EFL Vocabulary Baseline

Choose a synonym for the underlined word:

"I shall satiate my ardent curiosity"

• Avoid

• Satisfy

• Accomplish

• Abandon

Choose a synonym for the underlined word:

"I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate."

• Lonely

• Hungry

• A bit sad

• Fearful

Choose a synonym for the underlined word:

"one feeling haunted me which filled me with fear and agitation"

• Curiousity

• Sadness

• Nervousness

• Isolation

"Robert Walton is a very (a)   man as he has a very clear goal to explore the poles."

Select the correct definition for "fate"

• What you believe to be true

• Seen as predetermined by a supernatural power

• What you want to happen as a result of something

• What you hope to happen in your future

"We couldn't find anywhere to have dinner - restaurants seem to be ______ around here!"

Select the correct word to fill the blank.

• Abundant

• Plentiful

• Scarce

• Empty

The students were so happy; they ________ at the end of the semester!

Select the correct word to fill the blank.

• Rejoiced

• Worried

• Panicked

• Fled

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state

Select the correct word for this definition

• Hostile

• Petrified

• Wealthy

• Wretched

A sense that something evil is coming

Select the correct word for this definition

• Prediction

• Foreshadowing

• Foreboding

• Preposition

Select the correct synonym for the following word - benevolence

• Honesty

• Kindness

• Happiness

• Cruelty