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Fiske 6: Clean Words

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

burnish

a)

to make shiny or glossy

b)

a feeling of release from emotional tension

c)

to delete something offensive from a text

d)

painstaking attention to detail

2.

catharsis

a)

overly exact or unnecessarily tidy

b)

a feeling of release from emotional tension

c)

to delete something offensive from a text

d)

painstaking attention to detail

3.

bowdlerize

a)

overly exact or unnecessarily tidy

b)

impeccably clean, flawless

c)

to delete something offensive from a text

d)

painstaking attention to detail

4.

meticulous

a)

overly exact or unnecessarily tidy

b)

impeccably clean, flawless

c)

to purify

d)

painstaking attention to detail

5.

fastidious

a)

overly exact or unnecessarily tidy

b)

impeccably clean, flawless

c)

to purify

d)

original and uncorrupted

6.

immaculate

a)

being the perfect representation of a thing or idea

b)

impeccably clean, flawless

c)

to purify

d)

original and uncorrupted

7.

purge

a)

being the perfect representation of a thing or idea

b)

a ceremony of purification (noun)

c)

to purify (verb)

d)

original and uncorrupted

8.

pristine

a)

being the perfect representation of a thing or idea

b)

a ceremony of purification (noun)

c)

to make shiny or glossy

d)

original and uncorrupted

9.

quintessence

a)

being the perfect representation of a thing or idea

b)

a ceremony of purification (noun)

c)

to make shiny or glossy

d)

feeling of release from emotional tension

10.

lustration

a)

to delete something offensive from a text

b)

a ceremony of purification (noun)

c)

to make shiny or glossy

d)

feeling of release from emotional tension