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F451 Vocab

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "cacophony" mean?

a)

glowing; bright

b)

an opinion different from accepted belief

c)

A harsh mixture of noises

2.

What does "jargon" mean?

a)

pretending to be affected by; faking

b)

A specialized set of words or expressions to a profession

c)

a deep sadness

3.

What is "heresy"?

a)

an opinion different from an accepted belief

b)

lies about something sacred

c)

glowing; bright

4.

What does "meloncholy" mean?

a)

loud noises

b)

glowing

c)

sadness

5.

What does "feigning" mean?

a)

pretend to be affected by

b)

a belief different from others

c)

glowing

6.

What does "luminescent" mean?

a)

set of words for a certain profession

b)

lying

c)

glowing; bright

7.

Fill in the sentence with the correct vocab word. "Her thoughts were interrupted by a _________ of squawks and wings beating against the chicken coop walls."

a)

cacophony

b)

luminescent

c)

jargon

8.

Choose the vocab word that best fits in the blank. "He muttered some lame excuse, ____________ making an error."

a)

cacophony

b)

melancholy

c)

feigning

9.

Choose the vocab word that best fills in the blank. "The __________ silence that followed was broken by the sounds of children's' laughter from the next room."

a)

luminescent

b)

melancholy

c)

cacophony

10.

Choose the vocab word that best fills in the blank. "Often people do not make a will because they are confused by the lengthy legal _________."

a)

jargon

b)

melancholy

c)

feign

11.

Choose the vocab word that best fills in the blank. "Under the canopy of trees the lime green leaves seemed almost _____________."

a)

heresy

b)

melancholy

c)

luminescent

12.

Choose the vocab word that best completes the sentence. "Years ago, ______ charges were brought upon any person who dared to disagree with church leaders."

a)

jargon

b)

heresy

c)

feigning