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Unit 1 British Lit and Comp Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

not openly acknowledged; secret

a)

acolyte

b)

bibulous

c)

coalesce

d)

covert

2.

a place or state of perfect social & political conditions

a)

obdurate

b)

trenchant

c)

utopia

d)

valedictory

3.

a person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists

a)

acolyte

b)

bibulous

c)

coalesce

d)

covert

4.

to recite something in the style of a public speech; to speak in a loud, theatrical way

a)

declaim

b)

delineate

c)

demagogue

d)

encomium

5.

1. given to the consumption of alcoholic drinks

2. highly absorbent

a)

acolyte

b)

bibulous

c)

coalesce

d)

covert

6.

1. resistant to persuasion; inflexible

2. persistent in wrongdoing

a)

obdurate

b)

prescient

c)

protagonist

d)

sedulous

7.

1. to describe vividly & in detail

2. to draw an outline of; to represent by drawing

a)

declaim

b)

delineate

c)

demagogue

d)

encomium

8.

1. a farewell address; especially given at a graduation ceremony

2. of or relating to such a farewell address

a)

obdurate

b)

trenchant

c)

utopia

d)

valedictory

9.

completed with careful perseverance; diligent

a)

obdurate

b)

prescient

c)

protagonist

d)

sedulous

10.

to grow together; to unite to form a whole

a)

acolyte

b)

bibulous

c)

coalesce

d)

covert

11.

a leader who seeks power by appealing to people's emotions & prejudices & by making false claims

a)

declaim

b)

delineate

c)

demagogue

d)

encomium

12.

the chief character in a drama or story

a)

obdurate

b)

prescient

c)

protagonist

d)

sedulous

13.

an expression of warm & enthusiastic praise; a tribute

a)

declaim

b)

delineate

c)

demagogue

d)

encomium

14.

expressed with vigor & penetrating insight; keenly perceptive

a)

obdurate

b)

trenchant

c)

utopia

d)

valedictory

15.

foresight; knowledge beforehand or events

a)

obdurate

b)

prescient

c)

protagonist

d)

sedulous