WorksheetsThe Good Earth Vocabulary Ch 15-23
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
The Old Lord stood there coughing and staring, a dirty grey satin robe wrapped about him, from which hung an edge of _____________ fur.
quiescent
shamble
paltry
bedraggled
Define: fetid
limp, untidy, and soiled
harshness of manner
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
offensively malodorous
an irritable feeling
imploringly
petulance
shrew
slake
Define: imploringly
any distracting or deceptive maneuver
limp, untidy, and soiled
an irritable feeling
in a pleading manner
harshness of manner
shrew
petulance
fetid
asperity
Define: shrew
limp, untidy, and soiled
expressing contempt or ridicule
not worth considering
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
break apart or in two, using violence
forbare
ordain
hew
sunder
any distracting or deceptive maneuver
maraud
amiss
loath
feint
And it is not for you to _________ when he has money and buys himself another to bring her to his house, for all men are so...
feint
shrew
dally
repine
slender structure by which some plants attach to an object
loam
interspace
slake
tendril
a rich soil consisting of sand, clay and organic materials
fetid
petulance
slake
loam
Define: tallow
a rich soil consisting of sand, clay and organic materials
slender structure by which some plants attach to an object
strike with an axe; cut down, strike
a hard substance used for making soap and candles
Define: derisive
unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
raid and rove in search of plunder
not functioning properly
expressing contempt or ridicule
walk by dragging one's feet
dally
derisive
repine
shamble
waste time
prefect
loam
derisive
dally
place between or among
tallow
paltry
poised
intersperse
presenting favorable circumstances
repine
tendril
quiescent
propitious
raid and rove in search of plunder
dally
derisive
feint
maraud
Define: surly
a chief officer or chief magistrate
marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
place between or among
unfriendly and inclined toward anger or irritation
not worth considering
amiss
maraud
shamble
paltry
“It would not surprise me at all if the elder one should become a ____________ with all this learning!”
prodigal
steward
wretch
prefect
strike with an axe; cut down, strike
prefect
paltry
abashed
hew
feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
maraud
surly
paltry
abashed
not functioning properly
prefect
loam
slake
amiss
Define: Prodigal
disinclined to work or exertion
support oneself
someone who manages property or affairs for someone else
recklessly wasteful
marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
resolutely
derisive
asperity
poised
strongly opposed
forbear
hew
propitious
loath
Then after a long time Wang Lung drew in his breath and said _________ , “Now treasure like this one cannot keep. .."
abashed
surly
imploringly
resolutely
Define: rove
support oneself
someone you feel sorry for
disinclined to work or exertion
move about aimlessly or without any destination
disinclined to work or exertion
rove
ferment
pretense
indolent
cause to undergo the breakdown of sugar into alcohol
abashed
hew
dally
ferment
Define: deference
strongly opposed
strike with an axe; cut down, strike
raid and rove in search of plunder
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
refrain from doing
steward
wretch
subsist
forbear
support oneself
forbear
indolent
rove
subsist
someone you feel sorry for
bedraggled
repine
surly
wretch
He would not sleep any more upon his bed, making a ________ of heat in the room, and he spread a mat under the bamboos and slept there fitfully...
wretch
steward
ordain
pretense
Define: Ordain
the act of giving false appearance
support oneself
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
issue an order
Define: quiescent
move about aimlessly or without any destination
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
walk by dragging one's feet
marked by a state of tranquil repose
What is the name of the school you attend?
Los Hermanos
Los Huaraches
Los Cuates
Los Tlacuaches
Waht is the best subject ever? You better say reading.
(a)
