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Vocabulary Quiz 14

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the best definition for "resemble"?

a)

to look like something else

b)

an action that happens suddenly and isn't planned

c)

to have a discussion or share ideas

d)

a sudden, powerful move upward

2.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

The identical twins ______________ each other so closely that their teacher struggled to tell them apart.

a)

artificial

b)

resembled

c)

preferred

d)

conferred

3.

Which of the following is the best synonym for spontaneous?

a)

identical

b)

equal

c)

confusing

d)

unplanned

4.

Choose the best word to complete the sentence:

The volcano ______________________ erupted, not leaving the townspeople with enough time to evacuate.

a)

surge

b)

elusively

c)

spontaneously

d)

impoverished

5.

Which of the following is NOT a definition of tremor?

a)

uncontrolled shaking in a body part

b)

a sudden, powerful movement upward or forward

c)

a small earthquake

6.

Choose the best word to complete the sentence:

The seismograph picked up small _______________, warning that a larger earthquake could be coming.

a)

spontaneous

b)

tremors

c)

hoaxes

d)

relentless

7.

Choose the best word to complete the sentence:

Hand ______________ are more common in elderly people than in children.

a)

tremors

b)

passionate

c)

hoaxes

d)

scrawled

8.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

My mom got a _________ of energy after drinking three cups of coffee.

a)

spontaneous

b)

restless

c)

standard

d)

surge

9.

Which of the following is the definition of surge?

a)

to look like something else

b)

a sudden, powerful movement forward or upward

c)

an action that isn't controlled or planned

d)

to have a discussion about an idea or share opinions

10.

Which of the following words is most closely connected to the word "confer"?

a)

discuss

b)

rise

c)

identical

d)

earthquake

11.

Choose the best word to complete the sentence:

The business partners ____________ about a new idea for their company during their weekly meeting.

a)

conferred

b)

spontaneous

c)

modifed

d)

prior

12.

Which of the following is a synonym for prior?

a)

before

b)

after

c)

under

d)

inside

13.

Which of the following is a synonym for artificial?

a)

fake

b)

power

c)

uncontrollable

d)

upward

14.

Which of the following is a synonym for impoverished?

a)

poor

b)

rich

c)

unplanned

d)

scribbled

15.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

After you ______________ a firework, you should run away! You don't want it to explode while you are nearby!

a)

ignite

b)

spontaneous

c)

prefer

d)

magnitude

16.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

The liger is a ____________ animal, made up of both a lion and a tiger.

a)

hybrid

b)

exhaust

c)

authority

d)

musing

17.

Which word means famous?

a)

illustrious

b)

passionate

c)

hybrid

d)

impoverished

18.

Choose the word that best completes the sentence:

The camouflage made the hunter ____________ to the animals he was hunting.

a)

elusive

b)

passionate

c)

seized

d)

authority

19.

Choose the best word to describe Patrick Mahomes (the star quarterback of the Chiefs)

a)

elite

b)

scrawled

c)

objective

d)

delirious

20.

Which word means "odd"?

a)

eccentric

b)

circumstances

c)

acceleration

d)

passionate