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Vocabulary from ¨Letter from Birmingham Jail¨

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define:

Cognizant

a)

having knowledge or being aware of.

b)

to conceptualize

c)

becoming ¨cog-like¨ - a moving part in a machine.

d)

being unaware

2.

Which word means?

of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.

a)

Provincial

b)

Incorrigible

c)

Degenerating

d)

Unduly

3.

Define:

Gainsay

a)

suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

b)

warn or reprimand someone firmly.

c)

deny or contradict (a fact or statement)

d)

deprive of feeling or awareness.

4.

Define:

Languish

a)

suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

b)

warn or reprimand someone firmly.

c)

deny or contradict (a fact or statement)

d)

deprive of feeling or awareness.

5.

Define:

Anesthetize

a)

suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

b)

warn or reprimand someone firmly.

c)

deny or contradict (a fact or statement)

d)

deprive of feeling or awareness.

6.

Define:

Admonish

a)

suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

b)

warn or reprimand someone firmly.

c)

deny or contradict (a fact or statement)

d)

deprive of feeling or awareness.

7.

Which word means:

the doctrine that an individual state of the U.S. may oppose any federal action it believes encroaches on its sovereignty?

a)

interposition

b)

Moratorium

c)

Solace

d)

Complacency

8.

Define:

Moratorium

a)

a temporary prohibition of an activity.

b)

comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

c)

a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

d)

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

9.

Define:

Solace

a)

a temporary prohibition of an activity.

b)

comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

c)

a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

d)

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

10.

Define:

Complacency

a)

a temporary prohibition of an activity.

b)

comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

c)

a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

d)

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

11.

Define:

Elegy

a)

a temporary prohibition of an activity.

b)

comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

c)

a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

d)

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

12.

Which word means:

released from physical or mental bonds; unrestrained?

a)

Harried

b)

Relegating

c)

Inextricably

d)

Unfettered

13.

Which word means:

feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one; harassed?

a)

Harried

b)

Relegating

c)

Inextricably

d)

Unfettered

14.

Which word means:

consigning or dismissing to an inferior rank or position?

a)

Harried

b)

Relegating

c)

Inextricably

d)

Unfettered

15.

Which word means:

in a way that is impossible to disentangle or separate?

a)

Harried

b)

Relegating

c)

Inextricably

d)

Unfettered

16.

Define:

Gadfly

a)

a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

b)

the action of interfering with someone or something

c)

a temporary prohibition of an activity

d)

a person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism

17.

Define:

Unduly

a)

(of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

b)

decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

c)

to an unwarranted degree; inordinately; excessively

d)

characterized by the restriction of the freedom and responsibilities of subordinates or dependents in their supposed interest.

18.

Define:

Incorrigible

a)

(of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

b)

decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

c)

to an unwarranted degree; inordinately; excessively

d)

characterized by the restriction of the freedom and responsibilities of subordinates or dependents in their supposed interest.

19.

Define:

Degenerating

a)

(of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

b)

decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

c)

to an unwarranted degree; inordinately; excessively

d)

characterized by the restriction of the freedom and responsibilities of subordinates or dependents in their supposed interest.

20.

Define:

Paternalistic

a)

(of a person or their tendencies) not able to be corrected, improved, or reformed.

b)

decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

c)

to an unwarranted degree; inordinately; excessively

d)

characterized by the restriction of the freedom and responsibilities of subordinates or dependents in their supposed interest.

21.

Which word means:

having a firm basis in reality and therefore important, meaningful, or considerable?

a)

Scintillating

b)

Sublime

c)

Sanctimonious

d)

Substantive

22.

Which word means:

making a show of being morally superior to other people?

a)

Scintillating

b)

Sublime

c)

Sanctimonious

d)

Substantive

23.

Which word means:

tending to inspire awe usually because of elevated quality (as of beauty, nobility, or grandeur) or transcendent excellence?

a)

Scintillating

b)

Sublime

c)

Sanctimonious

d)

Substantive

24.

Which word means:

sparkling or shining brightly?

a)

Scintillating

b)

Sublime

c)

Sanctimonious

d)

Substantive

25.

Which word means:

deny the truth or validity of?

a)

Repudiate

b)

Languish

c)

Anesthetize

d)

Interpose