WorksheetsA Wrinkle in Time Vocabulary Test 2
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following words means providing enjoyment as if in a distraction, pleasantly entertaining.
a)
warily
b)
diverting
c)
recourse
d)
remote
2.
"I told you that was too primitive a word, without the correct __________."
a)
recourse
b)
swivet
c)
pedantic
d)
connotations
3.
His voice took on the dry, __________ tones of Mr. Jenkins.
a)
pedantic
b)
diverting
c)
connotation
d)
annihilate
4.
"We let no one suffer. It is so much kinder simply to __________ anyone who is ill."
a)
connotation
b)
insolent
c)
annihilate
d)
distort
5.
There was something __________ to Meg in the very compactness of the room, as though the walls, the ceiling, the floor might move together and crush anybody rash enough to enter.
a)
bilious
b)
ominous
c)
insolent
d)
distort
6.
Which of the following words means wicked, evil, or dishonorable.
a)
sinister
b)
deviate
c)
distort
d)
synthetic
7.
Charles Wallace's strange, __________ voice ground against her ears.
a)
efficient
b)
diverting
c)
connotation
d)
monotonous
8.
Camazotz is ONE mind. It's IT. And That's why everybody's so happy and __________.
a)
efficient
b)
sinister
c)
insolent
d)
ominous
9.
Which of the following words means to cause to turn away from a previous or expected course.
a)
distort
b)
deviate
c)
endure
d)
efficient
10.
Which word means to twist and press out of shape.
a)
distort
b)
deviate
c)
endure
d)
efficient
11.
The pale blue eyes seemed to focus o Mr. Murry's face. "Hi, Pop," came an insolent voice (marked by disrespect)
a)
ominous
b)
sinister
c)
repellent
d)
insolent
12.
In contrast to the drabness of color, to the cold that numbed her, the air was filled with a delicate, spring-like fragrance, almost __________ as it blew softly against her face.
a)
imperceptible
b)
diverting
c)
appalling
d)
oppressive
13.
She was frozen, and Charles Wallace was being devoured by IT, and her __________ father was doing nothing. (having unlimited power)
a)
ominous
b)
omnipotent
c)
fallible
d)
distraught
14.
"My daughter, I am not a Mrs. Whatsit, a Mrs. Who, or a Mrs. Which... I am a human being, and a very __________ one..."
a)
distraught
b)
exuberance
c)
imperceptible
d)
fallible
15.
The middle beast, a tremor of __________ in his words, said, "You aren't from a dark planet, are you?"
a)
exuberance
b)
trepidation
c)
oppressive
d)
appalling
16.
"... The Black Thing does not __________ its victims willingly." (to release, as from one's grip)
a)
permeate
b)
withstand
c)
relinquish
d)
distraught
17.
Which of the following words means weighing heavily on the senses or spirit.
a)
oppressive
b)
corrosive
c)
emanate
d)
appalling
18.
Which of the following words means deeply agitated, especially from emotion.
a)
fallible
b)
relinquish
c)
distraught
d)
omnipotent
19.
Every once in a while she thought she felt a flicker of understanding from Aunt Beast or one of the others, but most of the time all that __________ from them was gentle puzzlement.
a)
trepidation
b)
relinquish
c)
withstand
d)
emanated
20.
Which of the following words means extremely impressive in strength or excellence.
a)
formidable
b)
exuberance
c)
fallible
d)
imperceptible
21.
Which of the following words means to spread or diffuse through.
a)
prevail
b)
relinquish
c)
permeate
d)
withstand
22.
For an __________ moment Meg believed, and in that moment she felt her brain being gathered up into IT.
a)
appalling
b)
vulnerable
c)
exuberance
d)
emanate
23.
Which word means to resist or confront with resistance?
a)
vulnerable
b)
permeate
c)
formidable
d)
withstand
24.
Her own Charles Wallace, the real Charles Wallace, the child for whom she had come back to Camazotz, to IT, the baby who was so much more than she was, and who was yet so utterly __________.
a)
exuberance
b)
vulnerable
c)
omnipotent
d)
trepidation
25.
He dashed across the lawn to join in the joy, and almost knocked them all over with the __________ of his greeting.
a)
exuberance
b)
trepidation
c)
fallible
d)
oppressive
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