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OWENS_WEEK 5_THE TURN OF THE SCREW ...

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Deprecate

a)

unfaithful to a friend

b)

to accuse someone of a crime

c)

to abhor; express disapproval

d)

someone who is totally unruffled by anything

2.

Inexorable

a)

difficulty in communicating with someone

b)

unavoidable

c)

inexcusable

d)

forgetful

3.

Interlocutor

a)

a literary device used in poetry to announce an event

b)

speaker; interviewer; conversationalist

c)

someone who swears earnestly

d)

a man who is totally captivated by a female

4.

Commodious

a)

a spacious; roomy

b)

a small closet in a bathroom

c)

a toilet

d)

a type of shovel used in excavating rock

5.

Imperturbable

a)

a situation where one has been disturbed

b)

a type of bedroom shoe

c)

very excitable and chatty

d)

Calm; composed

6.

Confabulations

a)

a type of melodic riff in jazz

b)

a dinner party in a small restaurant

c)

chats; conversations

d)

grand parties

7.

Abjure

a)

renounce; disavow

b)

swears earnestly

c)

mistaken identity

d)

claim as your own

8.

Inscrutable

a)

a quiet demeanor

b)

mysterious; unfathomable

c)

unsure of the time

d)

certain of events

9.

Attenuate

a)

contradictory

b)

to reduce the severity; to moderate

c)

an increased attention to external factors

d)

calm; composed

10.

Beatific

a)

challenging an idea

b)

heavenly; blissful

c)

showing atonement

d)

entrenched in an ideology

11.

Incongruous

a)

uncertain of the future

b)

contradictory; opposed

c)

certain one cannot escape

d)

an idea that is ingrained in someone

12.

Beatific

a)

deceptive

b)

heavenly; blissful; divine

c)

showing atonement

d)

entrenched in an idealogy

13.

Imputation

a)

captivated with a child

b)

accusation

c)

the amputation of a limb

d)

unflustered