WorksheetsPride and Prejudice Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. adj: polite, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way
a)
personable
b)
genteel
c)
filial
d)
celerity
2.
2. adj: diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details
a)
countenance
b)
deign
c)
diligent
d)
scrupulous
3.
3. noun: a person’s face or facial expression
a)
stricture
b)
countenance
c)
personable
d)
eminent
4.
4. adj: Annoying; Overly concerned with minute details
a)
stricture
b)
countenance
c)
pedantic
d)
valiantly
5.
5. noun: a form of protest, not a rant exactly, but often lengthy
a)
discreet
b)
eminent
c)
valiantly
d)
expostulation
6.
6. noun: Swiftness of movement; speed
a)
discreet
b)
celerity
c)
eminent
d)
valiantly
7.
7. noun: an explosion of words, ideas, or emotions
a)
effusion
b)
discreet
c)
eminent
d)
valiantly
8.
8. adjective: using very few words
a)
valiantly
b)
paltry
c)
laconic
d)
eminent
9.
9. filial
a)
verb: to criticize severely: find fault with
b)
noun: the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia
c)
noun: a sudden and uncontrolled expression of strong emotion
d)
adjective: of or due from a son or daughter
10.
10. paltry
a)
noun: the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia
b)
adjective: ridiculously or insultingly small or meager
c)
adjective: of or due from a son or daughter
d)
noun: a sudden and uncontrolled expression of strong emotion
11.
11. iniquitous
a)
noun: the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia
b)
adjective: grossly unfair and morally wrong
c)
noun: a sudden and uncontrolled expression of strong emotion
d)
adjective: polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way
12.
12. upbraid
a)
verb: to criticize severely: find fault with
b)
adjective: grossly unfair and morally wrong
c)
noun: a sudden and uncontrolled expression of strong emotion
d)
adjective: polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way
13.
13. languor
a)
verb: doing something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity
b)
noun: the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia
c)
adjective: grossly unfair and morally wrong
d)
noun: a sudden and uncontrolled expression of strong emotion
14.
14. deign
a)
adjective: grossly unfair and morally wrong
b)
noun: the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia
c)
noun: a sudden and uncontrolled expression of strong emotion
d)
verb: doing something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity
15.
15. stricture
a)
noun: a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction
b)
noun: a sudden and uncontrolled expression of strong emotion
c)
adjective: grossly unfair and morally wrong
d)
noun: the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia
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