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Oryx & Crake Week 1 Vocab

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___, ___ and ___ depict products which are ersatz, i.e., artificial, synthetic, imitation or fake.

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

2.

___, ___ and ___ depict flotsam, i.e., lost cargo or wreckage from a ship.

a)

b)

c)

d)

3.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict things that reek, i.e., stink or smell bad or disgusting.

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

4.

Laura was rummaging—____, ____ or ____—through the trash.

a)

unsystematically searching

b)

carelessly exploring

c)

carefully investigating

d)

randomly digging

5.

The soothsayer—___, ___, ___ or ___—sees love in your future. Do you believe her prophecy?

a)

fortune teller

b)

cynic

c)

oracle

d)

seer

e)

prophetess

6.

___, ___, ___ and ___ depict something or someone who is stealthy, i.e., secretive, cautious, sly and furtive.

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

7.

The man had all sorts of canned goods like soups, chili, and Spam as well as Mac and Cheese, flour and vitamins in his underground cache, i.e., ____, ____ or ____.

a)

stockpile

b)

reserve

c)

supply

d)

fund

8.

As he sat by the fire, the man was obviously ruminating about—____, ____ and/or ____—something but what was he ruminating about?

a)

thinking about

b)

contemplating

c)

considering

d)

ignoring

9.

She was obviously enthralled—___, ___, ___ and/or ___—by the man. You could see it in her eyes, her smile, every facial gesture.

a)

captivated

b)

charmed

c)

bewitched

d)

fascinated

e)

bored

10.

It took thousands of men, hundreds of machines and many months to remove the rubble— ___, ___ and ___—from Ground Zero after the Twin Towers were attacked and collapsed.

a)

debris

b)

remains

c)

bodies

d)

wreckage