A-F Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word 'egregious' mean?

• To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them

• Incorrect to an extraordinary level

• To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation

• To come from or come out of someone, something, or somewhere

Which word means 'made up of parts from various sources or origins'?

• Eclectic

• Enigma

• Egregious

• Emanate

What is the definition of the word 'emanate'?

• To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation

• To flow from a specific source or place

• Someone or something that is not easily explained

• To do something in a way that shows it is beneath one’s dignity

What does the word 'enigma' mean?

• To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation

• To come from or come out of someone, something, or somewhere

• Someone or something that is not easily explained

• To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them

What is the definition of the word 'exacerbate'?

• To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation

• To flow from a specific source or place

• To do something in a way that shows it is beneath one’s dignity

• To make something even more unpleasant or severe

What does the word 'deign' mean?

• To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation

• Ridicule, contempt, or mockery

• To agree in a very condescending way to do something

• With harmful or damaging effect on something or someone

What is the definition of the word 'deleterious'?

• With harmful or damaging effect on something or someone

• To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them

• To flow from a specific source or place

• To come from or come out of someone, something, or somewhere

What does the word 'derision' mean?

• To make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, uncomfortable or humiliated

• To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation

• To agree in a very condescending way to do something

• Ridicule, contempt, or mockery

What is the definition of the term 'Catch-22'?

• A feeling of humiliation due to disappointment

• To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them

• To make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, uncomfortable or humiliated

• A problem whose only solution is eliminated by some characteristic of the problem itself

What does the word 'chagrin' mean?

• To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation

• To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them

• To agree in a very condescending way to do something

• A feeling of humiliation due to disappointment