Vocab Questions

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2 questions

Note from the author:

Vocab matching for words from the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder

Instructions

See if you can remember the definitions for the vocab for this unit! Do your best, this will show you how you are doing and will be graded on completion.

Required

Match the words with their definitions

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Vestiges		Starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred
Diligent		Having shown care and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties
Chronological		Brisk and cheerful readiness
Lugubrious		Looking or sounding sad and dismal
Alacrity		A trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists
Sentimentality		Excessive tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia

Required

Match the words with their definitions

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Placid		Relating to the study of humankind
Cynicism		Create or bring about (an object or situation) by deliberate use of skill or artifice
Anthropological		An inclination to believe that all people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism
Epitaph		A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone
Contrive		Knowing everything
Omniscient		Calm and peaceful