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Practice -- "The Tell-Tale Heart" Vocabulary_Cole

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the act of mocking or ridiculing; treating someone as if they are worthless

a)

derision

b)

wane

c)

lodge

d)

bade

2.

fancy / inquire / crevice / mad I can smell the perfume of roses bloom when the seasons change from winter to spring.

a)
fancy
b)
inquire
c)

crevice

d)

mad

3.

To what extent / fatigue when should athletes work out when they are amid / repose many games and competitions during their sport's season?

a)

extent / repose

b)

extent / amid

c)

fatigue / repose

d)

fatigue / amid

4.

having insight or deep knowledge

a)

profound

b)

waned

c)

refrain

d)

derision

5.

to do something in a cheerful and lighthearted way

a)

lodge

b)

gaily

c)

vehemently

d)

amid

6.
enough; adequate
a)
concealment
b)
derision
c)
sufficient
d)
vexed
7.

As the moon began to wane / cease in the early morning hours, the wolves would cease / bade their howling calls.

a)

cease / bade

b)

cease / cease

c)

wane / bade

d)

wane / cease

8.

One person had the audacity / supposition to ruin the neighbor's cookout with a 911 call to lodge / refrain a complaint of a smoky barbeque grill.

a)

supposition / refrain

b)

audacity / lodge

c)

audacity / refrain

d)

supposition / lodge

9.

ability to understand or perceive situations clearly and make intelligent choices

a)
foresight
b)
concealment
c)
sufficient
d)
sagacity
10.

Because of a dog's overacuteness / suavity / lodge to smells, it is important refrain / dissemble / vehemently from using scented oils or diffusers in your house so that they don't get overwhelmed.

a)

lodge / refrain

b)

overacuteness / dissemble

c)

overacuteness / refrain

d)

suavity / vehemently

11.

having or showing a perceptive understanding or insight

a)
acute
b)

mournful

c)
vexed
d)
stifled
12.

RC was in triumph / awe / repose / audacity when he arrived at the Grand Canyon and took in its vast and breaktaking beauty.

a)
triumph
b)
awe
c)

repose

d)

audacity

13.

Sue found her lost earring in the lodge / tattoo / trifle / crevice beween the cushions of the sofa, along with a bunch of change.

a)

lodge

b)

tattoo

c)

trifle

d)

crevice

14.

Sue gave a  hearty / scarcely / vain / crevice speech to her class at the graduation ceremony.

a)

hearty

b)

scarcely

c)

vain

d)

crevice

15.

something that has little importance or significance

a)

derision

b)

dissemble

c)

trifle

d)

extent

16.
To give attention to what is said; listen
a)
hearken
b)
sagacity
c)
acute
d)
pitch
17.

an inference, guess, or hypothesis

a)
welled
b)
unperceived
c)
supposition
d)
 chamber
18.

to irritate, annoy or distress

a)
sagacity
b)
stifled
c)

vex

d)
foresight
19.

to anticipate something (or predict it) and plan for it

a)
acute
b)
sufficient
c)
foresight
d)
vexed
20.

Once the firefighters who had been deputed / dissembled for the dispatch arrived, neighbors
bade / dissembled them to talk to the guilty party.

a)

deputed / bade

b)

deputed / dissembled

c)

dissembled / dissembled

d)

dissembled/ bad