VOCABULARY QUIZZ ON "BAD NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI" NAME= ....................

(N)- A NOUN (V)- A VERB (ADJ)- AN ADJECTIVE (ADV)- AN ADVERB

1- brought before a court of law to answer a charge = (V) 2- to smile broadly = (V)

3- to be generally accepted to be a thing even though they do not have the right qualities = (V)

4- to break a speed-limit = (V) 5- to be incarcerated/imprisoned = to be sent to (N)

6- to set free after captivity = (V) 7- to kill someone with a gun = (V)

8- a wet and sticky mixture of earth and water = (N) 9- some time before = FORMERLY = (ADV)

10- the formal statement of a proposed new law = (N) 11- to have a law voted = (V)

12- an agency of the American Department of Justice that investigates crimes in which a national law is broken = (N)

13- to find somebody guilty of something in a court of law = (V)

14- to go along with a lot of bends and twists = (V)

15- to examine = (V) 16- a home which has only one storey = (N)

17- badly made, badly looked after and likely to fall down = (ADJ)

18- a district / an area = (N)

19- a person who goes somewhere or does something often and repeatedly = (N)

20- loud, rough and noisy = (ADJ)

21- a person trying to bring about political/social change by campaigning in public or working for an organization = (N)

22- a group of people , especially trade union members, who are standing outside a factory or other place in order to protest about something, prevent people from going in, or persuade the workers to join a strike = (N)

23- written information, usually in the form of leaflets, that is produced by people who want to sell you something or help you by giving this information = (N)

24- a large number of/very many = (N) 25- to search a place/an area to find something/somebody = (V)

26- to pull nets across the bottom of a river/lake = (V)

27- to remove something from the ground where it has been buried = (V)

28- a branch of a society/club, especially a secret one = (N)

29- to make sure a law is obeyed, usually by punishing people who do not obey it = (V)

30- to kill a person by hanging them without letting them have a trial = (V)

31- to govern = (V)

32- stubbornly unwilling to obey orders or to co-operate = (ADJ)

33- a time at which an important change takes place which affects the future of a person/thing = (N)

34- severe or injust towards the people who they have authority over = (ADJ)

35- courageous/daring/bold = (ADJ) 36- to go with people when they have not asked you to = (V)

37- the act of saying or showing publicly that you object to something that someone is doing = (N)

38- a large public meeting to show support for a cause/party = (N)

39- someone who does work, especially socially useful work, for which they are not paid = (N)

40- a journey by car = (N)

1- 9- 17- 25- 33-

2- 10- 18- 26- 34-

3- 11- 19- 27- 35-

4- 12- 20- 28- 36-

5- 13- 21- 29- 37-

6- 14- 22- 30- 38-

7- 15- 23- 31- 39-

8- 16- 24- 32- 40-