EB Vocabulary Quiz - Weeks 1 & 2

My smart grandfather told me a(n) _________________ saying: “A bad worker blames his tools.”

• sage
• compel
• stupefy
• incomprehensible
• genre

He is an opera _________________ and attends the opera every month.

• aficionado
• compel
• stupefy
• incomprehensible
• genre

Not able to be understood.

• incomprehensible

• compel

• sage

• vocation

• barrage

This magician will _________________ you with her tricks!

• stupefy
• compel
• incomprehensible
• genre
• aficionado

causing worry; disturbing

• incomprehensible

• disquieting

• unscrupulous

• compel

• barrage

I’ve known that teaching was my _________________ ever since I became a student tutor and loved it.

• vocation
• compel
• stupefy
• incomprehensible
• genre

a type or class of something.

• genre

• compel

• sage

• vocation

• barrage

a person's career; a person's desire for a particular career

• incomprehensible

• compel

• sage

• vocation

• barrage

Don’t let someone _________________ you to do something that you feel is wrong.

• compel
• stupefy
• incomprehensible
• genre
• aficionado

I love detective novels; mystery is my favorite _________________.

• genre
• compel
• stupefy
• incomprehensible
• aficionado