Vocabulary Quiz

Unusual and exciting because of coming (or seeming to come) from far away, especially a tropical country.

• exotic

• shallow

• common

• intriguing

Answer explanation

shallow ... Having only a short distance from the top to the bottom.

conceit ... The state of being too proud of yourself and your actions.

umbrage ... Doing, or willing to do, what you have been told to do by someone in authority.

To express sadness and feeling sorry about something.

• to recuperate

• to lament

• to omit

• to celebrate

Answer explanation

to recuperate ... To become well again after an illness.

to omit ... To fail to include or do something.

to celebrate ... To take part in special enjoyable activities in order to show that a particular occasion is important.

Not changing and therefore boring.

• monotonous

• lyrical

• vacuous

• eventful

Answer explanation

lyrical ... Expressing personal thoughts and feelings in a beautiful way.

vacuous ... Not expressing or showing intelligent thought or purpose.

eventful ... Full of interesting or important events.

To confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve.

• to deem

• to perplex

• to explicate

• to distinguish

Answer explanation

to deem ... To consider or judge something in a particular way.

to explicate ... To explain something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea.

to distinguish ... To notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem different from another.

Causing extreme bodily or mental pain.

• glorious

• perpetual

• excruciating

• domineering

Answer explanation

glorious ... Deserving great admiration, praise, and honour.

perpetual ... Continuing forever in the same way.

domineering ... Trying to control other people without thinking about their feelings.

Extremely great in ability, amount, or strength.

• placid

• clumsy

• fallacious

• prodigious

Answer explanation

placid ... Having a calm appearance or characteristics.

clumsy ... Awkward in movement or manner.

fallacious ... Not correct.

Extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination.

• grueling

• facile

• obese

• mere

Answer explanation

facile ... Not hard to do or achieve.

obese ... Extremely fat in a way that is dangerous for health.

mere ... Not large or important.

Feeling or showing sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others, and wanting to help them.

• malevolent

• spiffy

• compassionate

• spotty

Answer explanation

malevolent ... Causing or wanting to cause harm or evil.

spiffy ... Stylish, attractive, or pleasing.

spotty ... Bad in some parts.

Very surprising.

• acoustic

• prevailing

• temporary

• astonishing

Answer explanation

acoustic ... Relating to sound or hearing.

prevailing ... Existing in a particular place or at a particular time.

temporary ... Not lasting or needed for very long.

To complain or express sadness about something.

• to dominate

• to bemoan

• to exult

• to endorse

Answer explanation

to dominate ... To have control over a place or person.

to exult ... To express great pleasure or happiness, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.

to endorse ... To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone.