Who Framed Art Decco? Vocabulary Test

Sally Sue McDonald

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  1. homicide: I'm a homicide detective with city P.D.
  2. Your answer:
    detective
    felony
    murder
    police


  3. interactive: Check out the interactive show that's got people talking.
  4. Your answer:
    strange
    easy
    obnoxious
    cooperative


  5. gauges: Information cards identified their gauges and the amount of electrical current each one could carry.
  6. Your answer:
    wire thickness
    wire use
    wire color
    wire length


  7. framed: After a pause,he added, "I'm being framed."
  8. Your answer:
    convicted
    decorated
    honored
    set-up


  9. impulsive: "My favorite kind of collector- impulsive."
  10. Your answer:
    eager
    brilliant
    creative
    angry


  11. petrified: Lightning seemed to rip through the skies like roots of a petrified tree.
  12. Your answer:
    new
    soft
    angry
    solid


  13. swell: There was a swell of purple clouds in the first photo.
  14. Your answer:
    smell
    wonderful
    anger
    growth


  15. glaringly: The glaringly bright bolt of pure electric energy flashing through the sky was spectacular.
  16. Your answer:
    bright
    angry
    impulsively
    coldly


  17. security guard: I was admiring the glittering metal work when a security guard approached Art.
  18. Your answer:
    maintenance person
    art collector
    electrical engineer
    protector of valuables


  19. gravelly: "Let me in," she said in a gravelly voice.
  20. Your answer:
    rasping
    kind
    unsure
    loud


  21. drawled: "I can help you select the right pieces," she drawled.
  22. Your answer:
    angry speaking
    nervous speaking
    slow speaking
    quick speaking


  23. emerged: Ricardo emerged from his exhibit and signaled tor Art to come over.
  24. Your answer:
    came out
    ran
    sold
    hid


  25. hoarsely: "Not another one!" Art whispered hoarsely.
  26. Your answer:
    loudly
    harsh or grating
    softly
    angrily


  27. rejoined: She'll take a quick look around the building to make sure the doors and window are secure.
  28. Your answer:
    stop
    stayed
    join again
    leave


  29. literally: She walked in a circle a few times, literally winding down then lay down in a corner and sighed.
  30. Your answer:
    quickly
    harshly
    actually
    somewhat


  31. shrewd: He was a shrewd business man.
  32. Your answer:
    greedy
    dumb
    grumpy
    clever


  33. rummaged: He rummaged around in his desk drawer and handed me a bunch of clippings.
  34. Your answer:
    searched thoroughly
    looked around
    held tight
    walked over


  35. decent: A decent exhibit with an interesting theme but an immature approach for Marlis Geyer.
  36. Your answer:
    respectable
    bad
    funny
    rediculous


  37. exquisite: Exquisite form, contrasting textures and shapes.
  38. Your answer:
    undefined
    amazing
    boring
    large


  39. textures: Exquisite form, contrasting textures and shapes.
  40. Your answer:
    food
    laughs
    people
    surface appearance


  41. singed: A small hole was surrouded by singed fabric.
  42. Your answer:
    fuzzy
    red
    burnt
    soft


  43. gruesome: No, the blood smelled to sickly sweet, a gruesome reminder that I had work to do.
  44. Your answer:
    happy
    hungry
    stately
    disgusting


  45. evidence: "I can't have anyone destroying evidence".
  46. Your answer:
    guess
    motive
    proof
    alibi


  47. medical examiner: "I'm going to look it over with a medical examiner when he gets here,"I said.
  48. Your answer:
    detective in charge
    suspected murderer
    official person finding cause of death
    firefighters


  49. icily: "He left," Marlis said icily.
  50. Your answer:
    happily
    warmly
    coldly
    sweetly


  51. venomously: "I hated her," she said venomously before she sat down.
  52. Your answer:
    caringly
    curiously
    gratefully
    poisonously


  53. intricate: "They're pretty intricate".
  54. Your answer:
    hungry
    simple
    detailed
    boring


  55. fidgeted: She fidgeted with her fingernails.
  56. Your answer:
    was calm
    was careful
    was restless
    was angry


  57. prompted: "Then what happened?" I prompted.
  58. Your answer:
    listened
    ignored
    cued
    helped


  59. quivering: "I am so out of it right now," he said, lower lip quivering.
  60. Your answer:
    smiling
    swollen
    bleeding
    trembling


  61. hunching: "She didn't like a lot of exhibits," he said, hunching down again in his chair.
  62. Your answer:
    melting
    pushing
    running
    slouching


  63. brandised: He brandished it menacingly.
  64. Your answer:
    lowered
    waved
    hid
    jumped


  65. fraud: That didn't sound convincing, but he hardly seemed the type to commit insurance fraud and murder.
  66. Your answer:
    maybe
    help
    real
    fake


  67. casts: "We'll need photos and casts".
  68. Your answer:
    bacteria
    play people
    pictures
    molds


  69. vigorously: He nodded yes, vigorously.
  70. Your answer:
    energetic
    sloppy
    lazily
    haphazard


  71. retreating: I noticed the slack-jawed officer staring at Guppy's retreating form.
  72. Your answer:
    withdrawing
    rejoining
    waiting
    running


  73. reliable: "The only trouble is that my one reliable witness is dead," I said gloomily.
  74. Your answer:
    hurried
    trustworthy
    painful
    hopeful


