April Vocabulary Quiz

Choose the response with the correct use of "Quiescent".

• "Would you be quiescent?!" the teacher yelled.

• The forest, quiescent in its winter dormancy, was empty.

• I really am unprepared for this quiescent quiz.

• I'll be with you quiescently.

Is Repudiate used correctly in the following sentence?

"I really must repudiate your claim that vanilla ice cream is best. Chocolate is the clear winner!"

• Yes

• No

Choose the answer which does NOT use "Odious" correctly.

• I play the odious in the school band.

• This quiz is very odious.

• The skunk smell was odious as we drove by.

• I find your presence odious.

Is "vicarious" used correctly in the following sentence?

"Our team was vicarious in the relay race!"

• Yes

• No

Which of the following people would fit the description "ignoble"?

• King

• Duchess

• Lord

• Thief

Choose the answer which uses "Assuage" correctly.

• If I could assuage your feelings about the upcoming exams I would.

• The assuage drains into the harbour.

• My mother assuaged my jeans after I ripped them.

• I asked the assuage for advice, but he was no help.

Is "Thesis" used correctly in the following sentence?

"I really need more time to work on my thesis," I begged my professor.

• Yes

• No

Choose the answer which uses "Ersatz" correctly.

• In case of ersatz, break glass!

• Have you ever had ersatz coffee?

• To ersatz is only human.

• The cat was terrified by the ersatz I left on the floor behind it.

Choose the answer which does NOT use "Boorish" correctly.

• Would you rather be boorish or kind?

• I could not believe he behaved so boorishly.

• That lady spoke boorishly to the cashier.

• I love the socks my mom got me. They're so boorish!

Is "Derelict" used correctly in the following sentence?

"The derelict old house had broken windows, overgrown walkways, and a collapsed roof."

• Yes

• No