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Into the Wild Vocabulary 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "anachronistic" mean?

a)

Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed

b)

Making marks that cannot be removed

c)

A confused or chaotic state

d)

Not easily upset or excited

2.

Which word describes something that cannot be removed and is never to be forgotten?

a)

Snafu

b)

Indelible

c)

Placid

d)

Rendering

3.

What is the meaning of "snafu"?

a)

A calm state

b)

A confused or chaotic state

c)

A slow, relaxed pace

d)

An enjoyable recollection

4.

Which word means "not easily upset or excited"?

a)

Placid

b)

Strident

c)

Heedless

d)

Purged

5.

What does "rendering" refer to?

a)

To walk or move at a slow pace

b)

To represent or depict artistically

c)

To indulge in past events

d)

To doubt the truth of something

6.

What does "reminisce" mean?

a)

To abandon or desert

b)

To indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events

c)

To stay somewhere temporarily

d)

To show a reckless lack of care

7.

What does "ambled" mean?

a)

To walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

b)

To claim moral standards

c)

To doubt the truth of something

d)

To make marks that cannot be removed

8.

What is "hypocrisy"?

a)

A long and eventful journey

b)

A loud and harsh sound

c)

The practice of claiming to have moral standards to which one's behavior does not conform

d)

A confused or chaotic state

9.

What does "sojourn" mean?

a)

To stay somewhere temporarily

b)

To indulge in past events

c)

To doubt the truth of something

d)

To represent artistically

10.

What does "forsaken" mean?

a)

To walk at a slow pace

b)

Abandoned or deserted

c)

To make marks that cannot be removed

d)

To show a reckless lack of care

11.

What does "strident" mean?

a)

Loud and harsh

b)

Calm and peaceful

c)

Temporary stay

d)

Artistic representation

12.

What does "purged" mean?

a)

To doubt the truth of something

b)

To rid of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling

c)

To indulge in past events

d)

To stay somewhere temporarily

13.

What does "heedless" mean?

a)

Showing a reckless lack of care or attention

b)

Making marks that cannot be removed

c)

A confused or chaotic state

d)

A long and eventful journey

14.

What is an "odyssey"?

a)

A confused or chaotic state

b)

A long and eventful or adventurous journey

c)

A slow, relaxed pace

d)

An unwanted quality

15.

What does "skepticism" mean?

a)

To indulge in past events

b)

To doubt the truth of something

c)

To represent artistically

d)

To stay somewhere temporarily

16.

My grandmother loved to sit on her front porch and _____________ about her days as a child.

a)

Heedless

b)

Reminisce

c)

Skepticism

d)

Anachronistic

17.

At the end of the trial, some ______ still remained about the innocence of the defendant.

a)

Skepticism

b)

Sojourn

c)

Indelible

d)

Rendering

18.

An "environmentally friendly" company is charged with polluting nearby streams by dumping their waste illegally. This shows:

a)

Strident

b)

Odyssey

c)

Skepticism

d)

Hypocrisy

19.

The artist's _______________ of the mountain range won him first place in the local art contest.

a)

Sojourn

b)

Rendering

c)

Snafu

d)

Hypocrisy

20.

Chris left an _______________ mark on everyone he met along his journey.

a)

Anachronistic

b)

Forsaken

c)

Indelible

d)

Snafu