Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word 'prattle' mean?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• A person who steals

• A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place

What is the definition of 'contempt'?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• A person who steals

• A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place

What is a 'larcenist'?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• A person who steals

• A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place

What is an 'alibi'?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• A person who steals

• A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place

What is an 'obituary'?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• A person who steals

• A notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person

What does the word 'scrumptious' mean?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• A person who steals

• Extremely appetizing or delicious

What does it mean to be 'harried'?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• A person who steals

• Feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one; harassed

What does it mean to be 'demeaning'?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• A person who steals

• Causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others

What does it mean to 'scoff' at something?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• A person who steals

• Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way

What does it mean for something to be 'sequined'?

• To talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way

• The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn

• Ornamented with or as if with sequins

• Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way