Vocabulary Test

1. This word means shocked or frightened.

• transpire

• shoddy

• aghast

• hoax

Which word means to anticipate with distaste or reluctance?

• hoax

• dread

• shoddy

• wary

This means to be on guard.

• qualm

• harsh

• adjacent

• wary

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

Jim lived in a house adjacent to the store.

• near or close

• shortage of food

• disturbed feeling

• unpleasant conditions

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

Many people starve to death during famines around the world.

• of poor quality

• shocked, frightened

• shortage of food

• to be on guard

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

It was a harsh winter, and the cold forced the animals to stay in their holes.

• to become known

• unpleasant conditions

• to be on guard

• anticipate with distaste or reluctance

Someone felt stomach qualms after eating six hamburgers.

• The person felt energized after eating six hamburgers.
• The person felt hungry after eating six hamburgers.
• The person felt sick from eating a salad.
• The person experienced disturbed feeling after eating six hamburgers.

H.G. Wells hoaxed the public with his report of an alien invasion.

• H.G. Wells reported on a natural disaster.
• H.G. Wells made a practical joke to the public with a radio broadcast of an alien invasion.

• H.G. Wells wrote a novel about time travel.
• H.G. Wells directed a film about aliens.

What transpired after that is too sad to talk about.

• disturbed feeling

• shortage of food

• to become known

• anticipate with distaste or reluctance

Jill thought the quality of the clothes in the store were shoddy.

• of poor quality

• expensive
• fashionable
• high-quality