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Born a Crime, Chapter 1 Vocab Pre-Assessment

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Apartheid is:

a)

discrimination of a religion.

b)

a social policy of racial segregation.

c)

the deliberate extermination of a national, racial, or cultural group.

d)

unanimous dislike of a social class.

2.

Encompass means to:

a)

cover

b)

alleviate

c)

abridge

d)

actuate

3.

Sprawling means:

a)

stealthy

b)

slippery

c)

expansive

d)

expensive

4.

Jockey means to:

a)

subscribe

b)

wander

c)

compete

d)

remember

5.

Accrue means to:

a)

injure badly by beating

b)

come into the possession of

c)

make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally disassociated

d)

overcome, as with emotions of perceptual stimuli

6.

Which of the following is an example of someone haranguing another person?

a)

an employee asking questions of a potential employer

b)

a pickpocket stealing someone's wallet

c)

a boy entertaining his friends with a joke

d)

a father scolding his child

7.

Crony means:

a)

leader

b)

pal

c)

thief

d)

jailer

8.

Promiscuous means:

a)

inestimable

b)

rudimentary

c)

unchaste

d)

edible

9.

Animosity means:

a)

feelings of great warmth and intensity

b)

the absence of mental stress or anxiety

c)

a sudden, numbing dread

d)

a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

10.

Which of the following is an example of futility?

a)

a caterpillar trying to become a moth

b)

a tadpole trying to become a frog

c)

a cat trying to fly after a bird

d)

a deer trying to graze on leaves

11.

Spate means:

a)

lull

b)

slew

c)

cask

d)

termination

12.

Catharsis means:

a)

purging of emotional tensions

b)

verbal punishment

c)

the act of inventing a word or phrase

d)

the act of breaking a connection

13.

Faction means:

a)

the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place

b)

the common people, generally

c)

an extended succession of persons or things

d)

a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue

14.

Obstinancy is:

a)

stubbornness

b)

beauty

c)

ugliness

d)

confident