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City of Ember Vocabulary Quiz 2.0

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word 'wistfully' mean?

a)

A. With a feeling of vague or regretful longing

b)

B. Make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements

c)

C. Be on each or on one side of

d)

D. Push, elbow, or bump against, typically in a crowd

2.

Which word means 'make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements'?

a)

A. Wistfully

b)

B. Lurch

c)

C. Flanked

d)

D. Jostling

3.

What is the meaning of the word 'flanked'?

a)

A. With a feeling of vague or regretful longing

b)

B. Make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements

c)

C. Be on each or on one side of

d)

D. Push, elbow, or bump against, typically in a crowd

4.

What does 'jostling' mean?

a)

A. With a feeling of vague or regretful longing

b)

B. Make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements

c)

C. Be on each or on one side of

d)

D. Push, elbow, or bump against, typically in a crowd

5.

What is the definition of 'chortled'?

a)

A. Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way

b)

B. Not clear enough to be read

c)

C. Suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust

d)

D. Very angry, furious

6.

What does 'illegible' mean?

a)

A. Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way

b)

B. Not clear enough to be read

c)

C. Suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust

d)

D. Very angry, furious

7.

What is the meaning of 'recoil'?

a)

A. Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way

b)

B. Not clear enough to be read

c)

C. Suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust

d)

D. Very angry, furious

8.

What does 'enraged' mean?

a)

A. Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way

b)

B. Not clear enough to be read

c)

C. Suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust

d)

D. Very angry, furious

9.

What is the definition of 'taunt'?

a)

A. Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way

b)

B. Not clear enough to be read

c)

C. Suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust

d)

D. To provoke someone

10.

What does 'ambled' mean?

a)

A. Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

b)

B. Remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush

c)

C. Eyes that are dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep

d)

D. Contaminated by or as if by dirt, impurities, or harmful organisms

11.

Which word means 'remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush'?

a)

A. Ambled

b)

B. Lurking

c)

C. Blearily

d)

D. Tainted

12.

What is the meaning of 'blearily'?

a)

A. Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

b)

B. Remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush

c)

C. Eyes that are dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep

d)

D. Contaminated by or as if by dirt, impurities, or harmful organisms

13.

What does 'tainted' mean?

a)

A. Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

b)

B. Remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush

c)

C. Eyes that are dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep

d)

D. Contaminated by or as if by dirt, impurities, or harmful organisms

14.

What does 'tumult' mean?

a)

A. Remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush

b)

B. a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people

c)

C. push, elbow, or bump against, especially in a crowd

d)

D. Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

15.

What is the definition of 'sauntering'?

a)

A. Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

b)

B. Remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush

c)

C. Eyes that are dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep

d)

D. Contaminated by or as if by dirt, impurities, or harmful organisms

16.

What does 'convoluted' mean?

a)

A. Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

b)

B. Remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush

c)

C. Eyes that are dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep

d)

D. Extremely complex and difficult to follow

17.

What does 'curtly' mean?

a)

A. Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

b)

B. Brief and stiffly so it seems rude

c)

C. a loud, confused noise, especially one cause by a large mass of people

d)

D. Eyes that are dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep