Name Date

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Complete.

implications conventional retrospect uniformity

innocuous surreal excrement union
sacrosanct mortality paternal contraption
commodities render conformity contamination
rhetoric infiltrated eradicate synergy
acquisition consensus ingenious violation
inevitable

Matching
Match each definition with a word.

1. merchandise which can be sold or traded

2. marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

3. a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying

4. a cooperative action so that the total is greater than the independent parts

5. pass into or through by filtering or permeating

6. a device that is very useful for a particular job

7. unlikely to harm or disturb anyone

8. the act of contracting, assuming, or acquiring possession of something

9. highly sacred or holy; not to be violated

10. an act that disregards an agreement or a right

11. using language effectively to please or persuade

12. agreement of the majority in sentiment or belief

13. following accepted customs and proprieties

14. food containing large amounts of bacteria

15. meanings that are not expressly stated but can be inferred

16. cause to become

17. beyond what is real or believable

18. waste matter discharged from the body

Name Date
19. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

20. destroy completely

Multiple Choice
Select the definition that most nearly defines the given word.

21. retrospect
A. contemplation of things past
B. a cooperative action so that the total is greater than the independent parts

22. inevitable
A. unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
B. an unavoidable event

23. render
A. cause to become
B. contemplation of things past

24. ingenious
A. marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
B. highly sacred or holy; not to be violated

25. contamination
A. food containing large amounts of bacteria
B. waste matter discharged from the body

26. excrement
A. waste matter discharged from the body
B. following accepted customs and proprieties

27. uniformity
A. acting according to general rules or standards
B. a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying

28. infiltrated
A. a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying
B. pass into or through by filtering or permeating

29. violation
A. characteristic of a father
B. an act that disregards an agreement or a right

30. paternal
A. characteristic of a father
B. an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
Answer Key
1. commodities 11. rhetoric 21. A
2. ingenious 12. consensus 22. B
3. uniformity 13. conventional 23. A
4. synergy 14. contaminatio 24. A
5. infiltrated n 25. A
6. contraption 15. implications 26. A
7. innocuous 16. render 27. B
8. acquisition 17. surreal 28. B
9. sacrosanct 18. excrement 29. B
10. violation 19. union 30. A
20. eradicate