Name _______________________
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10th Grade Vocabulary Study – Unit 6
I. Definitions – If a word is given, you provide the definition; if a definition is given, you provide the
word that matches.
1. _____________________________ (v.) to cause disorder or turmoil
2. defunct (adj.): _____________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________ (n.) the act of diverting or turning aside; as from a course
4. emaciated (adj.):________________________________________________________________________
5. _____________________________ (v.) to spend or use wastefully
6. edify (v.): _____________________________________________________________________
7. _____________________________ (v.) to form a circle around
8. effrontery (n.):_______________________________________________________________________
9. _____________________________ (n.) persons of the highest class
10. delectable (adj.):__________________________________________________________________
11. _____________________________ (v.) to draw away as the mind or attention
12. demagogue (n.): ____________________________________________________________________
13. _____________________________ (adj.) giving opinions in an arrogant manner
14. electorate (n.)_________________________________________________________________________
15. _____________________________ (n.) waste matter; refuse
II. Sentence Completion and Context Clues: Use the context clue(s) to determine which word from your
list best completes each sentence. Write your answer neatly on the line. Spelling and capitalization DO
count!
1. The model obviously had an eating disorder because she looked so _____________________________.
2. Sheila gave her political opinions in a ___________________________ manner.
3. Only the __________________ were invited to dine with the president.
4. The escalator was ________________________ so we had to use the stairs.
5. Bad weather forced the _______________________ of several flights.
6. The _________________________ in the U.S. includes registered voters 18 years old and older.
7. Please put your ___________________ in the trash can.
8. He built a moat to _________________________ the castle.
9. The dinner was delicious and ____________________________________.
10. Hilter was a _____________________________ who persuaded people that the Jews were evil.
III. Synonyms and Antonyms: Provide a term from this week’s list on the blank provided.
1. inoperative - _____________________________________
2. aristocratic - ______________________________________
3. to ring around - ______________________________________
SYNONYMS ONLY
4. trimmed down - _____________________________________
5. to lead astray - ______________________________________
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. chastise - _____________________________________
7. shyness- ______________________________________
8. unsatisfying - ______________________________________
ANTONYMS ONLY
9. property - ____________________________________
10. positive speech - ______________________________________
IV. Word Power: Using the definition for each word part as a starting point, answer the following
questions.
1. The royal _______cession moved along the street, complete with carriages, soldiers on horseback, and
the queen's coach.
2. An orat____ is one who gives orations on a frequent basis.
3. We felt the _____necessary comment ruined the end of the debate.
4. A typo_________er is one who studies handwriting for the purpose of character analysis.
5. You are a ____________________ person if you are full of hope.
V. Reading Comprehension: Read the passage below, then answer the comprehension questions.
from Jane Eyre
John Reed was a schoolboy, fourteen years old; four years older than I, for I was but ten; large and stout for his
age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin, heavy limbs and large extremities. He gorged himself habitually at table,
which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye and flabby cheeks. He ought now to have been at
school, but his mama had taken him home for a month or two, “on account of his delicate health.” Mr. Miles, the
master, affirmed that he would do very well if he had fewer cakes and sweetmeats sent him from home; but the
mother’s heart turned from an opinion so harsh, and inclined rather to the more refined idea that John’s sallowness
was owing to overapplication and, perhaps, to pining after home.
John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me. He bullied and punished
me, not two or three times a week, nor once or twice in the day, but continually; every nerve I had feared him, and
every morsel of flesh on my bones shrank when he came near. There were moments when I was bewildered by the
terror he inspired, because I had no appeal whatever against either his menaces or his inflictions; the servants did
not like to offend their young master by taking my part against him, and Mrs. Reed was blind and deaf on the
subject. She never saw him strike or heard him abuse me, though he did both now and then in her very presence,
more frequently, however, behind her back.
Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair, he spent some three minutes in thrusting out his tongue
at me as far as he could without damaging the roots, I knew he would soon strike, and while dreading the blow, I
mused on the disgusting and ugly appearance of him who would presently deal it. I wonder if he read the notion in
my face; for, all at once, without speaking, he struck suddenly and strongly. I tottered, and on regaining my
equilibrium retired back a step or two from his chair.
“That is for your impudence in answering Mama awhile since,” said he, “and for your sneaking way of
getting behind curtains, and for the look you had in your eyes two minutes since, you rat!”
Recalling Facts
1. The narrator was
a. ten years old.
b. twelve years old.
c. fourteen years old.
2. John Reed was taken out of school by his
a. father.
b. mother.
c. older sister.
3. Mr. Miles was
a. a baker.
b. the schoolmaster.
c. Mrs. Reed’s companion.
4. John Reed bullied the narrator
a. continually.
b. twice a day.
c. two or three times a week.
5. Before striking the narrator, John
a. got up from his chair.
b. called for his mother.
c. stuck out his tongue.
Understanding the Passage
6. The narrator did not really believe that John Reed was
a. a bully.
b. in delicate health.
c. a compulsive eater.
7. Mrs. Reed was not a
a. loving woman.
b. skilled cook.
c. good disciplinarian.
8. John did not seem to
a. like anyone.
b. be an unkind boy.
c. learn from his mother.
9. The narrator was probably
a. taller than John.
b. thinner than John.
c. meaner than John.
10. The narrator usually
a. picked a fight with John.
b. did what John commanded.
c. punished John.