Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word 'chattel' mean?

• A) A defensive wall

• B) An expert in art and taste

• C) An item of personal, movable property

• D) Distant and reserved in manner

Which word means 'stern, without excess, and plain'?

• A) Austere

• B) Lament

• C) Cerebral

• D) Incongruous

What is the definition of 'lament'?

• A) To express sorrow or regret

• B) Of or relating to the brain

• C) Not appropriate or fitting in

• D) To intrude gradually upon the rights of another

What does the term 'cerebral' refer to?

• A) A defensive wall

• B) An expert in art and taste

• C) An intellectual person

• D) Distant and reserved in manner

Which word means 'not appropriate or fitting in'?

• A) Austere

• B) Lament

• C) Cerebral

• D) Incongruous

What does it mean to 'encroach'?

• A) To express sorrow or regret

• B) Of or relating to the brain

• C) To intrude gradually upon the rights of another

• D) To put someone down

What is the definition of 'belittle'?

• A) A defensive wall

• B) An expert in art and taste

• C) To speak of or think of as unimportant

• D) Distant and reserved in manner

What does the term 'bulwark' mean?

• A) A defensive wall

• B) An expert in art and taste

• C) An intellectual person

• D) Distant and reserved in manner

What is a 'connoisseur'?

• A) A defensive wall

• B) An expert in art and taste

• C) An intellectual person

• D) Distant and reserved in manner

How would you describe someone who is 'aloof'?

• A) A defensive wall

• B) An expert in art and taste

• C) An intellectual person

• D) Distant and reserved in manner