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DGDP Chapter 1-3 Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


I guess that’s why I was being asphyxiated by her perfume.

a)

surprised

b)

surrounded

c)

suffocated

d)

intoxicated

2.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Having any brother would be horrible, I suppose, but having my particular brother, Jeffrey, is an unrelenting nightmare.

a)

obedient

b)

determined; non-stop

c)

agreeable; easy to stop

d)

spineless; weak

3.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Pots and pans were everywhere— don’t ask me how I had somehow not noticed this on my way downstairs the first time—and Jeffrey was stirring some pretend concoction in the deepest pot of all.

a)

reproduction of a common item

b)

ingredient used in cooking

c)

things randomly mixed together

d)

baked good

4.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Yet still, I knew I would never have time to run across town to the local zoo, steal an elephant tranquilizer gun, run back, and fire it into Jeffrey’s buttock before he could blurt out something that would mortify me and destroy my social status forever.

a)

impress

b)

scare; terrify

c)

give pride

d)

humiliate; embarrass

5.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Miss Palma gave me an A on the journal entry—she called it “droll."

a)

humorless

b)

humorous

c)

serious

d)

depressing

6.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


This fiasco happened after my All-City High School Jazz Band concert last June.

a)

huge success

b)

good fortune

c)

opportunity for improvement

d)

ridiculous failure

7.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


And while he’s being much too cute and following me around, he also destroys all of my stuff, including my self-esteem and my sanity.

a)

dishonor

b)

pride

c)

attitude

d)

disgrace

8.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


Take, for example, the “Dangerous Pie” incident.

a)

intention

b)

law

c)

something that happens

d)

non-occurrence

9.

What is the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence?


I advanced toward him, with what must have been a disturbing gleam of violence in my eye.

a)

faint or brief light

b)

gloominess

c)

dullness

d)

extremely bright twinkle

10.

What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?


He started to scream like a banshee, and the drop of blood turned into a torrent.

a)

spirit in the form of a crying woman

b)

a person who won the lottery

c)

a person filled with rage

d)

a ghost that lost its head

11.

What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?


He started to scream like a banshee, and the drop of blood turned into a torrent.

a)

small stream of something

b)

slow, free-flowing river

c)

slow stoppage of something

d)

huge, uncontrolled amount

12.

What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?


So while everybody else was writing whatever the day’s journal was supposed to be, I was agonizing over the details of this math problem.

a)

welcoming feelings

b)

experiencing pure joy

c)

suffering extreme pain or suffering

d)

sad; depressed

13.

What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?


Through my haze of math and memory, I gradually noticed that the class was cracking up.

a)

confusion

b)

dreaming

c)

clarity

d)

maze

14.

What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?


It wasn’t the first time I noticed this—how Renee kind of swished around in a cloud of perfume, and Annette just popped up like some spastic hand puppet.

a)

awkward or clumsy

b)

planned

c)

ordinary or plain

d)

reliable

15.

What does the underlined word in the sentence mean?


Renee took her time walking off, too, so I had to plod along behind her. It’s hard to storm and shuffle at the same time, let me tell you.

a)

move slowly

b)

skip

c)

walk quickly

d)

strut