Vocabulary Assessment: Understanding Word Meanings

Which word best describes a person who acts superior to others and looks down on them?

• Petrified

• Condescending

• Adamant

• Apprehensive

What term means "to ask for information"?

• Ostracize

• Decelerate

• Inquire

• Persevere

If something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided, it is:

• Abysmal

• Apprehensive

• Decelerated

• Inevitable

Which word describes someone who is extremely frightened to the point of being unable to move?

• Petrified

• Apprehensive

• Adamant

• Abysmal

When someone refuses to change their mind despite attempts to persuade them, they are being:

• Condescending

• Adamant

• Ostracized

• Inevitable

What word means to deliberately exclude someone from a group?

• Decelerate

• Persevere

• Ostracize

• Apprehensive

If something is extremely bad or terrible, it can be described as:

• Abysmal

• Inevitable

• Apprehensive

• Petrified

Which word means to slow down or reduce speed?

• Inquire

• Decelerate

• Persevere

• Ostracize

Continuing to work towards a goal despite difficulties demonstrates:

• Apprehension

• Condescension

• Perseverance

• Inevitability

Being worried or fearful about something bad that might happen makes you:

• Adamant

• Apprehensive

• Abysmal

• Petrified