WorksheetsDubliners Vocabulary (pt 1)
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
With a(an) _____ flick of the wrist, she flipped the omelet into the air and landed it squarely back in the pan.
Feeble
Garrulous
Adroit
Inefficacious
In Araby, the boy narrator ventures to a(an) _____ to purchase a gift for Mangan’s sister.
Dexterity
Bazaar
Catacomb
Folly
Ultimately, Farrington is ______ in his attempts to prove his manhood.
Fervent
Breviary
Deft
Inefficacious
The root of this word means “To perceive; to know”
Gnomon
Elucidate
Dexterity
Desist
Famously _____, Tom Brady performs best when opponents try to get in his head.
Feeble
Adroit
Imperturbable
Inefficacious
Farrington is willing to _____ the criticism of his boss when he grows weary with his job.
Folly
Elucidate
Desist
Brazen
Gallaher is more _____ than Little Chandler and hogs much of the conversation.
Garrulous
Deft
Feeble
Imperturbable
The _____ contained the passage of scripture where the centurion asks that Jesus “say the word, and [his] servant shall be healed.”
Florin
Breviary
Catacomb
Bazaar
He was incapable of grasping his _____ in thinking he could have a real adventure as a kid.
Gnomon
Florin
Breviary
Folly
Beneath the city of Paris, there exists a network of ____ that many people are unaware of.
Florins
Follies
Breviaries
Catacombs
It takes a certain ______ to lie about your identity to others (or yourself).
Cunning
Dexterity
Bazaar
Folly
He paid a _____ to take the ferry across the river.
Breviary
Deft
Florin
Bazaar
Modern filmmaking features a lot of quick and rough editing, but a cinematographer‘s _____ use of the the camera can bring a scene to life.
Garrulous
Embittered
Feeble
Deft
Despite once being a(an)_____ nationalist, Doyle’s father amends his views so his business can succeed.
Adroit
Fervent
Feeble
Cunning
Caught in a detrimental cycle, many of the characters in Dubliners simply cannot _____ from the patterns that keep them from happiness.
Adroit
Brazen
Elucidate
Desist
Little Chandler’s ____ attempt to become a poet reflects his inability to take proper action in his life.
Imperturbable
Deft
Fervent
Feeble
He lacks the ______ needed to be an acrobat.
Deft
Folly
Breviary
Dexterity
After years of living like a scoundrel, Lenehan feels ____ to the point of depression.
Embittered
Inefficacious
Adroit
Fervent
While Joyce often seeks to ____ the physical action of a story, he leaves the themes and symbolic meaning ambiguous and up to interpretation.
Folly
Desist
Elucidate
Brazen
