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Poe Poems with Emily and Tom #1 Voc

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

any of the higher order of angels

a)

knells

b)

paean

c)

seraphs

d)

palpitating

2.

place for burial, tomb

a)

dissever

b)

palpitating

c)

sepulcher

d)

coveted

3.

Based on the text "With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven," which is the best definition of the underlined word?

a)

love

b)

demons

c)

angels

d)

birds

4.

Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.


"A wind blew out of a cloud chilling

My beautiful Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsman came

And bore her away from me

To shut her up in a sepulcher

In this kingdom by the sea."

a)

room

b)

hospital

c)

tomb

d)

tower

5.

Sadness or sorrow

a)

pattern

b)

woe

c)

split

d)

border

6.

I felt such ___________________when my dog became sick and died.

a)

consume

b)

representative

c)

woe

d)

stout

7.

to adorn; decorate

a)

clasp

b)

amid

c)

bedight

8.

Before the final exam, the teacher gave her students an encouraging talk to _____ them with confidence.

a)

imbue

b)

begrudge

c)

quaff

9.

Which word means "to cause to be strongly influenced by a quality or emotion"?

a)

declaim

b)

imbue

c)

begrudge

10.

Which word means to be unnaturally pale, as from sickness or distress?

a)

wan

b)

wane

c)

vapid

d)

stunt

11.

to make twisting or turning movements in a way that suggests pain or struggle

a)

writhe

b)

quash

c)

testimonial

d)

prevaricate

12.

He __ (d) in pain after the shot.

a)

writhe

b)

virile

c)

relentless

d)

solace

13.
Someone who is a coward or gutless is...
a)
bleak
b)
dreary
c)
craven
d)
tempter
14.
The acknowledgement of someone with greater authority, to bow or show respect is...
a)
obeisance
b)
discourse
c)
plutonian
d)
pallid
15.

When a guest insulted her cooking, the hostess' _____ changed from politeness to disdain.

a)

countenance

b)

feign

c)

epigram

d)

deposition

16.

stinginess

a)

parsimony

b)

resolute

c)

obliterate

d)

stagnant

17.

Her _____________________ was so extreme that she would walk five miles to the store just to save 5 cents in gas.

a)

melancholy

b)

superfluous

c)

prevalent

d)

parsimony

18.

prowess

a)

a superior skill

b)

process

c)

inheritance

d)

career goal

19.

Christina used her hunting _____ to survive in the woods for a week.

a)

dirge

b)

craven

c)

parsimony

d)

prowess

20.

The team was embarrased of the _____, losing 57-2

a)

rout

b)

wan

c)

temerity

d)

respite