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Marigolds Vocabulary Pre-Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

exuberance

a)

overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness

b)

humiliation, to be brought down to a low level

c)

a profoundly deep feeling

d)

appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

2.

squalor

a)

filthy, wretched condition

b)

humiliation, to be brought down to a low level

c)

lack of emotion, staying strong when things aren't going well, not complaining

d)

a false show of courage; pretended confidence when one is really afraid

3.

degradation

a)

being destructive for destruction's sake; being purposefully mean

b)

humiliation; deprivation; poverty; debasement

c)

a profoundly deep feeling

d)

lacking strength and vigor

4.

Stoicism

a)

humiliation; deprivation; poverty; debasement

b)

a profoundly deep feeling

c)

the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.

d)

full of energy and life; strong

5.

bravado

a)

overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness

b)

lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless

c)

being destructive for destruction's sake; being purposefully mean

d)

a false show of courage; pretended confidence when one is really afraid

6.

retribution

a)

payback, revenge

b)

a false show of courage; pretended confidence when one is really afraid

c)

contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful

d)

the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.

7.

poignant

a)

evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret

b)

contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful

c)

payback, revenge

d)

rundown and fixed with odds and ends.

8.

perverse

a)

evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret

b)

appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

c)

contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful

d)

so sad it becomes humorous

9.

ostensible

a)

contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful

b)

appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

c)

evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret

d)

full of energy and life; strong

10.

ramshackle

a)

empty, deserted, fruitless

b)

rundown and fixed with odds and ends.

c)

without a clear shape; not fully formed; changeable

d)

being destructive for destruction's sake; being purposefully mean

11.

vigor

a)

full of energy and life; strong

b)

lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless

c)

without a clear shape; not fully formed; changeable

d)

empty, deserted, fruitless

12.

impotent

a)

lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless

b)

full of energy and life; strong

c)

without a clear shape; not fully formed; changeable

d)

A filthy and wretched condition or quality

13.

amorphous

a)

without a clear shape; not fully formed; changeable

b)

lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless

c)

being destructive for destruction's sake; being purposefully mean

d)

unequal, incompatible

14.

barren

a)

empty, deserted, fruitless

b)

unequal, incompatible

c)

lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless

d)

full of energy and life; strong

15.

malicious

a)

Intended to hurt or harm

b)

contrary to what is expected; wrong and harmful

c)

evoking a deep sense of sadness or regret

d)

A filthy and wretched condition or quality

16.

placidly

a)

unequal, incompatible

b)

lacking in strength, vigor, or power; helpless

c)

peacefully, calmly

d)

rundown and fixed with odds and ends.

17.

incongruent

a)

Not compatible, not matching; contradictory

b)

incapable of reproducing life

c)

Intended to hurt or harm

d)

empty, deserted, fruitless

18.

reverie

a)

rundown house or hut

b)

a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream

c)

a grasshopper-like insect

d)

humiliation; deprivation; poverty; debasement

19.

contrite

a)

feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing

b)

overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness

c)

the endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings and without complaint.

d)

A filthy and wretched condition or quality

20.

shanty

a)

rundown house or hut

b)

a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream

c)

a place of tranquility

d)

shady