Vocabulary Quiz (Test)

What does audacious mean?

• showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

• sound, especially when recorded, transmitted, or reproduced

• of undisputed origin

• having been made greater in size or value

What does antecedent mean?

• occurring or existing before a particular war

• of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood

• a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another

• a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned

She broke up with him because he was ________ with criminals.

• inconsequentially

• frugally

• affiliated

• intuitively

A proposal intended to explain certain facts and observations

• affiliate

• hypothesis

• hackneyed

• haughty

What does bombastic mean

• of an extraordinary size or degree

• a long, angry, and impassioned speech

• high-sounding but with little meaning

• vehement or clamorous

Officially attach or connect (a subsidiary group or a person) to an organization.

• affiliate

• hypothesize

• hackneyed

• haughty

What does assiduous mean?

• absorb and integrate into a wider society or culture

• showing great care and perseverance

• make less intense

• not in a straight or level position

Select the word that best fills in the blank.

Because Joan lost her job, she is going to request a _________________so she can pay her debts when her finances are stronger.

• extenuating

• foster

• compassion

• forbearance

What does unequivocal mean?

• leaving no doubt

• not fair, evenly balanced, or having equal advantage

• shout, complain, or argue loudly or vehemently

• done openly and unashamedly

What does covet mean?

• yearn to possess or have

• fraud

• an agreement

• an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death