The Lottery: Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "discriminate" mean?

• To show a great deal of variety

• To recognize a distinction; differentiate

• To hinder, restrain, or prevent

• To come between so as to prevent or alter a result

Which word means "showing a great deal of variety"?

• Diverse

• Rational

• Civic

• Jovial

What is the meaning of "inhibit"?

• To seek information or an opinion

• To hinder, restrain, or prevent

• To be disorderly and noisy

• To be merry or jolly

What does "intervene" mean?

• To be continually without end

• To come between so as to prevent or alter a result

• To be in a proper or formal way

• To be lushly and richly

Which word means "based on or in accordance with reason or logic"?

• Boisterous

• Rational

• Perfunctory

• Petulantly

What is the meaning of "boisterous"?

• Pertaining to a city or town

• Disorderly and noisy

• Freed; detached

• Routine

Which word means "pertaining to a city or town"?

• Civic

• Consulted

• Disengaged

• Duly

What does "consulted" mean?

• To be lushly and richly

• To be done in a snappish, impatient way

• To seek information or an opinion

• To be continually without end

What is the meaning of "disengaged"?

• Freed; detached

• In a proper or formal way

• Merry or jolly

• Routine

Which word means "in a proper or formal way"?

• Interminably

• Duly

• Profusely

• Petulantly