Miss Keeney
Name_________________________
English 9
Class Period
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“The Lady or the Tiger?” Vocabulary
Word
Sentence
Barbaric
In the very olden time, there lived a
barbaric king.
Dire
The vast audience …mourned greatly
that one so young and fair… should
have merited so dire a fate.
Fervent
Genial
Impartial
Novel
This king had a daughter as blooming
as his most florid fancies and with a
soul as fervent as his own.
When every member of his domestic
and political systems moved
smoothly in its appointed course, his
nature was bland and genial.
Crime was punished, or virtue
rewarded, by the decrees of an
impartial and incorruptible chance.
In after-years such things became
commonplace enough; but then they
were, in no slight degree, novel and
startling.
Guess
Definition
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Parapet
Retribution
Her right arm lay on the cushioned
parapet before her.
The king allowed no such
subordinate arrangements to
interfere with his great scheme of
retribution and reward.
Identify the best word to complete the sentence. Write the letter of your choice in the space to the left.
_____1. Although referees are supposed to be _____, I believe that the ref at the volleyball game purposely made calls to favor the other team.
A. Impartial
B. novel
C. parapet
D. barbaric
_____2. As _______ for my numerous tardies, the teacher gave me a Saturday School.
A. Retribution B. dire
C. fervent
D. novel
_____3. I consider my little brothers _____ because they run around and act crazy all the time.
A. impartial
B. dire
C. barbaric
D. genial
_____4. I recently discovered a new and ______ outfit to wear for 80s day.
A. Parapet
B. impartial
C. barbaric
D. novel
_____5. I love coming to school every day because my teachers are so ____; they always smile.
A. Barbaric
B. genial
C. retribution
D. subordinate
_____6. The boy made a ______ plea for his girlfriend to take him back, but she refused.
A. Parapet
B. barbaric
C. fervent
D. retribution
_____7. The girl found herself in a _____ situation when her parents caught her lying about where she had been.
A. Barbaric
B. dire
C. fervent
D. genial
_____8. When the man set his drink on the _______, it feel onto the spectators below.
A. Parapet
B. retribution
C. dire
D. emanate