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Vocabulary for "Harrison Bergeron"

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a state of watchfulness to detect danger

a)

exuberance

b)

vigilance

c)

flamboyance

2.

any circumstance specially favorable to success; superiority

a)

advantage

b)

detriment

c)

reputation

3.

to load oppressively; trouble

a)

burdened

b)

liberated

c)

situated

4.

the use of such movements to express thought or emotion

a)

gesture

b)

venture

c)

injuction

5.

a general understanding; vague or imperfect idea

a)

erratum

b)

potency

c)

notion

6.

an expression of feeling covetousness or discontent in regards to something possessed by others

a)

prodigious

b)

envious

c)

ridiculous

7.

to draw back or tense the body, as from pain; flinch

a)

wince

b)

vault

c)

grasp

8.

a state or fact of similarity

a)

distraction

b)

resemblance

c)

resolution

9.

faintly

a)

glimmeringly

b)

fondly

c)

unequivocally

10.

not normal, average, or typical

a)

nonchalant

b)

fetching

c)

abnormal

11.

a purchase acquired at less than the usual cost

a)

bargain

b)

stipulation

c)

indictment

12.

obstruction; hindrance; obstacle

a)

disclosure

b)

impediment

c)

excursion

13.

clear; readily intelligible

a)

luminous

b)

obscure

c)

archaic

14.

divided or marked with gradations or other indexes of degree or quantity

a)

guaranteed

b)

introverted

c)

calibrated

15.

anything that impedes, stops, or prevents

a)

hindrances

b)

improvements

c)

melees

16.

regularity of form or arrangements in terms of corresponding parts

a)

intrigue

b)

symmetry

c)

mirth

17.

a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion

a)

rapture

b)

serenity

c)

consternation

18.

moving, operating, or working at the same rate and exactly together

a)

synchronizing

b)

overwhelming

c)

rioting

19.

to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic

a)

lumbered

b)

gamboled

c)

traversed

20.

thieves, robbers, outlaws

a)

warriors

b)

bandits

c)

landlubbers