative

b)

ignorant

c)

folly

18.

lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:

a)

ignorant

b)

folly

c)

decorum

19.

the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.

a)

folly

b)

decorum

c)

indignant

20.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a)

decorum

b)

indignant

c)

inconsiderate

21.

feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

a)

indignant

b)

inconsiderate

c)

provocation

22.

without due regard for the rights or feelings of others:

a)

inconsiderate

b)

provocation

c)

malice

23.

something that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates.

a)

provocation

b)

malice

c)

sneer

24.

desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness

a)

malice

b)

sneer

c)

phonetic

25.

to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt

a)

sneer

b)

phonetic

c)

contempt