Vocab
(adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated
Infraction
Beneficent
Grandiose
Flout
Scourge
Beneficent
The river George tells Lennie to hide near if he is in trouble; important river to the author, John Steinbeck
The Salinas River
The official language of Oceania.
Newspeak.
What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
Avatar.
Locate the nouns:
Points are scored for the stones resting closest to the center of the house at the conclusion of each end.
Points, stones, center, house, conclusion, end.
(v.) to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end.
Aggrandize
Exhort
Wheedle
Peculate
Expiate
Wheedle
While standing in the barn looking at the dead body of Curley's wife, what question does Candy ask George?
Candy asks George if the two of them could still "go in" together on their own farm.
Winston's naïve neighbor, and an ideal member of the Outer Party: an uneducated, suggestible man who is utterly loyal to the Party, and fully believes in its perfect image
Tom Parsons.
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
Australia.
Locate the adverbs:
I mostly go to a cafe to study, but most students go to the library.
Mostly.
What does the idiom "Dragging your feet" mean?
To postpone or delay a decision or action.
Who said this?
"Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is."
Boss to George.
Ministry of Peace is also called:
Minipax.
What is the second biggest organ in the body?
The liver.
Locate the prepositional phrases:
The ducks in the pond called to each other and swam down the current.
in the pond, to each other, down the current.
(adj.) Lasting only a short time, fleeting (n.) one who stays only a short time
Transmute
Insurgent
Gossamer
Ferment
Transient
Transient
The place George and Lennie ran from before the novel begins.
This is an infection affecting the leg of Winston causing him to slowly move around. This ailment becomes inflamed when he is under stress.
Varicose ulcer.
What is the only letter that doesn't appear in the periodic table?
J.
Locate the DO and IO:
The tour guide told him a funny story from the previous year.
DO: story
IO: him
(v.) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
Inscrutable
Scathing
Repudiate
Seditious
Exhort
Repudiate
Who said this?
"Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land."
Crooks.
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a ________ stamping on a human face—for ever.”
Boot.
Spell the following word:
Fuchsia.
Locate the adverbs:
I will probably never go back to that restaurant again.
Probably, never.