Worksheets"Sleepy Hollow" Vocabulary
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
a ghostly figure
hollow
apparition
psalms
formidable
lived in
inhabited
superstition
apparition
persisted
very thin and bony with hollow eyes and a starved look
descendants
gaunt
spacious
hypocrite
dark and gloomy
apparitions
parched
gaunt
dismal
Having much space
spacious
inhabited
gaunt
brusquely
made hot and dried
endeavored
persisted
parched
hypocrite
tried hard
hypocrite
descendants
persisted
endeavored
refused to stop or be changed
parched
persisted
endeavored
gaunt
a person who pretends to be very good or religious
brusquely
descendants
hypocrite
inhabited
done without interest or energy
unenthusiastically
brusquely
dismal
parched
offspring; children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, etc.
parched
gaunt
hypocrite
descendants
done in an abrupt manner
gaunt
parched
unenthusiastically
brusquely
"In one of those ________ coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson River, there lies a small market port known as Terrytown".
gaunt
parched
spacious
brusquely
"Not far away is a small valley known as Sleepy Hollow, ________ by _________ of the original Dutch settlers."
inhabited, descendants
inhabited, hypocrite
spacious, descendants
gaunt, descendants
"The dominant spirit haunting this enchanted region, and commander in chief of all the _________ of the air, is a ghostly figure on horseback, minus a head."
hypocrite
apparitions
persisted
parched
"Ichabod (__________): But a very fine one!"
gaunt
brusquely
unenthusiastically
spacious
"Yes! My throat is ________."
gaunt
spacious
parched
dismal
"Brom (_______): Come Katrina, It's getting late."
brusquely
unenthusiastically
dismal
descendants
"This is your fault, Crane. You psalm singing ________. I've a mind to wrap you up and toss you into the river."
persisted
inhabited
descendants
hypocrite
"Ichabod _______ in his pursuit of Katrina, though he sometimes wondered if she would ever realize his love for her."
persisted
parched
brusquely
unenthusiastically
"Gunpowder was ______ and had a head like a hammer."
dismal
gaunt
parched
inhabited
"Heavy hearted and crestfallen, Ichabod rode homeward. The late hour was as _____ as himself."
spacious
gaunt
dismal
spacious
What is a synonym for dismal?
Cheerful
Bright
dark
happy
What is an antonym for spacious?
dreary
roomy
generous
cramped
