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Vocabulary Pop Quiz 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

disdain means...

a)

contempt

b)

false attack / fake blow

c)

warlike / hostile or aggressive behavior

d)

to overawe / frighten someone

e)

briskness, lively action

2.

intimidate means...

a)

contempt

b)

false attack / pretend blow

c)

warlike / hostile and aggressive

d)

to overawe or to frighten someone

e)

briskness, lively action

3.

Scoff means...

a)

quarrelsome

b)

to make seem less important / to condescend.

c)

to sneer at

d)

impudent / self-assertive, rude, noisy, overbearing

e)

to make known officially

4.

tangible means...

a)

having actual form / touchable

b)

to correct by punishing

c)

jagged wound

d)

dirty / involving ignoble actions and motives / arousing moral distaste and contempt.

e)

person in his or her eighties

5.

sordid means...

a)

having actual form / touchable

b)

to correct by punishing

c)

jagged wound / deep cut

d)

dirty / arousing moral distaste and contempt.

e)

person in his or her eighties

6.

inane means ...

a)

secret/undercover

b)

code of principles

c)

foolish

d)

to agree

e)

going unchecked / widespread

7.

"flagrant" means...

a)

inflexible/ unrelenting

b)

forced to do something (usually against their will)

c)

outrageous, glaringly bad

d)

guilty person

e)

to warn / reprove

8.

"admonish" means...

a)

inflexible/ unrelenting

b)

forced to do something (usually against their will)

c)

outrageous, glaringly bad

d)

guilty person

e)

to warn / reprove

9.

"culprit" means...

a)

inflexible/ unrelenting

b)

forced to do something (usually against their will)

c)

outrageous, glaringly bad

d)

guilty person

e)

to warn / reprove

10.

"egregious" means...

a)

scarcity

b)

cunning, trickery

c)

confused, upset

d)

remarkably bad

e)

bitter

11.

"distraught" means...

a)

scarcity

b)

cunning, trickery

c)

confused, upset

d)

remarkably bad

e)

bitter

12.

"duplicity" means...

a)

scarcity

b)

cunning, trickery, deceitfulness

c)

confused, upset

d)

remarkably bad

e)

bitter

13.

"acrimonious" means...

a)

scarcity

b)

cunning, trickery, deceitfulness

c)

confused, upset

d)

remarkably bad

e)

angry, bitter

14.

"pernicious" means...

a)

freedom from punishment

b)

to make a deduction; infer

c)

to put up with, to bear

d)

to draw forth/ get information out of someone.

e)

harmful, causing injury in a subtle way

15.

"tolerate" means...

a)

freedom from punishment

b)

to make a deduction; infer

c)

to put up with, to bear

d)

to draw forth/ get information out of someone.

e)

harmful, causing injury in a subtle way