Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. FALTER:

• drop

• hesitate

• question

• replenish

Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. REVERE:

• disdain

• esteem

• faith

• reliance

Directions: Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. VOW:

• argue

• claim

• please

• pledge

Directions: Select the word that best completes the sentence. Only from years of training can a gymnast hope to become ------- enough to master Olympic-level techniques.

• agile

• mature

• passive

• strict

Select the word that best completes the sentence. Although the thief claimed that he accidentally picked up the stolen watch, the jury judged his action -------.

• deliberate

• frantic

• impractical

• misguided

Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. CONGEAL:

• coagulate

• help

• recede

• weaken

Directions: Select the word that best completes the sentence. While the painting’s brushstrokes seem ------, they are actually carefully planned out.

• flagrant

• haphazard

• intricate

• paltry

Though Mr. Fenster was known to be ------- toward his neighbors, he always welcomed their children as trick-or-treaters at Halloween.

• belligerent

• cheerful

• courteous

• direct

Directions: Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. DIMINUTION:

• assessment

• leniency

• reduction

• restitution

Select the word that best completes the sentence. Our teacher advised us not to get too caught up in the ------- of information in the textbook, or we could lose the “big picture” of its theory.

• minutiae

• principles

• scope

• thought