WorksheetsBorn a Crime, Chapter 1 Vocab Pre-Assessment
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Apartheid is:
discrimination of a religion.
a social policy of racial segregation.
the deliberate extermination of a national, racial, or cultural group.
unanimous dislike of a social class.
Encompass means to:
cover
alleviate
abridge
actuate
Sprawling means:
stealthy
slippery
expansive
expensive
Jockey means to:
subscribe
wander
compete
remember
Accrue means to:
injure badly by beating
come into the possession of
make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally disassociated
overcome, as with emotions of perceptual stimuli
Which of the following is an example of someone haranguing another person?
an employee asking questions of a potential employer
a pickpocket stealing someone's wallet
a boy entertaining his friends with a joke
a father scolding his child
Crony means:
leader
pal
thief
jailer
Promiscuous means:
inestimable
rudimentary
unchaste
edible
Animosity means:
feelings of great warmth and intensity
the absence of mental stress or anxiety
a sudden, numbing dread
a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
Which of the following is an example of futility?
a caterpillar trying to become a moth
a tadpole trying to become a frog
a cat trying to fly after a bird
a deer trying to graze on leaves
Spate means:
lull
slew
cask
termination
Catharsis means:
purging of emotional tensions
verbal punishment
the act of inventing a word or phrase
the act of breaking a connection
Faction means:
the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place
the common people, generally
an extended succession of persons or things
a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
Obstinancy is:
stubbornness
beauty
ugliness
confident
