Vocabulary 8 Quiz

The planet is irrefutably on the brink of

destruction, due to climate change. What does irrefutably most likely mean?

• remarkably

• irreversibly

• indisputably

• arguably

With the juggernauts of evil influencing him, Macbeth murder the king.

Which word is closest in meaning to juggernauts?

• engines

• benefits

• industries

• forces

The ground is saturated after the rain storm.

Which word means the opposite of saturated?

• cultivated

• drained

• flooded

• neglected

A swamp ecosystem is comprised of

marshes and muddy sloughs.

What does the word sloughs most likely mean?

• ponds

• bogs

• fields

• trails

Yelling will exacerbate the situation, What is the meaning of exacerbated?

• improved

• worsened

• favored

• changed

Define Paucity

• to tear down, destroy completely

• stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

• an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

• to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, retract

Define Fatuous

• to tear down, destroy completely

• stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

• an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

• to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, retract

Define Recant

• to tear down, destroy completely

• stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

• an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

• to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, retract

Define Raze

• to tear down, destroy completely

• stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way

• an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth

• to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously been committed, retract

Synonyms - amused by their badinage

• banter

• singing

• excuses

• appearance