Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of the word "Assuage"?

• To lessen the intensity

• To stray from an established course or norm

• A loud continuous noise

• A deceitful cunning

Which word means "careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences"?

• Clamor

• Circumspect

• Euphony

• Guile

What does the word "Guffaw" mean?

• A loud or boisterous burst of laughter

• A display of skill or adroitness

• An often intense natural inclination or preference

• A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth or stone

Which word is defined as "deceitful cunning"?

• Interloper

• Guile

• Legerdemain

• Scurrilous

What is the meaning of the word "Maverick"?

• An independent individual who does not go along with the group

• One that possesses, owns or holds exclusive rights to something

• Weakly and effusively sentimental

• A loud continuous noise

Which word means "to force down or thrust away or out"?

• Deviate

• Deturde

• Detruce

• Detrude

What does "Propriety" mean?

• An often intense natural inclination or preference

• One that possesses, owns or holds exclusive rights to something

• Using or given to coarse language; vulgar and evil

• Pleasing or sweet sound

Which word is defined as "the substitution of an inoffensive expression for one that may offend"?

• Euphony

• Euphemism

• Intermittent

• Stickler

What is the definition of "Scurrilous"?

• Using or given to coarse language; vulgar and evil

• A display of skill or adroitness

• An often intense natural inclination or preference

• One who insists on exactness or completeness

Which word means "one who insists on exactness or completeness; something that baffles or puzzles"?

• Parapet

• Stickler

• Interloper

• Maudlin