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10-2 King/Wiesel Vocabulary List

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any one who is affluent

a)

is penniless.

b)

is prosperous.

c)

is sick with the flu.

d)

is without friends.

2.

Oftentimes, we would see Roger on the street corner where he would _____________ others for bread and water.

a)

repress

b)

exalt

c)

beseech

d)

oppress

3.

The holiday shoppers seemed ________________this year by all the crazy, meaningless car ads on TV.

a)

repressed

b)

exalted

c)

severed

d)

harried

4.

The maid was afraid to talk back to her boss. Therefore the maid was...

a)

exalted

b)

servile

c)

affluent.

d)

vicious

5.

The homes on Lonnie's street were old and falling down. They were...

a)

exalted

b)

affluent

c)

harried

d)

degenerating

6.

Since Alana was the youngest girl in a family of five older brothers, she felt as though her siblings who teased her multiple times a day were ___ harsh on her.

a)

unduly

b)

servile

c)

affluent

d)

exalted

7.

Some people don't like to show emotions, instead they hold them back or ___ them.

a)

exalt

b)

uplift

c)

repress

d)

praise

8.

This word can mean rude or disgusting, but it can also mean common or ordinary.

a)

vulgar

b)

beseeched

c)

affluent

d)

exalted

9.

The good news about the new puppies ___________ the little boy who loved pets.

a)

harried

b)

severed

c)

repressed

d)

exalted

10.

People who commit crimes often don't think much about the consequences. In fact, they tend to think they can get away with it. In other words, they want to do the crime without punisment or ____.

a)

a whim.

b)

oppression

c)

impunity.

d)

repression.

11.

Since Ricky's pitbull growled and chased trespassers, it had a reputation for being...

a)

servile.

b)

affluent.

c)

severed.

d)

vicious.

12.

Knox's grandfather buys small gifts for him spontaneously or ....

a)

on a whim.

b)

as an act of oppression.

c)

to beseech him.

d)

to severe ties with him.

13.

Wiesel and King are figures from different points of time in history, but both could speak to the injustice of being forced down into ___.

a)

oppression

b)

repression

c)

affluence

d)

vulgarity

14.

Tara listens to soft, calming music that has such a ___ effect on her that she often falls fast asleep.

a)

degenerating

b)

tranquilizing

c)

exalted

d)

harried

15.

The haunted house we visited had a skeleton whose rib cage was 10 feet away from its _________skull.

a)

harried

b)

vicious

c)

exalted

d)

severed