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Fiske 8: Gloomy Words

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Gloomy, often to an exaggerated degree; from the Latin for "mournful"

a)

lugubrious

b)

apathetic

c)

Saturnine

d)

miasma

2.

gloomy in a bitter, sarcastic or mocking way; from the name of a Roman god

a)

funereal

b)

dearth

c)

Saturnine

d)

miasma

3.

a poisonous atmosphere or influence; from Greek for "pollution" or "stain"

a)

funereal

b)

dearth

c)

melancholy

d)

miasma

4.

related to the grief and gloom of a burial ceremony

a)

funereal

b)

dearth

c)

melancholy

d)

sepulchral

5.

not enough of something, or perhaps none of it at all

a)

morose

b)

dearth

c)

melancholy

d)

sepulchral

6.

an older term for "depression"; based on the root word cholic, or black bile

a)

morose

b)

crapulous

c)

melancholy

d)

sepulchral

7.

descriptive of a burial place, or the mummies one would find there

a)

morose

b)

crapulous

c)

lugubrious

d)

sepulchral

8.

descriptive of someone who is excessivly gloomy or "down in the dumps"

a)

morose

b)

crapulous

c)

lugubrious

d)

apathetic

9.

descriptive of the bad feeling of a hangover, from the Greek root

a)

Saturnine

b)

crapulous

c)

lugubrious

d)

apathetic

10.

a lack of feelings or lack of interest, from the Greek for "no path"

a)

funereal

b)

apathetic

c)

Saturnine

d)

miasma