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Short Story Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A desirable or useful feature provided by a building or place

a)

Solicitously

b)

Imperative

c)

Uncanny

d)

Amenity

2.

Done in a way that shows a person cares about someone's comfort, safety, and feelings

a)

Solicitously

b)

Zealous

c)

Disarming

d)

Tangible

3.

Absolutely necessary and important thing to do. It cannot or should not be avoided.

a)

Imperative

b)

Cultivated

c)

Uncanny

d)

Amenity

4.

A person can be described as this if he or she is well educated and knows a lot about art, music, painting, et cetera.

a)

Cultivated

b)

Zealous

c)

Disarming

d)

Tangible

5.

Strange or mysterious, often in a way that is slightly frightening/bizarre

a)

Uncanny

b)

Cultivated

c)

Scruples

d)

Droll

6.

feeling that prevents you from doing something that you think is morally wrong; it’s like a concern that makes you uncertain about doing something.

a)

Scruples

b)

Uncanny

c)

Droll

d)

Solicitously

7.

funny in a unique, unusual way.

a)

Droll

b)

Condone

c)

Tangible

d)

Cultivated

8.

they know what is happening is wrong, but they let it happen without interfering. (They “look the other way” or choose to ignore it.)

a)

Condone

b)

Tangible

c)

Amenity

d)

Imperative

9.

it can be touched or experienced in a very real, concrete way.

a)

Tangible

b)

Quarry

c)

Disarming

d)

Zealous

10.

it is being hunted or looked for.

a)

Quarry

b)

Condone

c)

Droll

d)

Scruples

11.

they are able to make people like them, especially if they were expected to be disliked.

a)

Disarming

b)

Zealous

c)

Condone

d)

Amenity

12.

very enthusiastic and eager about something.

a)

Zealous

b)

Imperative

c)

Solicitously

d)

Amenity

13.

excessive praise and admiration

a)

Adulation

b)

Askew

c)

Gamut

d)

Privation

14.

crooked; not in a level position

a)

Askew

b)

Aghast

c)

Privation

d)

Vexation

15.

the complete range of something

a)

Gamut

b)

Vexation

c)

Prospects

d)

Pauper

16.

a state where human necessities are lacking.

a)

Privation

b)

Askew

c)

Adulation

d)

Aghast

17.

done in an unending or repetitive way; constantly

a)

Incessantly

b)

Adulation

c)

Disconsolate

d)

Pauper

18.

shocked or horrified

a)

Aghast

b)

Adulation

c)

Disconsolate

d)

Vexation

19.

unable to be comforted

a)

Disconsolate

b)

Vexation

c)

Askew

d)

Adulation

20.

a very poor person

a)

Pauper

b)

Prospects

c)

Askew

d)

Privation

21.

chances for success

a)

prospects

b)

Vexation

c)

Privation

d)

Adulation

22.

an annoyance

a)

Vexation

b)

Pauper

c)

Prospects

d)

Disconsolate

23.

to leave secretly

a)

abscond

b)

aperture

c)

immolation

d)

impunity

24.

an opening or hole

a)

aperture

b)

repose

c)

zealous

d)

preclude

25.

death or destruction

a)

immolation

b)

repose

c)

abscond

d)

aperture

26.

freedom from punishment

a)

impunity

b)

immolation

c)

preclude

d)

subside

27.

to prevent something from happening

a)

preclude

b)

subside

c)

impunity

d)

termination

28.

to lie dead or rest

a)

repose

b)

preclude

c)

immolation

d)

termination

29.

to become less intense, violent, or severe

a)

subside

b)

preclude

c)

repose

d)

abscond

30.

an end, limit, or edge

a)

termination

b)

abscond

c)

immolation

d)

vexation

31.

excitingly strange

a)

exotic

b)

precariously

c)

heresy

d)

imminent

32.

an opinion or action different from what most people consider correct/right

a)

heresy

b)

exotic

c)

aghast

d)

imminent

33.

about to happen

a)

imminent

b)

reiterate

c)

precariously

d)

exotic

34.

inability to make errors

a)

infallibility

b)

heresy

c)

reiterate

d)

precariously

35.

to repeat

a)

reiterate

b)

heresy

c)

aghast

d)

zealous

36.

dangerously

a)

precariously

b)

infallibility

c)

exotic

d)

heresy