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Vocabulary
grimace callous posthumous malleable apprehensive
pauper fortitude commendable judicious notoriety

Matching
Match each definition with a word.

1. a. Easy to bend or shape.

b. Easily influenced. Â

2. a. one who is entirely without money; a very poor person

b. A person who is very poor. Â

3. a. thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute

b. Proceeding from good sense or judgment. Â

4. a. twisting the face in pain or disgust

b. to twist the face into an unusual expression

5. a. worried or uneasy about what might happen

b. Fearful about what may happen.

6. a. Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.

b. strength of mind to endure pain

7. a. Lacking mercy; insensitive; thick and hardened.

b. Thickened, rough skin that is not sensitive to the touch. You might have these
on the bottoms of your feet or the palms of your hands.

8. a. In an admirable manner. Â
b. praiseworthy; deserving approval or credit

9. a. born after the death of the father

b. Published after an author's death.

10. a. fame achieved through negativity; a bad reputation

b. The state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality. Â

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

11. posthumous
A. thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute
B. Thickened, rough skin that is not sensitive to the touch. You might have these on the
bottoms of your feet or the palms of your hands.
C. Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
D. born after the death of the father

12. apprehensive
A. twisting the face in pain or disgust
B. A person who is very poor. Â
C. Published after an author's death.
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D. worried or uneasy about what might happen

13. grimace
A. Easily influenced. Â
B. fame achieved through negativity; a bad reputation
C. praiseworthy; deserving approval or credit
D. to twist the face into an unusual expression

14. notoriety
A. The state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality. Â
B. Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
C. thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute
D. Easy to bend or shape.

15. judicious
A. thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute
B. to twist the face into an unusual expression
C. worried or uneasy about what might happen
D. In an admirable manner. Â

16. pauper
A. born after the death of the father
B. one who is entirely without money; a very poor person
C. Thickened, rough skin that is not sensitive to the touch. You might have these on the
bottoms of your feet or the palms of your hands.
D. fame achieved through negativity; a bad reputation

17. malleable
A. Fearful about what may happen.
B. In an admirable manner. Â
C. fame achieved through negativity; a bad reputation
D. Easily influenced. Â

18. commendable
A. In an admirable manner. Â
B. Easily influenced. Â
C. one who is entirely without money; a very poor person
D. thoughtful, prudent, shrewd, astute

19. fortitude
A. Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
B. born after the death of the father
C. twisting the face in pain or disgust
D. Lacking mercy; insensitive; thick and hardened.

20. callous
A. Thickened, rough skin that is not sensitive to the touch. You might have these on the
bottoms of your feet or the palms of your hands.
B. In an admirable manner. Â
C. fame achieved through negativity; a bad reputation
D. strength of mind to endure pain
Answer Key
1. malleable 8. commendable 15. A
2. pauper 9. posthumous 16. B
3. judicious 10. notoriety 17. D
4. grimace 11. D 18. A
5. apprehensive 12. D 19. A
6. fortitude 13. D 20. A
7. callous 14. A