Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "detested" mean?

• Behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability

• A thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless

• Dislike intensely

• A polite expression of greeting or goodwill

Which word means lack of fairness or justice?

• Injustice

• Cunning

• Dud

• Envy

Which word means to express warm approval or admiration of?

• Dreary

• Praise

• Sedentary

• Shamelessly

After a long day of work, the farmer wiped the ____ off his forehead.

• praise

• meadow

• perspiration

• cunning

Which word means to talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities?

• Boast

• Cunning

• Dud

• Frolic

What does the word "proboscis" refer to?

• A piece of grassland

• Animal dung

• The long, flexible snout or trunk of some mammals

• A polite expression of greeting

What is the meaning of the word "enchanted"?

• Filled with delight; charmed

• A state of confused and noisy disturbance

• Eager to shed blood; murderous

• A thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless

Which word describes behavior that conforms to accepted standards of morality or respectability?

• Unbearable

• Decency

• Conspiracy

• Dud

What does the term "sedentary" mean?

• Tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive

• A piece of grassland

• A polite expression of greeting or goodwill

• A wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction

Which word describes an animal that is smaller than average, especially the smallest in a litter?

• Vanish

• Runt

• Gloomy

• Salutations