Vocabulary Quiz #4 (Unit 2)

Which of the following words is the opposite of amicable?

• complicated

• foreign

• hostile

• modern

A large-scale destruction or slaughter might be called a:

• deluge

• guise

• precipice

• holocaust

Another word for spur is:

• exploit

• impetus

• immunity

• reversal

An attitude that is aggressive and warlike is:

• placid

• stolid

• conciliatory

• belligerent

The opposite of advance is:

• progress

• retrogress

• evolve

• augment

Which of the following words could be used to describe a skillful guitar player?

• adriot

• pliable

• inept

• restrained

"No matter how much well-meaning moms and dads try to encourage them, they remain impervious to any invitation to eat their vegetables." In this sentence, impervious means:

• vulnerable

• attached

• attracted

• resistent

If you see someone grimace, you

observe:

• a smile

• tears

• trembling

• a pained expression

Someone who is averse to broccoli:

• is an expert on it

• has a distaste for it

• has never heard of it

• enjoys eating it

"What is a dedicated parent to do? Some have resorted to duplicity." In these lines, duplicity is used to:

• indicate that parents feel helpless

• show that parents sometimes do sneaky things

• imply that parents should stop worrying

• criticize parents for acting dishonestly