VOCABULARY LESSON A Rose for Emily by William

VOCABULARY LESSON A Rose for Emily by: William Faulkner

PLACE THE APPROPRIATE VOCABULARY WORD IN EACH BLANK TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WHICH CREATE A PARAGRAPH. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Tedious Edict Circumvent Thwart Temerity Dank Pallid Diffident 9. Obliterate 10. Coquettish 11. Profoundly 12. Encroach 13. Obscure 14. Virulent 15. Divulge

1. Miss Emily’s life held little interest—it consisted merely of one ______ day after another. 2. The mayor had issued a foolish _____ that Miss Emily would not have to pay taxes. 3. Instead of directly offering financial help to her, he took another route by making up an involved story to _____ the problem. 4. When a new administration tried to make her pay, the obstructions created by her stubbornness made her able to ______ every attempt. 5. When Miss Emily insisted on something, no one in the town has the _____to argue with her.

6. Miss Emily had always been a no-nonsense kind of woman, not the type to behave in a ______ fashion toward any man. 7. Although the town realized that she kept company with Homer Barron, no one knew just how _______ in love she had been. 8. Only after death did anyone dare to ______ on the privacy of the upstairs room. 9. Enough tarnish had formed on the silver of the men’s toilet things to _______ the monogram. 10. Was it Homer’s plans to leave town that made Miss Emily react in such a ______fashion?

Answer Key: 1. tedious 2. edict 3. circumvent 4. thwart 5. temerity 6. coquettish 7. profoundly 8. encroach 9. obscure 10. virulent

1. Miss Emily’s life held little interest—it consisted merely of one tedious day after another. 2. The mayor had issued a foolish edict that Miss Emily would not have to pay taxes. 3. Instead of directly offering financial help to her, he took another route by making up an involved story to circumvent the problem. 4. When a new administration tried to make her pay, the obstructions created by her stubbornness made her able to thwart every attempt. 5. When Miss Emily insisted on something, no one in the town has the temerity to argue with her.

6. Miss Emily had always been a no-nonsense kind of woman, not the type to behave in a coquettish fashion toward any man. 7. Although the town realized that she kept company with Homer Barron, no one knew just how profoundly in love she had been. 8. Only after death did anyone dare to encroach on the privacy of the upstairs room. 9. Enough tarnish had formed on the silver of the men’s toilet things to obscure the monogram. 10. Was it Homer’s plans to leave town that made Miss Emily react in such a virulent fashion?