Vocabulary 1-15 Quiz

They told us that we had done battle with fiercer adversaries in the past, and we would again someday.

In this sentence, adversaries means:

• independents

• pupils

• opponents

• monarchs

allegory means :

• an authoritative confirmation

• a short moral story

• a public declaration of intentions

• a farewell remark

allusion means :

• argument

• advice

• principle

• reference

I think that most people will perform better under conditions of ________ than they do under conditions of heavy control.

• domination

• impunity

• equilibrium

• autonomy

As users write beyond the 140-character limit, Twitter will signal to them that they have crossed the threshold as a way to encourage ________.

• violence

• brevity

• obesity

• fragrance

cynical means :

• sticking fast

• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

• believing the worst of human nature and motives

• lacking stimulating characteristics

deity means :

• thread

• success

• god

• target

Who is disparaging something?

• a critic who writes a scathing review of a movie

• a teenager who reorganizes her bedroom

• a math teacher who administers a multiple-choice exam

• a parent who adopts a foster child

epiphany means :

• a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

• a divine manifestation

• a farewell oration

• the act of indicating or pointing out by name

evanescent means :

• unconfined

• sovereign

• conflicting

• impermanent