Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "palpable" mean?

• Easily felt or touched

• Lazily

• Removing or lessening suspicions or fears

• Comforts and conveniences

"Imprudent" means (a)   .

• Easily felt or touched
• Lazily
• Unwise
• Comforts and conveniences

Which word is used to describe something that can be easily felt or touched?

• Indolently

• Disarming

• Palpable

• Amenities

Match the following words with their meanings.

• Removing suspicion or hostility

• Indolently

• Acting lazily

• Disarming

• Comforts and conveniences

• Palpable

• Noticeable or perceptible

• Amenities

Which word would you use to describe comforts and conveniences?

• Palpable

• Indolently

• Disarming

• Amenities

Which of the following sentences uses the word "solicitously" correctly?

• He had no scruples after robbing an innocent woman.

• The sound of rain often acts as an opiate to most people when they are stressed.

• After the car crash, the woman asked if I was okay in a solicitous tone.

• She realized what she did was deplorable once she lost all of her friends.

(a)   means "regrettable; very bad".

• Scruples
• Solicitously
• Opiate
• Deplorable

Which of the following is an example of using "scruples" in a sentence?

• 'I'm really not feeling at all well.' 'Ah, indeed?' the general inquired solicitously.

• He had no scruples after robbing an innocent woman.

• The sound of rain often acts as an opiate to most people when they are stressed.

• They precariously leaned over the railing hoping not to fall.

Which word fits this definition: "in a concerned manner"?

• Scruples

• Solicitously

• Opiate

• Deplorable

Which word means "unsteadily, in an unstable manner"?

• Scruples

• Solicitously

• Opiate

• Precariously