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Vocabulary Quiz #4

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

guru

a)

some weird dude

b)

an expert in a field

c)

noodles

d)

expressive

2.

pundit

a)

an expert in a field

b)

psychologist

c)

showing off

d)

circumstances

3.

envoy

a)

communication

b)

a messenger

c)

without

d)

embarrassing

4.

sans

a)

with

b)

messenger

c)

embarrassing

d)

without

5.

faux pas

a)

messenger

b)

automobile

c)

an embarrassing comment

d)

wild

6.

passe

a)

hidden items

b)

an attack

c)

utter calmness

d)

no longer in fashion

7.

adroit

a)

trickery

b)

skillful

c)

recently gained status

d)

showing a lack of interest

8.

preamble

a)

a feeling

b)

to be based on

c)

an intro to a text

d)

something bad is about to happen

9.

preclude

a)

to make impossible

b)

a reason for something that is false

c)

to be based on

d)

an intro to a text

10.

precipitate

a)

acting without thinking

b)

developing early

c)

coming before another

d)

to be based on

11.

pretense

a)

to make impossible

b)

before a verb

c)

an assertion not based on fact

d)

developing early

12.

tantalize

a)

to torment

b)

describing a victory that comes at a heavy cost

c)

using few words

d)

extremely strict

13.

ruffian

a)

easy going

b)

soft

c)

flower

d)

inclined to violence

14.

bungalow

a)

apartment

b)

sickly

c)

one level house

d)

automobile

15.

wanderlust

a)

a trip

b)

strong desire to travel

c)

closed off

d)

messenger

16.

insular

a)

closed off

b)

open borders

c)

giving help

d)

sociology

17.

liaison

a)

bread

b)

automobile

c)

a communicator

d)

without

18.

droll

a)

socially awkward

b)

socially emabarrassing

c)

odd and amusing

d)

wild

19.

rapport

a)

no longer in fashion

b)

hidden items

c)

storyteller

d)

understanding between groups

20.

sangfroid

a)

clumsy and awkward

b)

an attack from a defensive position

c)

utter calmness

d)

storyteller

21.

parvenu

a)

a person who has recently gained status

b)

someone who works at a coffee house

c)

trickery

d)

skillful

22.

precedent

a)

acting more important than others

b)

a claim

c)

developing early

d)

something that sets an example

23.

predilection

a)

rash

b)

a special fondness

c)

a claim

d)

ignorant

24.

presage

a)

rash

b)

one that comes before

c)

a reason given

d)

to indicate something bad is going to happen