Vocab Quiz week 4 - 12th grade

What is the meaning of the word "Ascertain"?

• To erase, obliterate, destroy

• To find out

• To give or pass on an inheritance

• Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

Which word means "to give or pass on an inheritance"?

• Bequeath

• Expunge

• Malevolent

• Panacea

What does "Cogent" mean?

• Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details

• Proud and contemptuous

• Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

• Easily excused; pardonable

Which word is defined as "to erase, obliterate, destroy"?

• Ascertain

• Expunge

• Malevolent

• Uncanny

What is the meaning of "Malevolent"?

• Showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

• Spiteful, showing ill will

• A remedy for all ills; cure-all

• Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details

Which word means "a remedy for all ills; cure-all"?

• Panacea

• Venial

• Scrupulous

• Supercilious

What does "Scrupulous" mean?

• Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

• Easily excused; pardonable

• Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details, having high moral standards

• Forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

Which word is defined as "proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority"?

• Uncanny

• Supercilious

• Malevolent

• Scrupulous

What is the meaning of "Uncanny"?

• Strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

• Easily excused; pardonable

• Spiteful, showing ill will

• A remedy for all ills; cure-all

Which word means "easily excused; pardonable"?

• Cogent

• Venial

• Ascertain

• Expunge