Vocabulary Test

Fill in the blank: After the baroness's death, her niece wasted her fortune and was reduced to a state of _______.

• penury

• wealth

• prosperity

• affluence

Fill in the blank: From beginning to end, the mountain-climbing expedition was _______ with danger.

• fraught

• safe

• boring

• uneventful

Fill in the blank: Though she didn’t say it directly, her email clearly _______ that he would not be welcome at her party.

• insinuated

• stated

• ignored

• welcomed

Fill in the blank: If we don’t defeat the monster, it will completely _______ the city and leave nothing standing!

• annihilate

• build

• decorate

• protect

Fill in the blank: I had to _______ my holdings to pay off my ex-husband.

• liquidate

• accumulate

• donate

• ignore

Fill in the blank: When the forces landed on the shore, most of the men were _______ in homes on the northern ridge.

• billeted

• stationed

• quartered

• housed

In Edmond Rostand's play, Cyrano de Bergerac, the title character is known for having a _______ nose, larger than any other nose in all of France.

• prominent

• tiny

• invisible

• crooked

Fill in the blank: _______ noun - an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.

• edict

• suggestion

• request

• proposal

What is the meaning of 'edict'?

Fill in the blank: The king's _____ required all soldiers to report for duty immediately.

• edict

• request

• suggestion

• invitation