  75. gurney: The medical examiner's assistant showed up, wheeling in a gurney.
  76. Your answer:
    rolling stretcher
    operating table
    evidence
    fire hose


  77. paranoid: I'm so paranoid that I suspect anyone who walks in the gallery.
  78. Your answer:
    suspicious
    hungry
    smelly
    lazy


  79. clenched: He clenched his jaw in a hard line.
  80. Your answer:
    grip high
    don't grip
    grip tightly
    grip loosely


  81. eerie: I stationed Miro at the far wall, and I stood where the body had been. It was eerie.
  82. Your answer:
    decorated
    mysterious
    cool
    insignificant


  83. fluorescent: At the other end of the electron microscope, a magnetic projector deflects the electons even more to form an image on a fluorescent screen.
  84. Your answer:
    green light
    chemical
    bright light
    dim light


  85. deflects: At the other end of the electron microscope, a magnetic projector deflects the electrons even more to form an image on a fluorescent screen.
  86. Your answer:
    stops
    trickles
    bounces
    saves


  87. grimly: Well, she had been with all the right people - until the end, I thought grimly.
  88. Your answer:
    happily
    lazily
    hungrily
    sorrowfully


  89. contrasted: A soft white blouse contrasted with her dark hair.
  90. Your answer:
    was similar
    was opposite
    was unattractive
    was matched


  91. duplicated: On the wall were color copies of the photos I had seen in Raven's apartment. The writing awards had been duplicated as well.
  92. Your answer:
    beautiful
    drew
    copied
    painted


  93. paparazzi: The paparazzi, the reporters, had shown up at the steps but were not allowed to enter.
  94. Your answer:
    suspects
    police
    actors
    media


  95. poised: They seemed poised, waiting for something to happen.
  96. Your answer:
    ready
    similar
    defiant
    lazy


  97. intricately: One set was a group of intricately carved buildings.
  98. Your answer:
    detailed
    useful
    attractive
    simple


  99. craftsmanship: The craftsmanship wa incredible.
  100. Your answer:
    quality work
    hamburgar
    art work
    photo


  101. waver: The buildings seemed to waver.
  102. Your answer:
    run
    break
    sway
    stop


  103. motive: But was that a motive for murder?
  104. Your answer:
    red herring
    alibi
    reason
    suspect


  105. cackle: "The sky!" he said with a cackle.
  106. Your answer:
    jump
    popcorn
    dull voice
    shrill laugh


  107. devastated: "I was devastated when she left me," he said.
  108. Your answer:
    angry
    fixed
    ruined
    sad


  109. dangled: "You don't think I..." the words dangled.
  110. Your answer:
    stopped
    got louder
    raced
    hung feebly


  111. partition: She hopped onto the desk chair and watched me through the glass partition.
  112. Your answer:
    statue
    hallway
    wall
    desk


  113. County's Arson Strike Team: I recognized Mick O'Neal of the County's Arson Strike Team, also known as CAST.
  114. Your answer:
    the firefighters
    neighborhood watch people
    the detectives
    those investigating the cause of fire


  115. char: We can tell this by the depth of char, that is, how deep the wood was burned.
  116. Your answer:
    melted material
    burnt material
    fuzzy material
    wet material


  117. flashover: In Art's Gallery, when flashover occurred - that,s when there is free burning going on - the temperature at the floor can go as high as 2000 degrees and can go as high as between 1500 and 1700 degrees at the ceiling.
  118. Your answer:
    free burning
    open exhibits
    flooding
    damage


  119. rummaged: I opened up the shopping bag. I rummaged around.
  120. Your answer:
    destroyed
    repaired
    found
    searched


  121. threaded grooves: Some of the parts had threaded grooves so that they would fit snugly by screwing them in.
  122. Your answer:
    painted parts
    spiral notces on screw or bolt
    material sewn
    magnetic pieces


  123. icily: "Think this might be enough to arrest you ... and convict you?" I said icily.
  124. Your answer:
    happily
    questioningly
    coldly
    boisterously


  125. dilapidated: You were seen lugging the artwork to that dilapidated factory.
  126. Your answer:
    remodeled
    new
    decaying
    repairing


  127. short-circuit: "Harvey must haved used them to rig a short-circuit or something to shut down the lights."
  128. Your answer:
    trap
    functioning
    overloaded power
    repaired


  129. retorted: "No, she was not," I retorted. Raven was insecure.
  130. Your answer:
    listened
    replied
    shouted
    swung


  131. insecure: Raven was insecure. She didn't have a lot of self-esteem or any true friends.
  132. Your answer:
    furious
    confident
    self concious
    joyful


  133. premeditated: It's evidence that proves it was premeditated.
  134. Your answer:
    random
    planned ahead
    alibi
    photographed


  135. drastic: "And if John and Ricardo wanted to get rid of the gallery, they'd have to do something more drastic." said Lareesha.
  136. Your answer:
    optomistic
    severe
    sloppy
    sincere


  137. miro (artist): "Miro was also the name of a great artist, you know," exclaimed Art Decco.
  138. Your answer:
    car make from Detroit
    spanish abstract artist
    golden retreiver
    Mr. Miller


  139. menacingly: "Hit him over the head with one of these," Harvey said, reaching for Art's coat rack. He brandished it menacingly.
  140. Your answer:
    wildly
    calmly
    high
    hopefully


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