Vocabulary Quiz

During the war some of the prisoners fought with the ________________ of wild animals.

• diffidence

• ferocity

• lethargic

• oblivion

The student was not able to hide his ____________________ glances at another child’s paper; consequently, he received a zero on the test.

• furtive

• ostentatious

• inviolable

• penitent

The ____________________ of the situation was apparent in the serious countenance of the woman; we could all tell how important the condition was.

• gravity

• ferocity

• oblivion

• diffidence

My mother’s ____________________ would not allow her to question the waiter; she was too shy to argue about the final bill.

• diffidence

• ferocity

• gravity

• oblivion

The man was so senile that most of the time he existed in a state of ____________________, not knowing anything.

• ferocity

• oblivion

• diffidence

• furtive

The woman’s ardent views on rebellion caused her to ____________________ from that group and sever all ties.

• dissociate

• penitent

• lethargic

• ostentatious

The teacher showed ____________________ toward the student’s poor performance by being patient.

• forbearance

• demented

• slovenly

• indifference

• atheist

When you begin to ____________________ like that, I can’t understand a word you say; you babble just like a child.

• prattle

• benign

• modicum

• placid

Although Sue is a student of cosmetology, she has only a ____________________ of skill at applying her own makeup; hopefully her studies will give her considerably more knowledge.

• demented

• abundance

• forbearance

• modicum

• slovenly

The man was clearly ____________________; he ranted and raved like an insane person.

• placid

• demented

• benign

• atheist