Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 12

What is the term for a person who wastes money?

• Confectioner

• Spendthrift

• Barrister

• Blackguard

Which adjective describes something that is covered thinly with gold leaf or looks like gold?

• Precarious

• Gilt

• Lucrative

• Imprudent

What do you call an owner of a shop that sells candy, cakes, or sweets?

• Confectioner

• Barrister

• Spendthrift

• Subordinate

In British terminology, what is a lawyer referred to as?

• Blackguard

• Barrister

• Spendthrift

• Confectioner

Which word describes something that is unsteady or subject to abrupt change?

• Precarious

• Lucrative

• Caprice

• Wheedling

What does it mean to introduce a subject for discussion?

• Entreaty

• Broach

• Dissimulation

• Wheedling

Which adjective describes someone who is impulsive and does not think things through?

• Imprudent

• Gilt

• Precarious

• Lucrative

What is an earnest or humble request called?

• Caprice

• Entreaty

• Broach

• Subordinate

What term describes a whim or quick change of mind?

• Caprice

• Precarious

• Imprudent

• Wheedling

Which adjective describes something capable of making a good deal of money?

• Lucrative

• Gilt

• Precarious

• Imprudent