WorksheetsVOCABULARY TEST
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
1. Find an appropriate word for given meaning.
a. show unhappiness or make complaining remarks
elucidate
distraught
grumble
b. sparkling or shining brightly/ brilliant
exasperated
scintillating
renounce
c. a person who does only those things that are morally right and proper
enchanting
scrupulous
finicky
d. thin and delicate
slender
gleeful
haughty
e. to criticize or blame somebody because they have done something wrong
clamber
blunder
chide
Q2. Choose the correct meaning of the given word.
a. aesthetic
shocked or greatly surprised
relating to beauty or refined taste
warm and friendly
b. gleeful
joyful
tempting
full of life and energy (very active)
c. renounce
to make a serious mistake
joyful
give up
d. thrifty
using money and resources carefully and not wastefully
to make something clearer by explaining it more fully
relating to beauty or refined taste
e. spry
full of life and energy (very active)
relating to beauty or refined taste
shocked or greatly surprised
3. Tick the correct idiom according to the meaning given.
a. very common and of no particular value
a hot potato
to go bananas
a dime a dozen
b. being in good health
to cost an arm and a leg
fit as a fiddle
to cost an arm and a leg
c. to accidently reveal a secret
let the cat out of the bag
to be very expensive
similar in looks and behaviour
d. to lose the chance or opportunity to do something
at the bottom of the pile
missed the boat
as fresh as a daisy
e. to make a bad situation worse
all that glitters is not gold
in full swing
add fuel to the fire
4. Tick the correct meaning according to the idiom given.
a. cream of the crop
meaningless talk
the best person or thing of all
to get angry
b. have a short fuse
gets angry quickly
to be in the same situation
day that is pleasantly noteworthy or memorable
c. chin music
meaningless talk
the best person or thing of all
very common and of no particular value
d. in full swing
to be in the same situation
in great progress, using full efforts
at once
e. red letter day
day that is pleasantly noteworthy or memorable
in the least position in a group of people or things
in great progress, using full efforts
