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Unit 1: Short Stories Vocabulary

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To give intense pleasure or joy

a)

Aristocrat

b)

Resplendent

c)

Enrapture

d)

Stipulated

2.

A member of the nobility

a)

Parapet

b)

Aristocrat

c)

Turret

d)

Silhouette

3.

Exemption from punishment or loss

a)

Retribution

b)

Reprimands

c)

Immolation

d)

Impunity

4.

Abundantly; in a great amount

a)

Profusely

b)

Boisterous

c)

Abscond

d)

Immolation

5.

A filled in drawing of the outline of an object

a)

Parapet

b)

Silhouette

c)

Beleaguer

d)

Paroxysm

6.

A small tower extending above a building

a)

Turret

b)

Silhouette

c)

Aristocrat

d)

Embankment

7.

Feeling sorrow or regret

a)

Intricate

b)

Aristocrat

c)

Rueful

d)

Resplendent

8.

Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary.

a)

Protruding

b)

Resplendent

c)

Stipulated

d)

Precariously

9.

Demand or specify, typically as part of a bargain or agreement.

a)

Abscond

b)

Accost

c)

Stipulated

d)

Rueful

10.

A low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony

a)

Silhouette

b)

Parapet

c)

Aristocrat

d)

Turret

11.

A sudden, uncontrollable attack

a)

Retribution

b)

Immolation

c)

Paroxysm

d)

Turret

12.

 To annoy persistently

a)

Accost

b)

Abscond

c)

Jovial

d)

Beleaguer

13.

To leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid arrest

a)

Accost

b)

Abscond

c)

Stipulated

d)

Resplendent

14.

Approach and address boldly and aggressively

a)

Accost

b)

Abscond

c)

Futile

d)

Protruding

15.

Producing no result or effect

a)

Precariously

b)

Futile

c)

Intricate

d)

Profusely

16.

 Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate

a)

Futile

b)

Precariously

c)

Intricate

d)

Protruding

17.

 In a manner affording no ease or reassurance.

a)

Reprimands

b)

Precariously

c)

Abundantly

d)

Futile

18.

Shining brightly

a)

Intricate

b)

Abscond

c)

Enrapture

d)

Resplendent

19.

Loud, rough,and noisy; unrestrained 

a)

Enrapture

b)

Rueful

c)

Boisterous

d)

Futile

20.

Criticisms; rebukes.

a)

Stipulated

b)

Reprimands

c)

Aristocrat

d)

Profusely

21.

Michael arrived to school in a ____________mood each day. He treated everyone with kindness and was friendly.

a)

Jovial

b)

Rueful

c)

Enrapture

d)

Turret

22.

Unwillingly, hesitantly.

a)

Profusely

b)

Reluctantly

c)

Impuntiy

d)

Rueful

23.

To kill or offer as a sacrifice

a)

Impunity

b)

Immolation

c)

Silhouette

d)

Parapet

24.

A wall of earth or stone built to prevent river flooding of an area.

a)

Embankment

b)

Resplendent

c)

Parapet

d)

Turret

25.

Abundantly; in great amount

a)

Abscond

b)

Silhouette

c)

Profusely

d)

Reluctantly

26.

In my elective art class, we are sketching _______________ of a celebrity

a)

Turrets

b)

Reprimands

c)

Silhouettes

d)

Parapets

27.

The robber ___________(ed) me as I was getting into my car in a dimly lit side road late at night.

a)

Silhouette

b)

Accost

c)

Abscond

d)

Stipulate