Shooting An Elephant Vocabulary Quiz

adj. like an enemy; unfriendly

• obstinate

• squeamish

• tyranny

• hostile

v. squirming or twisting as if in pain

• writhing

• comparable

• jeer

• anecodotes

adj. having features that are similar or can be compared

• petty

• inflicted

• comparable

• innumerable

n. very cruel, oppressive, unjust use of power

• scorching

• inevitable

• harmlessly

• tyranny

adj. easily disgusted

• obstinate

• jeer

• squeamish

• petty

adj. stubborn

• obstinate

• scorching

• hostile

• inflicted

adj. extremely hot

• scorching

• squeamish

• comparable

• writhing

adj. too many to count

• jeer

• scorching

• obstinate

• innumerable

adj. sure to happen; not avoidable

• petty

• inevitable

• harmlessly

• distasteful

adj. small minded: mean: ungenerous

• squeamish

• anecdotes

• hostile

• petty