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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Vocabulary Chapters 11-15

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

enunciate

a)

filled with intense but unexpressed anger

b)

of great importance

c)

say or pronounce clearly

2.

disdain

a)

deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite

b)

the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's respect

c)

the fact or state of living or having objective reality

3.

snippets

a)

small parts, pieces, or things; especially a brief quotable passage

b)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster

c)

necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility

4.

contradict

a)

the process or result of becoming cultured or knowledgeable

b)

deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite

c)

a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid

5.

telegraph

a)

an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust or pain

b)

a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives

c)

a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire

6.

catastrophe

a)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster

b)

a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives

c)

 small parts, pieces, or things; especially a brief quotable passage

7.

torrent

a)

an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust or pain

b)

 the fact or state of living or having objective reality

c)

a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid

8.

incumbent

a)

of great importance

b)

deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite

c)

necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility

9.

dilemma

a)

a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives

b)

a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire

c)

 the process or result of becoming cultured or knowledgeable

10.

crucial

a)

necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility

b)

deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite

c)

of great importance

11.

existence

a)

filled with intense but unexpressed anger

b)

the fact or state of living or having objective reality

c)

deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite

12.

sophistication

a)

a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid

b)

the process or result of becoming cultured or knowledgeable

c)

the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's respect

13.

seething

a)

filled with intense but unexpressed anger

b)

of great importance

c)

 say or pronounce clearly

14.

grimace

a)

small parts, pieces, or things; especially a brief quotable passage

b)

deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite

c)

an ugly, twisted expression on a person's face, typically expressing disgust or pain