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Refugee Vocab #2 (Words 11-20))

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 26mins

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Class
Date
1.

"The water first, ' Lito agreed, and together they began the tedious work of filling them and pouring the seawater back into the ocean" Tedious means...

a)

Pretending

b)

Yelling at in an angry way

c)

Boring, slow work

d)

A short break from hard work

2.

"That was no kind of medical inspection. The entire business was charade. A giant waste of time." Charade means.....?

a)

A giant waste of time

b)

Pretending something is true, when it is not

c)

Something that is sure to happen

d)

To make someone feel better when they are sad

3.

Josef followed the small group of kids through the doorway onto the bridge of the St. Louis. The bridge was a narrow, curving room that stretched from one side of the ship to the other. What does Bridge mean?

a)

Causing doubt

b)

Giant, large and powerful

c)

House or home

d)

The place on a ship where the ship is steered.

4.

Shiendick and his men surged forward to avenge the insult, but Captain Schroeder quickly intervened. What does intervened mean?

a)

To make someone feel better

b)

To become involved in order to have an influence on what happens

c)

Causing doubt

d)

boring and slow

5.

They had missed the huge ship's prow by mere meters, but the waves the behemoth created as it passed were just as dangerous. What does behemoth mean?

a)

Something very big and powerful

b)

A home or house

c)

Not logical or well organized

d)

Something sure to happen

6.

The boy lifted the broken chain link fence that led to a parking lot. "here" he said. Mahmoud's father gave the rest of his family a dubious look and led them under the fence. What does dubious mean?

a)

Unclean, very dirty

b)

To wait in line

c)

Causing doubt or suspicion

d)

To pretend something is real

7.

The passengers on the St. Louis had grown more and more restless, cornering sailors on deck and berating their stewards at dinner.

What does berate mean?

a)

A short time of rest

b)

A house or home

c)

To yell at someone in a loud angry way

d)

Something boring or too slow

8.

He rose again, pushing air out his nose, but he was tired. So very, very tired. He wished for a respite from swimming, just a moment to sit without working his arms and legs.

What does respite mean?

a)

A house or home

b)

Something large and powerful

c)

To wait in line

d)

A short period of rest, a break

9.

"She is safe now, " Mahmoud told her. "Hana is out of the water. She is going to live." But Mahmoud's mother would not be consoled.

What does console mean?

a)

To yell at in a loud angry way

b)

To pretend something is real

c)

To make someone feel less sadness

d)

The place on a ship where the ship is steered

10.

Give him an abode better than his home, and a family better than his family, and a wife better than his wife. What does abode mean?

a)

To pull back

b)

To line up

c)

To cause doubt

d)

A house or home

11.

BONUS: What is a promenade?

a)

A line

b)

A walkway

c)

A boat

d)

A house

12.

BONUS: What does reel mean?

a)

To line up

b)

To fall back suddenly

c)

To pretend

d)

To rest

13.

BONUS: What does fraught mean?

a)

Something that changes it from good to bad

b)

Very dirty

c)

Full of something bad or unwanted

d)

To become less full