English vocab test 5

Question 1

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Answer 1

Allegory

Question 2

exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement.

Answer 2

Hysteria

Question 3

circumstances forming a background of an event, idea or statement, in such a way as to enable
readers to understand the narrative or a literary piece.

Answer 3

Context

Question 4

a theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person
contributes and receives according to their ability and needs

Answer 4

Communism

Question 5

enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire
secret information.

Answer 5

infiltrated

Question 6

a person who works jointly on an activity or project; an associate.

Answer 6

collaborator

Question 7

a sitting room in a private house

Answer 7

parlour

Question 8

a group of people assembled for religious worship.

Answer 8

congregation

Question 9

used as a title or form of address to members of the clergy, e.g. priest or vicar in the Christian Church.

Answer 9

Reverend