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Letter from a Birmingham Jail Vocabulary

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Paradoxical means...

a)

having excessive satisfaction with one's accomplishments

b)

to seem opposite, contrary or contridictory

c)

to agree

d)

a temporary stop to an activity

2.

Unfettered means...

a)

unrestrained, uninhibited

b)

to reuse to accept

c)

to agree

d)

to disagree

3.

Clarion means...

a)

to disagree

b)

to reuse to accept

c)

to agree

d)

a narrow trumpet; formerly used to signal war

4.

Concur...

a)

to disagree

b)

to reuse to accept

c)

to agree

d)

to warn or reprimand someone firmly

5.

Repudiate...

a)

making a show of being morally superior to other people

b)

to warn or reprimand someone firmly

c)

a temporary stop to an activity

d)

to refuse to accept

6.

Admonish...

a)

a temporary stop to an activity

b)

a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

c)

to warn or reprimand someone firmly

d)

making a show of being morally superior to other people

7.

Moratorium means...

a)

a temporary stop to an activity

b)

making a show of being morally superior to other people

c)

a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

d)

having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

8.

Incorrigible means...

a)

making a show of being morally superior to other people

b)

a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

c)

having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

d)

a temporary stop to an activity

9.

Sanctimonious means...

a)

having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

b)

deep thought, insight, depth of knowledge

c)

a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

d)

making a show of being morally superior to other people

10.

Profundity means...

a)

deep thought, insight, depth of knowledge

b)

having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

c)

making a show of being morally superior to other people

d)

a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

11.

Gadflies are...

a)

opposite of flies and beatles

b)

having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

c)

people that annoy or provoke others with criticism; a fly that bites livestock

d)

concerning a province of a country or empire

12.

Provincial is...

a)

in close proximity to

b)

having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

c)

able to provide for

d)

concerning a province of a country or empire

13.

Complacent ...

a)

having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

b)

knowing exactly where a place is even if you have never been there before

c)

when you go to a new place but it seems like you have been there before

d)

excessive desire for retirement to stay in the same place common to your family