Vocabulary Quiz

What does 'tentative' mean?

• Unwilling to believe

• Certain and fixed

• Provisional and not certain

• Loud and harsh

What is the meaning of 'furtive'?

• Prolonged unjust treatment

• Feeling tired

• Attempting to avoid notice due to guilt

• Open and honest

What does 'raucous' describe?

• A clever escape

• A state of disbelief

• A harsh or disturbingly loud sound

• A soft and gentle sound

What is 'incredulity'?

• A feeling of weariness

• An attempt to avoid notice

• A hint or suggestion

• The state of being unwilling or unable to believe something

What does 'evade' mean?

• To suggest or hint at something

• To escape or avoid, especially by cleverness

• To feel tired

• To treat someone unjustly

Feeling or showing tiredness, especially as the result of excessive work or lack of sleep

• raucous

• weary

• incredulity

• evade

Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control

• Racism

• Uplift

• Oppression
• Unjust

To suggest or hint at something

• suggest
• declare
• state
• insinuate

Match the following words to their synonym.

• unfixed

• raucous

• boisterous

• tentative

• avoid

• exhausted

• fatigued

• furtive

• secretive

• evade

Match the words with their definitions

• prolonged cruel or unjust treatment

• incredulity

• suggest or hint at

• furtive

• harsh or disturbingly loud sound

• oppression

• Unwilling to believe something

• raucous

• secretive; avoiding notice

• insinuate