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Vocab

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.

a)

adamant

b)

beguile

c)

conciliatory

d)

disputation

2.

charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way.

a)

beguile

b)

conciliatory

c)

disputation

d)

flail

3.

intended or likely to placate or pacify.

a)

conciliatory

b)

disputation

c)

flail

d)

gaunt

4.

debate or argument.

a)

disputation

b)

flail

c)

gaunt

d)

gibbet

5.

wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly.

a)

flail

b)

gaunt

c)

gibbet

d)

penitence

6.

(of a person) lean and haggard, especially because of suffering, hunger, or age.

a)

gaunt

b)

gibbet

c)

penitence

d)

quavering

7.

a gallows.

a)

gibbet

b)

penitence

c)

purge

d)

quavering

8.

the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance.

a)

penitence

b)

purge

c)

quavering

d)

sibilance

9.

rid (someone or something) of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling.

a)

purge

b)

quavering

c)

sibialince

d)

adamant

10.

(of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion.

a)

quavering

b)

sibilance

c)

adamant

d)

beguile

11.

repetition of letter sounds that have a hushing or hissing quality.

a)

sibilance

b)

adamant

c)

beguile

d)

conciliatory