Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "gambol" mean?

• To dance or skip around playfully; to frolic

• An extreme or unnatural paleness

• Greed; desire

• To put down forcibly; suppress; to quiet

What is the definition of "remuneration"?

• The act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses

• Overly sentimental

• Vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy; fleeting

• To feel or express sympathy or compassion; to condole

Which word means "an extreme or unnatural paleness"?

• Pallor

• Avarice

• Epitome

• Festoon

What does "maudlin" mean?

• Overly sentimental

• Capable of being corrupted; willing to sell one's services for money

• Expanding or growing rapidly; to sprout

• Unalterable; relentless

Which word describes someone who is "capable of being corrupted; willing to sell one's services for money"?

• Venal

• Chauvinism

• Evanescent

• Quell

What is a "caricature"?

• A representation in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect

• To drape or adorn festively; a string of flowers

• Serving as an excuse; to make the magnitude of something seem less

• A person or thing typical of an entire class; an ideal example; a summary

What does "festoon" mean?

• To drape or adorn festively; a string of flowers

• Vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy; fleeting

• Greed; desire

• Fanatical patriotism; biased belief in the superiority of one's own group, sex, or nation

Which word means "vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy; fleeting"?

• Evanescent

• Burgeoning

• Inexorable

• Extenuating

What does "commiserate" mean?

• To feel or express sympathy or compassion; to condole

• To put down forcibly; suppress; to quiet

• Greed; desire

• Unalterable; relentless

Which word means "expanding or growing rapidly; to sprout"?

• Burgeoning

• Avarice

• Epitome

• Maudlin