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Vocab Set 8 - The Yellow Wallpaper

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What word is defined as:

state of well-being characterized by contentment; great happiness

a)

flamboyance

b)

felicity

c)

whim

d)

gouge

2.

What word is defined as:

to express scorn, derision, or contempt

a)

scoff

b)

debase

c)

undulate

d)

recurrent

3.

What word is defined as:

tending to attract attention; marked by ostentatious display

a)

felicity

b)

whim

c)

misconstrue

d)

flamboyant

4.

What word is defined as:

exceptionally bad or displeasing; appalling; horrifying

a)

undulate

b)

misconstrue

c)

atrocious

d)

flamboyant

5.

What word is defined as:

a capricious idea; a sudden desire to do something unplanned

a)

scoff

b)

atrocious

c)

debase

d)

whim

6.

What word is defined as:

happening again and again; occurring often or repeatedly

a)

atrocious

b)

gouge

c)

felicity

d)

recurrent

7.

What word is defined as:

to make a groove, hole, tear, or dent in something; to scoop out

a)

scoff

b)

gouge

c)

debase

d)

whim

8.

What word is defined as:

to misinterpret; to form a false understanding of someone's meaning or intention

a)

scoff

b)

gouge

c)

atrocious

d)

misconstrue

9.

What word is defined as:

make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character

a)

debase

b)

undulate

c)

atrocious

d)

recurrent

10.

What word is defined as:

move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

a)

misconstrue

b)

undulate

c)

atrocious

d)

recurrent

11.

Use the correct vocab word:

When my mother watched me graduate, she had such a look of (a)   on her face.

12.

Use the correct vocab word:

The rude little rich girl thought it was fun to (a)   at the poor children at her school.

13.

Use the correct vocab word:

The neon orange of his outfit was so (a)   that I jokingly told him he looked like a traffic cone.

14.

Use the correct vocab word:

When the man was found guilty of committing a(n) (a)   act against children, his embarrassed family fled the state.

15.

Use the correct vocab word:

Though they had not planned on it, the teenagers went on a(n) (a)   and grabbed some ice cream.

16.

Use the correct vocab word:

My incorrigible brother has lied to me so many times, I don't think his (a)   dishonesty will end.

17.

Use the correct vocab word:

The tortured man was so filled with despair that he almost tried to (a)   his eyes out.

18.

Use the correct vocab word:

Because my parents do not understand English very well, they often (a)   what others are saying.

19.

Use the correct vocab word:

When the man was intoxicated, he would often (a)   his wife by calling her cruel names.

20.

Use the correct vocab word:

The men watch as the dancer's hips (a)   to the song in an almost vulgar fashion.