Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

Due to the approaching storm, the government determined that it was necessary for residents to leave their homes and seek shelter in nearby towns.

• Evolved

• Defaced

• Deemed

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

After years of taking cooking classes and practicing his skills in the kitchen, Josiah became a world-renowned chef.

• Evolved

• Contemporary

• Superficial

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

When the teenage boys scrawled “Go Tigers!” on the wall of their rival school before the big game, they were arrested and charged with a crime.

• Stature

• Vandalism

• Landmark

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

Bianca wanted to work with the best builders and designers on her new home. She asked around to be sure she was hiring people with the highest reputations.

• Inevitability

• Evolution

• Stature

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

In 1972, someone severely damaged the statue in Rome known as the Pietà, one of Michelangelo’s masterpieces, by attacking it with a hammer.

• Abstract

• Deface

• Evolve

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

Jackson Pollock, the artist, was known for pouring paint straight from the can onto a canvas, creating famous “drip paintings.”

• Deem

• Abstract

• Vandalize

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

The novel Romiette and Julio, a modern version of Shakespeare’s classic play Romeo and Juliet, takes place in present day California.

• Contemporary

• Inevitable

• Superficial

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

No matter how well you take care of your car, eventually certain repairs will have to be made because of basic wear and tear.

• Landmark

• Deem

• Inevitable

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

Preston and his new roommate were still getting to know one another. Their first conversations were about easy topics, such as the weather and where they grew up.

• Superficial

• Contemporary

• Landmark

Directions: Select the vocabulary word that best fits the scenario.

The Great Pyramids of Giza are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Every year thousands of people travel to Egypt to marvel at them.

• Inevitable

• Landmark

• Abstract