ELA Vocab Quiz-1

As an __________ of classical music, she never missed a performance by the city’s symphony orchestra.

• genre

• aficionado

• unscrupulous

• disquieting

Mystery is her favorite _____ and she loves reading detective stories.

• stupefy

• genre

• slake

• aficionado

Match the following words with their definitions.

• type or class of something

• aficionado

• enthusiastic and expert fan of something

• genre

• to astonish or amaze someone

• stupefy

• causing worry; disturbing

• disquieting

• showing no morals; dishonest

• unscrupulous

The ​ (a)   businessman was known for his shady deals and lack of ethics.

• unscrupulous
• disquieting
• stupefy
• aficionado

The magician's final trick was so mind-blowing that it managed to _______ the entire audience, leaving them in awe and disbelief.

• unscrupulous

• genre

• stupefy

• disquieting

The ​ (a)   sound of footsteps outside her window made her uneasy late at night.

• disquieting
• unscrupulous
• aficionado
• stupefy

Organize the words by their part of speech:

Groups:

(a) Adjective (describing word)

,

(b) Noun (Person, place or thing)

,

(c) Verb (action word)

• genre

• stupefy

• unscrupulous

• aficionado

• disquieting

Match the following words with their antonym (opposite meaning)

• ethical, honest

• unscrupulous

• non-specific

• disquieting

• calming

• stupefy

• critic

• aficionado

• explain

• genre

Match the following words with their synonym (same meaning).

• astonish

• genre

• corrupt

• unscrupulous

• category

• disquieting

• annoying

• stupefy

• connoisseur

• aficionado

As an avid a​ (a)   of horror movies, Emily prided herself on discerning the nuances of each subgenre. However, her recent discovery of an ​ (b)   director who exploited cheap scares for profit left her disillusioned. Despite her love for the ​ (c)   , she vowed to support filmmakers who prioritized storytelling over sensationalism, hoping to see a shift towards more thoughtful and genuinely terrifying films in the future.

• aficionado
• unscrupulous
• genre
• stupefy