Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 10

To change the natural, normal or original shape, appearance or sound of something in a way that is usually not pleasing.

• Distort

• Enhance

• Beautify

• Simplify

To make someone feel afraid or upset.

• Comfort

• Unnerve

• Soothe

• Encourage

The usual mood of a person or animal.

• Temperament

• Emotion

• Instinct

• Reaction

To break or burst.

• Mend

• Rupture

• Repair

• Seal

Not usual or normal; odd

• Common

• Ordinary

• Peculiar

• Regular

A mysterious vapor-like substance that leaves the body; the vapors of a ghost.

• Mist

• Aura

• Ectoplasm

• Fog

The outer layer of skin.

• Dermis

• Epidermis

• Hypodermis

• Endodermis

One of the two folds of fabric that are below the collar on the front of a coat or jacket.

• Cuff

• Hem

• Lapel

• Seam

Helpful or favorable; beneficial.

• Detrimental

• Advantageous

• Harmful

• Unfavorable

To a great degree; in large amounts.

• Scanty

• Profusely

• Sparse

• Meager