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Medea Vocabulary Terms

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bedecked

a)

decorate

b)

have a severely detrimental effect on something

c)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress

d)

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

2.

Blight

a)

decorate

b)

have a severely detrimental effect on something

c)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress

d)

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

3.

Calamity

a)

decorate

b)

have a severely detrimental effect on something

c)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress

d)

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

4.

Callous

a)

decorate

b)

have a severely detrimental effect on something

c)

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress

d)

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

5.

Capricious

a)

given to sudden and unaccountable changes or mood or behavior

b)

form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind

c)

look thoroughly for a long time at

d)

sully, mar, or spoil

6.

Conceive

a)

given to sudden and unaccountable changes or mood or behavior

b)

form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind

c)

look thoroughly for a long time at

d)

sully, mar, or spoil

7.

Contemplate

a)

given to sudden and unaccountable changes or mood or behavior

b)

form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind

c)

look thoroughly for a long time at

d)

sully, mar, or spoil

8.

Defile

a)

given to sudden and unaccountable changes or mood or behavior

b)

form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind

c)

look thoroughly for a long time at

d)

sully, mar, or spoil

9.

Desolate

a)

(of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness

b)

outstandingly bad; shocking

c)

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

d)

atone for (guilt or sin)

10.

Egregious

a)

(of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness

b)

outstandingly bad; shocking

c)

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

d)

atone for (guilt or sin)

11.

Enmity

a)

(of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness

b)

outstandingly bad; shocking

c)

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

d)

atone for (guilt or sin)

12.

Expiate

a)

(of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness

b)

outstandingly bad; shocking

c)

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something

d)

atone for (guilt or sin)

13.

Extradite

a)

hand over (a person accused of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed

b)

unable to be placated or made less angry

c)

not showing due respect for another person

d)

impossible to subdue or defeat

14.

Implacable

a)

hand over (a person accused of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed

b)

unable to be placated or made less angry

c)

not showing due respect for another person

d)

impossible to subdue or defeat

15.

Impudent

a)

hand over (a person accused of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed

b)

unable to be placated or made less angry

c)

not showing due respect for another person

d)

impossible to subdue or defeat

16.

Indomitable

a)

hand over (a person accused of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed

b)

unable to be placated or made less angry

c)

not showing due respect for another person

d)

impossible to subdue or defeat

17.

Insolence

a)

rude or disrespectful behavior

b)

hard to control or deal with

c)

the passionate expression of grief or sorrow

d)

feel intense dislike or disgust for

18.

Intractable

a)

rude or disrespectful behavior

b)

hard to control or deal with

c)

the passionate expression of grief or sorrow

d)

feel intense dislike or disgust for

19.

Lamentation

a)

rude or disrespectful behavior

b)

hard to control or deal with

c)

the passionate expression of grief or sorrow

d)

feel intense dislike or disgust for

20.

Loathe

a)

rude or disrespectful behavior

b)

hard to control or deal with

c)

the passionate expression of grief or sorrow

d)

feel intense dislike or disgust for

21.

Mollify

a)

appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)

b)

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade or do so

c)

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of speech and other compositional techniques

22.

Obstinate

a)

appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)

b)

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade or do so

c)

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of speech and other compositional techniques

23.

Rhetoric

a)

appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)

b)

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade or do so

c)

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of speech and other compositional techniques

24.

Rouse

a)

bring out of sleep; awaken

b)

a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person

c)

splendid and expensive-looking

25.

Stigma

a)

bring out of sleep; awaken

b)

a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person

c)

splendid and expensive-looking

26.

Sumptuous

a)

bring out of sleep; awaken

b)

a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person

c)

splendid and expensive-looking

27.

Superfluous

a)

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

b)

(of a person) not aware of the full facts

c)

try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something

d)

using or expressed in more words than are needed

28.

Unwitting

a)

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

b)

(of a person) not aware of the full facts

c)

try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something

d)

using or expressed in more words than are needed

29.

Urge

a)

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

b)

(of a person) not aware of the full facts

c)

try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something

d)

using or expressed in more words than are needed

30.

Verbose

a)

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

b)

(of a person) not aware of the full facts

c)

try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something

d)

using or expressed in more words than are needed