Vocabulary

Chapters 1-2

1. He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public
business.
Indefatigable means
a. Unaware b. happy c. untiring
2. could not bear to live in poverty and oblivion in the same country where he had formerly been
distinguished for his rank and magnificence
Oblivion means:
a. The state of being forgotten b. grief c. ambition
3. my father discovered his abode
Abode means:
a. Home b. garden c. garage
4. contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life
Contrived to earn a pittance means:
a. Managed to gain little money
b. Created a means of
c. Avoided responsibilities
5. There was a sense of justice in my fathers upright mind which rendered it necessary that he
should approve highly to love strongly
Rendered means:
a. Managed
b. Caused to become, made
c. Interested
6. the tranquility of her hitherto constant spirit
Hitherto means:
a. Normal
b. Permanent
c. Until that point
7. my father had gradually relinquished all his public functions
Relinquished means:
a. Surrendered, given up
b. Accepted
c. Tolerated
8. accompanied them in their rambles
Rambles means:
a. Suitcases
b. Wanderings
c. Cars
9. The number of half-clothed children gathered about it spoke of penury in its worst shape
Penury means:
a. Sadness
b. Extreme poverty
c. Beauty
10. I was more deeply smitten with the thirst for knowledge
Smitten means:
a. Tired
b. Struck
c. Disinterested
11. gladness akin to rapture
Akin to rapture means:
a. Related to ecstasy
b. Interested in theology
c. Despised by peasants
12. I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of my childhood
Dwelling on means
a. Linger, stay longer
b. Telling
c. Realizing
13. Misfortune had tainted my mind
Tainted means:
a. Affected
b. corrupted
c. distracted
14. I have described myself as always having been imbued with a fervent longing to penetrate the
secrets of nature.
Imbued means:
a. Filled
b. Bored
c. Angered
15. entertained the greatest disdain for a would-be science
Disdain means:
a. Admiration
b. Tolerance
c. Contempt