Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 10

What is the meaning of the word 'adage'?

• A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth

• A state of confusion

• A feeling of great happiness

• A person who has been forced to leave their country.

Fill in the blank: The room was in complete _______ after the party.

• jubilation

• disarray

• redemption

• delve

Which word means 'a feeling of great happiness'?

• Refugees

• Disconsolate

• Jubilation

• Indelible

Fill in the blank: The _______ were seeking shelter in a new country.

• disarray

• refugees

• proposition

• apprentice

What does 'disconsolate' mean?

• Unable to be consoled

• Full of joy

• Skeptical

• Subsequent

Fill in the blank: The memory of the event was _______ in her mind.

• indelible

• deviate

• resonate

• turmoil

Which word means 'doubtful or questioning'?

• Skeptical

• Auspicious

• Redemption

• Disperse

Fill in the blank: The _______ events led to a change in policy.

• subsequent

• jubilant

• infuriated

• delve

What does 'deviate' mean?

• To follow a path

• To stray from a path

• To be happy

• To be sad

Fill in the blank: The sound seemed to _______ through the hall.

• resonate

• apprentice

• proposition

• turmoil