Vocabulary Quiz: The Golden Touch

What does the verb "bequeath" mean?

• To receive a gift

• To give or hand down a valuable possession

• To borrow something

• To sell an item

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word describes something that is too many to count?

• Diminutive

• Insatiable

• Innumerable

• Paltry

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the verb "burnished" mean?

• Covered with gold

• Polished by rubbing

• Filled with delight

• Expressing grief

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which word means generous and charitable?

• Beneficent

• Avarice

• Vex

• Mortification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does the adjective "lustrous" describe?

• Very small

• Reflecting light evenly and efficiently

• Filled with delight

• Expressing hatred

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of the adjective "diminutive"?

• Very large

• Very small

• Very bright

• Very dull

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5D

CCSS.L.2.5B

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.L.K.5D

What does the verb "gilded" mean?

• Covered thinly with gold leaf or paint

• Polished by rubbing

• Filled with delight

• Expressing grief

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which word means filled with delight?

• Enraptured

• Dolefully

• Contemptuously

• Disconsolately

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does the verb "vex" mean?

• To calm or soothe

• To bother or distress

• To give or hand down

• To express grief

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What is the meaning of the noun "perplexity"?

• Calm or peace

• Confusion or bewilderment

• Hatred or disapproval

• Embarrassment or shame

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4