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Sophisticated English Vocabulary ; level: 315 words

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is shown in the photo?

(a)  

2.

If you make a defamatory speech but you don't ___________ it, it will be hard to believe you.

a)

Crescendo

b)

Curtail

c)

Corroborate

d)

Covert

3.

If someone is dauntless, then they are...

a)

Scared

b)

Brave

c)

Corageous

d)

Fearful

e)

Valorous

4.

Which one would you describe as cunning?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

My attempts to debunk my young daughter’s belief in Santa Claus only ended with her crying for days. What could be synonyms of the word debunk in this context?

a)

Prove

b)

Invalidate

c)

Deceive

d)

Expose

6.

If you say something defamatory for someone, you debase them.

a)

False

b)

True

7.

What is a synonym of coup?

a)

Battle

b)

Breakthrough

c)

Overthrow

d)

Operation

8.

What can you cultivate?

a)

Plants

b)

Houses

c)

Business

d)

Attitude

9.

What is a word to describe a sophisticated person with lots of worldly experience?

(a)  

10.

How would you describe the snow-white in this case?

a)

Culpable

b)

Credulous

c)

Cumulative

d)

Curt

11.

Write any synonym of dearth.

(a)  

12.

Which one is WRONG?

a)

Decry is a synonym of debase

b)

Debauch is a synonym of refrain

c)

Defile means to make impure

d)

Deft is a synonym of dexterous

13.

If you work out for a copious amount of time and still you cannot curtail your corpulence you'd call it a;

a)

Dearth

b)

Debacle

c)

Culmination

d)

Criteria

14.

What word would fit this man?

a)

Cursory

b)

Daunting

c)

Covert

d)

Cosmopolitan

15.

If you possess cupidity, your avarice isn't cumulative.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is shown in the photo?

a)

Crescendo

b)

Criteria

c)

Curtailments

d)

Debacles

17.

Crescendo is a culmination of a sound.

a)

False

b)

True

18.

The emergency room staff gave her a shot to counteract the snake venom. What does counteract mean in this context?

a)

expose the falseness or hollowness of (a myth, idea, or belief).

b)

to make ineffective or restrain or neutralise the usually ill effects of by means of an opposite force, action, or influence.

c)

spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it.

d)

reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

19.

If you deface a wall, you do not defile it.

a)

False

b)

True

20.

Which adjective would fit this boy?

(a)