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The Strange Case - Chapter 1 vocabulary

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Acquiesce - (v)

a)

uncontrolled fire

b)

to agree

c)

a disaster

d)

moral perversion

2.

Austere - (adj)

a)

to agree

b)

arrest or take into custody

c)

direct mention

d)

severe or strict in manner or attitude

3.

Allusion - (n)

a)

indirect mention

b)

arrest or take into custody

c)

of dubious authenticity

d)

irreverent

4.

Apocryphal - (adj)

a)

arrest or take into custody

b)

irreverent

c)

of dubious authenticity

5.

Apprehend - (v)

a)

irreverent

b)

of dubious authenticity

c)

uncontrolled fire

d)

arrest or take into custody

6.

Blasphemous – (adj)

a)

irreverent

b)

uncontrolled fire

c)

a disaster

d)

seductive woman

7.

Calamity - (n)

a)

seductive woman

b)

uncontrolled fire

c)

a disaster

d)

moral perversion

8.

Conflagration – (n)

a)

moral perversion

b)

dig up a dead body

c)

moral perversion

d)

uncontrolled fire

9.

Coquette – (n)

a)

seductive woman

b)

dig up a dead body

c)

moral perversion

d)

depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

10.

Depravity – (n)

a)

depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

b)

dig up a dead body

c)

seductive woman

d)

moral perversion

11.

Disinterment – (v)

a)

deceptiveness

b)

zestfully enthusiastic

c)

dig up a dead body

d)

depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

12.

Dreary – (adj)

a)

zestfully enthusiastic

b)

deceptiveness

c)

depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

d)

maze

13.

Ebullient – (n)

a)

zestfully enthusiastic

b)

depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

c)

Duplicity

d)

deceptiveness

14.

Enigmatic – (n)

a)

incapable of being penetrated

b)

mysterious or puzzling

c)

flowery prose or ruddy colour

d)

beginning to exist

15.

Florid – (adj)

a)

flowery prose or ruddy colour

b)

beginning to exist

c)

mysterious or puzzling

d)

incapable of being penetrated

16.

Impervious –

a)

prose or ruddy colour

b)

beginning to exist

c)

incapable of being penetrated

17.

Incipient – (adj)

a)

maze

b)

beginning to exist

c)

incapable of being penetrated

d)

criminal

18.

Labyrinthine – (adj)

a)

criminal

b)

maze

c)

great variety

d)

attempting to win favor by flattery

19.

Malefactor – (n)

a)

maze

b)

criminal

c)

incapable of being penetrated

d)

inappropriate display of learning

20.

Multifarious – (adj)

a)

inappropriate display of learning

b)

beginning to exist

c)

great variety

d)

attempting to win favour by flattery

21.

Obsequious – (adj)

a)

flowery prose or ruddy color

b)

attempting to win favour by flattery

c)

inappropriate display of learning

d)

appropriate behaviour

22.

Pedantry – (n)

a)

zestfully enthusiastic

b)

attempting to win favour by flattery

c)

appropriate behaviour

d)

inappropriate display of learning

23.

Propriety – (n)

a)

seductive woman

b)

dig up a dead body

c)

appropriate behaviour

d)

inappropriate display of learning

24.

Ruminate (n)

a)

think or meditate about

b)

inappropriate display of learning

c)

acting with great force

d)

persistently or carefully maintained

25.

Sedulously – (adj)

a)

think or meditate about

b)

persistently or carefully maintained

c)

criminal

d)

to agree

26.

Violent – (adj)

a)

acting with great force

b)

mysterious or puzzling

c)

great variety

d)

appropriate behavior