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The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the word "dilatory"?

a)

Tending to hurry or rush

b)

Tending or inclined to delay or waste time

c)

Showing deep respect

d)

Capable of being explained

2.

Which word means "to give up (something)"?

a)

Relinquish

b)

Contingency

c)

Sage

d)

Tumult

3.

What does "contemptuous" mean?

a)

Feeling or expressing deep hatred or disapproval

b)

Capable of being perceived by the senses

c)

Very wise

d)

Occurring occasionally

4.

Which word is defined as "a possible but not very likely future event or condition"?

a)

Contingency

b)

Precipitate

c)

Vicarious

d)

Slander

5.

What is the meaning of "sage"?

a)

Very wise

b)

False spoken statement

c)

Loud confused noise

d)

Attractive in a physical way

6.

Which word means "malicious resentfulness or hostility; spite"?

a)

Rancor

b)

Tumult

c)

Alight

d)

Incessant

7.

What is a synonym for "incessant"?

a)

Occasional

b)

Continuous

c)

Tangible

d)

Dilatory

8.

Which word is an antonym for "perceptible"?

a)

Explicable

b)

Imperceptible

c)

Presumptuous

d)

Vicarious

9.

What does "slander" mean?

a)

A wise person

b)

A false spoken statement that seriously harms someone’s reputation

c)

A possible event

d)

A loud confused noise

10.

Which word means "capable of being perceived by the senses or precisely realized by the mind"?

a)

Tangible

b)

Sage

c)

Precipitate

d)

Sensuous

11.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the word "tumult".

a)

The tumult of the crowd made it hard to hear the speaker.

b)

She felt tumult when she saw the beautiful painting.

c)

The tumult was a wise decision.

d)

He was accused of tumult in court.

12.

Select the sentence that best uses "vicarious".

a)

He lived vicariously through his friend's adventures.

b)

The vicarious was very loud.

c)

She made a vicarious statement.

d)

The vicarious event was tangible.

13.

Which sentence uses "explicable" correctly?

a)

The strange noise was explicable after we found the source.

b)

The explicable was very wise.

c)

She felt explicable when she saw the sunset.

d)

He made an explicable statement in court.

14.

Identify the synonym for "presumptuous".

a)

Humble

b)

Overconfident

c)

Wise

d)

Hostile

15.

Which word could replace "intermittent" in the sentence: "The rain was intermittent throughout the day"?

a)

Continuous

b)

Occasional

c)

Incessant

d)

Tangible

16.

Choose the antonym for "relinquish".

a)

Give up

b)

Hold on to

c)

Delay

d)

Notice

17.

Which sentence uses "sensuous" correctly?

a)

The sensuous music filled the room with warmth and pleasure.

b)

The sensuous was a loud noise.

c)

He made a sensuous protest.

d)

She was sensuous about her homework.

18.

Select the sentence that best uses "portentous".

a)

The dark clouds were portentous of the coming storm.

b)

She made a portentous joke.

c)

The portentous was very wise.

d)

He felt portentous when he saw the sunset.

19.

Which word best fits the following sentence: "His _______ protest made the teacher reconsider her decision"?

a)

Expostulation

b)

Tumult

c)

Slander

d)

Rancor

20.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses "precipitate".

a)

The decision to leave was precipitate, made without much thought.

b)

The precipitate was a wise person.

c)

She felt precipitate when she saw the painting.

d)

He made a precipitate statement in court.