Vocabulary Quiz

What part of speech is the word "invulnerable"?

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Which word means "not able to be wounded or hurt"?

• uncanny

• invulnerable

• omniscient

• scrupulous

What is the part of speech of the word "malevolent"?

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Which word best fits the definition of "a remedy for all ills, cure-all"?

• malevolent

• sojourn

• panacea

• nonchalant

What part of speech is the word "supercilious"?

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

Which word describes someone who is "proud and contemptuous"?

• supercilious

• nonchalant

• uncanny

• omniscient

Which word best completes the sentence: "People who buy products on the Internet want to feel that their credit card information is ___ to tampering; therefore, companies go to great lengths to shield financial information from potential thieves."?

• invulnerable

• nonchalant

• malevolent

• venial

The stepmothers in fairy tales such as "Snow White," "Cinderella," and "Hansel and Gretel" have helped create the stereotype of the:

• omniscient

• supercilious

• venial

• malevolent

Teresa has a totally ______ attitude toward taking the statewide standardized tests; she doesn't get uptight and she doesn’t worry, nor does she make any attempt to study for the exams.

• scrupulous

• invulnerable

• malevolent

• nonchalant

A(n) ______ narrator in a novel is one who is all-seeing and all-knowing, able to get inside any character's head and tell readers what that character is thinking and feeling.

• omniscient

• scrupulous

• uncanny

• nonchalant