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Vocabulary Lesson 2 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Subvert means

a)

To make clean again

b)

To upset; to overthrow: to ruin

2.

Which word means excessively willing to yield or submissive?

a)

Submit

b)

Suburb

c)

Subservient

d)

Substance

3.

Which word means to twist or bend out of shape?

a)

Contort

b)

Extort

c)

Tort

d)

Torque

4.

Distort means

a)

to change something to make it false

b)

to reply quickly and sharply

5.

Which word means to reply quickly and sharply, often as if in reply to an accusation?

a)

Distort

b)

Retort

c)

Contort

d)

Extort

6.

Tortuous means

a)

Having many twists and turns, or tricky

b)

A quick , witty reply

7.

Which word means hardship or misfortune?

a)

Anniversary

b)

Adversity

c)

Advertisement

d)

Divert

8.

Avert means

a)

To go toward

b)

To turn away or to prevent

9.

Which word means a person whose thoughts and interests are directed inward?

a)

Introvert

b)

Extrovert

10.

Perverse means

a)

Going forward

b)

Stubbornly doing something other than what is reasonable

11.

Which word means ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter

a)

Prose

b)

Poetry

c)

Perverse

d)

Contort

12.

An antonym of introvert is extrovert.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

A synonym of adversity is hard times.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

An antonym is advert is encounter.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A synonym of distortion is alteration.

a)

True

b)

False