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English Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(v). to violate, trespass, to go beyond recognized bounds

a)

Inveigh

b)

Interloper

c)

Infringe

d)

Exhort

2.

(v). to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n).likely idea that lacks definite proof

a)

ex officio

b)

ingratiate

c)

surmise

d)

ameliorate

3.

(v). to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

a)

ameliorate

b)

epitome

c)

aplomb

d)

drivel

4.

(n). poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

a)

lassitude

b)

intrinsic

c)

stringent

d)

aplomb

5.

(n). weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

a)

callow

b)

Lassitude

c)

bombastic

d)

permeate

6.

(adj). belonging to someone or something by its very natural essential, inherent: originating in a bodily organ or part

a)

exhort

b)

callow

c)

ingratiate

d)

intrinsic

7.

(adj., adv.) by virtue holding certain office

a)

precipitate

b)

ex officio

c)

interloper

d)

drivel

8.

(n.) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or his right to be, an intruder

a)

ex officio

b)

epitome

c)

interloper

d)

ameliorate

9.

(adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

a)

Callow

b)

intrinsic

c)

occult

d)

Millennium

10.

(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

a)

occult

b)

stringent

c)

surmise

d)

Ingratiate

11.

(adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

a)

Stringent

b)

inveigh

c)

bombastic

d)

drivel

12.

(n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

a)

lassitude

b)

permeate

c)

Millennium

d)

occult

13.

(adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural

a)

permeate

b)

Occult

c)

surmise

d)

epitome

14.

(v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval

a)

precipitate

b)

aplomb

c)

drivel

d)

Inveigh

15.

(n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

a)

drivel

b)

epitome

c)

exhort

d)

bombastic

16.

(v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly

a)

permeate

b)

drivel

c)

exhort

d)

bombastic

17.

(adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

a)

bombastic

b)

drivel

c)

lassitude

d)

ex officio

18.

(n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly

a)

precipitate

b)

inveigh

c)

drivel

d)

callow

19.

(v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height, to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process

a)

stringent

b)

surmise

c)

drivel

d)

precipitate

20.

(v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through

a)

Permeate

b)

drivel

c)

surmise

d)

stringent