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"Fall of the House of Usher"

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This word means "a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause."

a)

desolate

b)

trepidation

c)

melancholy

d)

insipid

2.

This word means "deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness."

a)

deplorable

b)

desolate

c)

impetuous

d)

pestilent

3.

This word means "destroy utterly; obliterate; defeat utterly."

a)

trepidation

b)

succumbed

c)

inexplicable

d)

annihilate

4.

This word means "destructive to life; deadly."

a)

melancholy

b)

insipid

c)

trepidation

d)

pestilent

5.

This word means "a feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen."

a)

annihilate

b)

trepidation

c)

insipid

d)

deplorable

6.

This word means "lacking flavor; lacking vigor or interest."

a)

inexplicable

b)

impetuous

c)

deplorable

d)

insipid

7.

This word means "deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad in quality."

a)

insipid

b)

deplorable

c)

inexplicable

d)

impetuous

8.

This word means "fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some negative force; die from the effect of disease or injury."

a)

melancholy

b)

impetuous

c)

pestilent

d)

succumbed

9.

This word means "unable to be explained or accounted for."

a)

melancholy

b)

impetuous

c)

inexplicable

d)

insipid

10.

This word means "acting or done quickly and without thought or care; moving forcefully or rapidly."

a)

pestilent

b)

insipid

c)

succumbed

d)

impetuous