WorksheetsJunior Term 2 Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which word means a puzzling situation or a dilemma?
a)
quagmire
b)
quandary
c)
nebulous
d)
debacle
2.
Which word means hazy, vague and uncertain?
a)
nebulous
b)
stratum
c)
laconic
d)
debacle
3.
Which word means to search or drive out?
a)
ferret
b)
waft
c)
imperative
d)
stolid
4.
Which word means using few words, short, or concise?
a)
sagacious
b)
laconic
c)
facetious
d)
perfunctory
5.
Which word means a division into two parts?
a)
stratum
b)
quandary
c)
fortuitous
d)
dichotomy
6.
Which word means wise and very smart?
a)
stolid
b)
venomous
c)
sagacious
d)
sadistic
7.
Which word means a difficult situation or a swamp?
a)
quagmire
b)
nebulous
c)
debacle
d)
stratum
8.
Which word means absurd, ugly, or misshapen?
a)
venomous
b)
hedonism
c)
grotesque
d)
facetious:
9.
Which word means having a negative effect or insulting?
a)
dichotomy
b)
sacrosanct
c)
imperative
d)
pejorative
10.
Which word means an evil design or plan?
a)
foreshadowing
b)
theme
c)
machination
d)
venomous
11.
Which word means to carry, drift, or float?
a)
ferret
b)
waft
c)
besmirch
d)
abrupt
12.
Which word means poisonous or hateful?
a)
sadistic
b)
perfunctory
c)
venomous
d)
pejorative
13.
Which word means rude, brief, or blunt?
a)
abrupt
b)
sagacious
c)
nebulous
d)
pejorative
14.
Which word means difficult to sense or detect?
a)
imperceptible
b)
laconic
c)
imperative
d)
perfunctory
15.
Which word means layer or level?
a)
machination
b)
waft
c)
quagmire
d)
stratum
16.
Which word describes the central idea or universal message of a text?
a)
personification
b)
foreshadowing
c)
tone
d)
theme
17.
Which word describes the attitude the writer conveys to the reader?
a)
theme
b)
personification
c)
tone
d)
foreshadowing
18.
Which word describes a literary device that gives the readers hints as to what might happen?
a)
foreshadowing
b)
dichotomy
c)
machination
d)
personification
19.
Which word describes a literary device in which an animal or object is given human characteristics?
a)
foreshadowing
b)
personification
c)
sacrosanct
d)
tone
20.
Which word means stupid or dull?
a)
grotesque
b)
sadistic
c)
perfunctory
d)
stolid
21.
Which word means a complete failure, a total collapse or a catastrophe?
a)
machination
b)
debacle
c)
facetious
d)
nebulous
22.
Which word means accidentally lucky or something positive happening by chance?
a)
fortuitous
b)
facetious
c)
quagmire
d)
foreshadowing
23.
Which word means getting pleasure from causing pain to others?
a)
hedonism
b)
besmirch
c)
venomous
d)
sadistic
24.
Which word means to dishonor or to slander?
a)
waft
b)
ferret
c)
besmirch
d)
pejorative
25.
Which word means comical, joking, or kidding?
a)
perfunctory
b)
laconic
c)
facetious
d)
stolid
26.
Which word means getting pleasure from causing pain to others?
a)
hedonism
b)
sagacious
c)
sadistic
d)
quandary
27.
Which word means extremely important?
a)
demeanor
b)
theme
c)
imperative
d)
abrupt
28.
Which word means extremely holy or sacred?
a)
machnination
b)
grotesque
c)
sacrosanct
d)
stolid
29.
Which word means behavior or the way someone conducts him or herself?
a)
demeanor
b)
facetious
c)
tone
d)
laconic
30.
Which word means done without great thought or automatically?
a)
pejorative
b)
imperceptible
c)
perfunctory
d)
nebulous
31.
Which word means the pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses?
a)
hedonism
b)
dichotomy
c)
personification
d)
abrupt
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