Vocabulary Test 3

What does formidable mean?

• of discouraging strength, size, difficulty

• giving form or shape; fashioning; molding

• an extreme increase in cost or value

Which is a synonym for sage?

• dull

• wise

• taste

Select the synonym for the word in italics.

The soldiers shouted with great gusto as they prepared for battle. Their shouting was a custom to help them fight with as much emotion as they could muster

• ardor

• precedence

• ravage

• grievous

Which word best completes the sentence?

The island seemed rich with a _____________ of all grasses and low flowers.

• profusion

• vindicate

• lament

Which is an antonym for adversary?

• inspiration

• provoke

• friend

Which of the following would act with stealth?

• a lawyer

• a gardener

• a spy

Which word means bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice?

• rancor

• guile

• tumult

Which word best completes the sentence? Many flights were cancelled and people were stranded because the weather was so ______________ last week.

• miscreant

• abominable

• transgression

Select the synonym for the word or phrase in italics.

Odysseus survived the chaos and violence of the Trojan War. He recalled the strife of the two clashing armies for the rest of his life.

• abet

• ravage

• tumult

• precedence

Which is a synonym for ravage?

• upheaval

• destroy

• broadcast