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WorksheetsDickens Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does 'sombre' mean? The sombre light
dark and gloomy
rainy and stormy
sunny and bright
yellow and warm
What does 'laden' mean? The donkey-carts laden with vegetables
Carrying
Broken
Loaded
Painted
What does 'tumult' mean? A tumult of discordant sounds
A high pitched noise
A quiet noise
A loud noise
Silence
What does 'discordant' mean? A tumult of discordant sounds
Pleasant
Low pitched
High pitched
Unpleasant
What does 'perpetually' mean? A thick steam perpetually rising
Never ending
A small amount
Aggressively
Thickly
What does 'squalid' mean? The unwashed, unshaven, squalid and dirty figures
Short
Filthy
Mean
Rude
What word class is sombre? The sombre light
Verb
Adjective
Noun
Adverb
What word class is perpetually? A thick steam perpetually rising
Verb
Adjective
Noun
Adverb
What does 'stoutly' mean? A stoutly-built fellow
Tall and brave
Small and weak
Thick and strong
Fat and lazy
What does 'soiled' mean? Very soiled, drab breeches
Mud
Made dirty
Ground
Clean
What does 'drab' mean? Very soiled, drab breeches
Dark
Dull
Dry
Dirty
What does 'frayed' mean? The long ends frayed
Swayed
Dirty
Unravelled or become worn
Dragged on the floor
What does 'countenance' mean? He disclosed, when he had done so, a broad heavy countenance
Beard
Facial expression
Body Language
Grin
What word class is 'countenance'? A broad heavy countenance
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
What word class is 'drab'? Very soiled, drab breeches
Verb
Adjective
Noun
Adverb
