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Dubliners Vocabulary (pt 1)

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

With a(an) _____ flick of the wrist, she flipped the omelet into the air and landed it squarely back in the pan.

a)

Feeble

b)

Garrulous

c)

Adroit

d)

Inefficacious

2.

In Araby, the boy narrator ventures to a(an) _____ to purchase a gift for Mangan’s sister.

a)

Dexterity

b)

Bazaar

c)

Catacomb

d)

Folly

3.

Ultimately, Farrington is ______ in his attempts to prove his manhood.

a)

Fervent

b)

Breviary

c)

Deft

d)

Inefficacious

4.

The root of this word means “To perceive; to know”

a)

Gnomon

b)

Elucidate

c)

Dexterity

d)

Desist

5.

Famously _____, Tom Brady performs best when opponents try to get in his head.

a)

Feeble

b)

Adroit

c)

Imperturbable

d)

Inefficacious

6.

Farrington is willing to _____ the criticism of his boss when he grows weary with his job.

a)

Folly

b)

Elucidate

c)

Desist

d)

Brazen

7.

Gallaher is more _____ than Little Chandler and hogs much of the conversation.

a)

Garrulous

b)

Deft

c)

Feeble

d)

Imperturbable

8.

The _____ contained the passage of scripture where the centurion asks that Jesus “say the word, and [his] servant shall be healed.”

a)

Florin

b)

Breviary

c)

Catacomb

d)

Bazaar

9.

He was incapable of grasping his _____ in thinking he could have a real adventure as a kid.

a)

Gnomon

b)

Florin

c)

Breviary

d)

Folly

10.

Beneath the city of Paris, there exists a network of ____ that many people are unaware of.

a)

Florins

b)

Follies

c)

Breviaries

d)

Catacombs

11.

It takes a certain ______ to lie about your identity to others (or yourself).

a)

Cunning

b)

Dexterity

c)

Bazaar

d)

Folly

12.

He paid a _____ to take the ferry across the river.

a)

Breviary

b)

Deft

c)

Florin

d)

Bazaar

13.

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.

a)

Garrulous

b)

Embittered

c)

Feeble

d)

Deft

14.

Despite once being a(an)_____ nationalist, Doyle’s father amends his views so his business can succeed.

a)

Adroit

b)

Fervent

c)

Feeble

d)

Cunning

15.

Caught in a detrimental cycle, many of the characters in Dubliners simply cannot _____ from the patterns that keep them from happiness.

a)

Adroit

b)

Brazen

c)

Elucidate

d)

Desist

16.

Little Chandler’s ____ attempt to become a poet reflects his inability to take proper action in his life.

a)

Imperturbable

b)

Deft

c)

Fervent

d)

Feeble

17.

He lacks the ______ needed to be an acrobat.

a)

Deft

b)

Folly

c)

Breviary

d)

Dexterity

18.

After years of living like a scoundrel, Lenehan feels ____ to the point of depression.

a)

Embittered

b)

Inefficacious

c)

Adroit

d)

Fervent

19.

While Joyce often seeks to ____ the physical action of a story, he leaves the themes and symbolic meaning ambiguous and up to interpretation.

a)

Folly

b)

Desist

c)

Elucidate

d)

Brazen