WorksheetsAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Vocabulary
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 24mins
A small opening in a parapet of a fortified building, slayed on the inside
embrasure
traverse
sentinel
manifestation
A soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch
poignant
sentinel
traverse
ramification
Extend beyond or above a surface
sentinel
parade rest
infantry
protrude
A person under the authority or control of another
dignatart
subordinate
traverse
embrasure
A person considered to be important because of high rank or office
deference
etiquette
fixity
dignitary
The customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group
etiquette
embrasure
stockade
traverse
A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
dictum
deference
fixity
stockade
To travel across or through
protrude
infantry
traverse
fixity
Soldiers marching or fighting on foot; foot soldiers
pilots
engineers
artillery
infantry
A barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes
stockade
deference
dignitary
subordinate
Humble submission and respect
deference
dictum
ramification
uncanny
Evil in nature or effect
poignant
malign
ineffable
manifestation
Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
uncanny
malign
fixity
ineffable
Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
dignitary
malign
ineffable
poignant
A weight hung from a fixed point so that it can swing freely backward and forward.
pit
pendulum
fortification
gallows
A consequence of an action or event
secessionist
flogging
ramification
punishment
Oscillation
someone who advocates or claims secession (formally withdrawing) as a right
a space between things, such as time
beyond the ordinary or normal
a single swing or movement in one direction
Uncanny
beyond the ordinary or normal
someone who stands or watches
a space between things, such as time
someone who advocates or claims secession (formally withdrawing) as a right
Interval
a space between things, such as time
to avoid by doing, to get around by trickery; evade
respectful or courteous regard
someone who stands or watches
Elude
incapable of being expressed or described in word
to avoid by doing, to get around by trickery; evade
causing laughter because of absurdity; ridiculous
a person who holds a high rank or office
Ludicrous
a person who holds a high rank or office Oscillation-
causing laughter because of absurdity; ridiculous
a single swing or movement in one direction
beyond the ordinary or normal
What does interminable mean?
endless
predicting
physically or mentally painful
quickly and without ceremony
What does presaging mean?
predicting
quickly and without ceremony
endless
laughably absurd; ridiculous
What does summarily mean?
quickly and without ceremony
the action of swinging back and forth
predicting
beyond description; inexpressible
This word means when someone is a nonmilitary citizen.
The man who was engaged in being hanged was apparently about thirty-five years of age. He was a _____________, if one might judge from his habit, which was that of a planter.
Civilian
Condemned
Dignitary
Etiquette
Stonily
This word means when someone has been identified with strong disapproval and has been sentenced for punishment, which is usually death.
These movements left the _____________ man and the sergeant standing on the two ends of the same plank, which spanned three of the cross-ties of the bridge.
Civilian
Condemned
Dignitary
Etiquette
Stonily
This word means showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.
The company faced the bridge, staring __________, motionless. The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues to adorn the bridge.
Civilian
Condemned
Dignitary
Etiquette
Stonily
This word means to become or make sore from continuous rubbing.
[...] he ___________ under the inglorious restraint, longing for the release of his energies, the larger life of the soldier, the opportunity for distinction.
Campaigns
Ceremoniously
Chafed
Elude
Secessionist
This word means actions that belong to operations aimed at achieving a particular goal.
Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous ___________ ending with the fall of Corinth [...]
Campaigns
Ceremoniously
Chafed
Elude
Secessionist
