Frederick Douglas Vocabulary Test Chapter 1

His raised eyebrow gave Marie the__________ that he doubted what he was hearing.

• instigation

• temerity

• intimidation

• intimation

It might be considered__________ for a slave to make eye contact with a slave owner.

• inevitable

• infernal

• pertinent

• impertinent

Most historians agree about the___________ of the treatment of slaves by the slaveholders.

• odiousness

• hideousness

• conjecture

• haggardness

The overseer carried a _____, which he used to hurt and intimidate people.

• paintbrush

• branch

• umbrella

• cudgel

Janet’s_________ , based on many years as a horsewoman, is that the mare will deliver her foal tonight.

• contraction

• conjecture

• configuration

• confabulation

Cathy decided to leave the ceiling and __________ unpainted so that they would look just as they had in the eighteenth century.

• joist

• joust

• cudgel

• jest

When an enslaved person was being whipped, the other slaves would often be forced to watch the ___________scene.

• gaunt

• dory

• gory

• hoary

When Ralph decided to stop going to work, it was_____ that he would be fired.

• Infernal

• Impertinent

• Inevitable

• Avoidable

That _______ odor coming from the backyard turned out to be a bag of garbage.

• Inevitable

• Infernal

• Infertile

• Inverted

The cold weather acted to ________ her enthusiasm about going outside.

• Blunt

• Blur

• Bludgeon

• Blot