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Heart of Darkness Vocab

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The wide part of a river where it meets the sea:

a)
delta
b)
inlet
c)
lagoon
d)
estuary
2.

Characteristic of the rigid practice of self discipline:

a)

prudence

b)

impudence

c)

ascetic

d)

exalted

3.

So thin as to transmit light:

a)

diaphanous

b)

obscure

c)

translucent

d)

opaque

4.

Impressive by reason of age:

a)
adolescent
b)
venerable
c)
immature
d)
young
5.

Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another:

a)
guest
b)
visitor
c)

resident

d)

interloper

6.

Shining with an unnatural red glow:

a)

eclipse

b)

lurid

c)

disdainful

d)

shimmering

7.

Requiring sitting or little activity:

a)
dynamic
b)
energetic
c)

sedentary

d)

active

8.

Having or showing arrogant superiority:

a)

sententious

b)

insipid

c)

disdainful

d)

despondent

9.

A disposition to behave in a certain way:

a)

propensity

b)

lurid

c)

sepulcher

d)

rout

10.

One who goes before you in time:

a)

ponderous

b)

explorer

c)

raconteur

d)

predecessor

11.

A chamber that is used as a grave:

a)

tomb

b)

sepulcher

c)
crypt
d)
casket
12.

Having great mass and weight and unwieldiness:

a)

tiny

b)

massive

c)
lightweight
d)

ponderous

13.

Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned:

a)

desolation

b)

contentment

c)

sorrow

d)
happiness
14.

The appearance conveyed by a person's face:

a)

demeanor

b)
expression
c)
countenance
d)
impression
15.

Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing:

a)
verbose
b)
concise
c)
succinct
d)
sententious
16.

Lacking interest or significance or impact:

a)

insipid

b)
trivial
c)
insignificant
d)
meaningful
17.

Lacking spirit or liveliness:

a)

languid

b)
listless
c)
dull
d)
lethargic
18.

Excessively mournful:

a)

sorrowful

b)
jovial
c)
lugubrious
d)

solemn

19.

Showing a brooding ill humor:

a)

morose

b)
cheerful
c)
jovial
d)

sullen

20.

A downward slope or bend:

a)
ascend
b)

declivity

c)
incline
d)

ramp

21.

Without or almost without hope:

a)

desperate

b)

pessimistic

c)

solemn

d)

despondent

22.

Liveliness and eagerness:

a)

alacrity

b)

vivacity

c)
dullness
d)

apathy

23.

Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress:

a)

ignoring

b)

rapacious

c)

prudence

d)

diehard

24.

Of high moral or intellectual value:

a)

exalted

b)

vice

c)
ignoble
d)
base
25.

Excessively greedy and grasping:

a)
altruistic
b)

selfish

c)

rapacious

d)

greedy

26.

Beguiling but harmful:

a)

tempting

b)

insidious

c)
alluring
d)

seductive

27.

Not restrained or controlled:

a)

constructed

b)

restricted

c)
unconstrained
d)

wanton

28.

Being on the point of death:

a)
lively
b)

sickly

c)

moribund

d)

virtuous

29.

Make peace with:

a)

apologize

b)

propitiate

c)

disgusted

d)

surrender

30.

Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste:

a)

uneducated

b)
crude
c)
vulgar
d)

uncouth

31.

Marked by a ready flow of speech:

a)

fiery

b)

reserved

c)

voluble

d)
quiet
32.

Difficult or impossible to understand:

a)

mystery

b)

inscrutable

c)
transparent
d)
obvious
33.

An overwhelming defeat:

a)

slight

b)

setback

c)

crushing

d)

rout

34.

The trait of being rude and impertinent:

a)

insolence

b)

moronic

c)

prudence

d)
courteous
35.

Having or showing arrogant superiority:

a)

arrogance

b)

bold

c)

supercilious

d)
modest
36.

Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear:

a)

clarify

b)

prevaricate

c)

explain

d)

obfuscate

37.

Done with very great haste and without due deliberation:

a)

controlling

b)

precipitate

c)

rushed

d)
deliberate
38.

Produced or growing in extreme abundance:

a)
limited
b)

scarce

c)
sparse
d)

exuberant

39.

Immoderately greedy and selfish:

a)

sordid

b)
altruistic
c)

spoiled

d)
selfless
40.

Pretentious or showy or vulgar display:

a)
extravagant
b)
gaudy
c)
modest
d)
ostentatious