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Widen Your Horizon of Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The science of words and language is known as

a)

philology

b)

palaeontology

c)

Bibliography

d)

entomology

2.

The junction of the Missouri and Mississippi can be called a

a)

crisis

b)

confluence

c)

conference

d)

levee

3.

Because the orator’s speech was high-flown and pretentious, the reporters termed it

a)

bombastic

b)

austere

c)

untruthful

d)

vituperatve

4.

A person who constantly thinks he is sick is a

a)

hypochondriac

b)

misogynist

c)

misanthrope

d)

hyperpituitary

5.

As the waves rose and the ship tossed, many of the passengers felt

a)

queasy

b)

lethargic

c)

subdued

d)

tremulous

6.

One of the time-tested ways of remembering a series of items is known as _______ device.

a)

mnemonic

b)

intellectual

c)

recollected

d)

schematic

7.

The order to stay in one’s bailiwick means that a person should remain in his own

a)

room

b)

district

c)

country

d)

bed

8.

If you want to look up the meaning of a word you consult

a)

a lexicon

b)

a concordance

c)

an encyclopaedia

d)

a rubric

9.

When the courtier had advanced to the highest position attainable he was said to have reached the

a)

vigil

b)

precipice

c)

threshold

d)

pinnacle

10.

Who wrote 'The Monk who sold his Ferrari'?

a)

Dalai Lama

b)

Robin Sharma

c)

Warren Buffet

d)

Henry Ford