WorksheetsVocabulary #7
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a wooden frame typically used for the hanging of criminals (or those accused)
a)
gallows
b)
cudgel
c)
pate
d)
rogue
2.
a short stick used as a weapon
a)
cudgel
b)
verity
c)
assonance
d)
yeoman
3.
top of the head; the scalp
a)
sultry
b)
augury
c)
pate
d)
extol
4.
a dishonest or unprincipled person
a)
rogue
b)
gallows
c)
sultry
d)
assonance
5.
a servant in a noble or royal household
a)
yeoman
b)
augury
c)
cudgel
d)
extol
6.
(of the air) hot and humid
a)
sultry
b)
augury
c)
verity
d)
cudgel
7.
prophecy; a sign of what will happen in the future
a)
augury
b)
sultry
c)
gallows
d)
pate
8.
a true principle of peace
a)
verity
b)
yeoman
c)
cudgel
d)
pate
9.
to praise highly
a)
extol
b)
pate
c)
rogue
d)
assonance
10.
to use of the same vowel sounds (non-rhyming) Example: "Hear the mellow wedding bells"-Edgar Allan Poe
a)
assonance
b)
verity
c)
gallows
d)
sultry
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