Vocabulary Quiz 1 Second Semester (Word of the Day

What is the meaning of the word 'Sweltering'?

• Extremely hot

• Very cold

• Mildly warm

• Slightly chilly

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• To suffer from oppressive heat.

• Swelter

• To feel bitterness or indignation at a circumstance.

• Resent

• To make full use of and derive benefit from a resource.

• Convey

• To communicate or make known.

• Exploit

The word that means 'boring and repetitive' is (a)  

• Tedious
• Flourish
• Adamant
• Ominous

Fill in the blank: A _______ person is hostile and aggressive.

• Belligerent

• Stricken

• Adamant

• Ominous

Which word means 'to beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something'?

• Implore

• Scorn

• Infringe

• Entail

Fill in the blank: To _______ means to actively break the terms of a law or agreement.

• Infringe

• Convey

• Resent

• Swelter

Which of the following words means 'giving the impression that something bad is going to happen'?

• Ominous

• Flourish

• Adamant

• Tedious

'Convey' means to (a)   .

• To hide
• To express
• To destroy
• To ignore

What is the definition of pervasive?

• existing in or spreading through every part of something

• open dislike and disrespect or mockery

• unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion

• to grow

Which vocabulary word means to grow productively

• sweltering

• flourish

• stricken

• entail