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IGCSE Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a person who has escaped from a ship that has sunk, and managed to get to an island or country where there are few or no other people

a)

sheer

b)

vulture

c)

recession

d)

castaway

2.

an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers or sailors, refuses to obey orders and/or attempts to take control from people in authority

a)

beckon

b)

mutiny

c)

dwelling

d)

exertion

3.

a sudden and great increase

a)

endavour

b)

immense

c)

surge

d)

rogue

4.

act according to an order, set of rules, or request

a)

dwelling

b)

trap

c)

comply

d)

summit

5.

extremely large in size or degree

a)

immense

b)

scoffing

c)

vigorous

d)

surge

6.

to move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer

a)

devour

b)

beckon

c)

howl

d)

dispell

7.

to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left

a)

dwindle

b)

sheer

c)

comply

d)

devour

8.

(especially of a business, job, or activity) producing a lot of money

a)

marooned

b)

lucrative

c)

ominiously

d)

fusty

9.

used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except

a)

sheer

b)

rogue

c)

dwelling

d)

scoffing

10.

contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something

a)

cautious

b)

unscalable

c)

vigorous

d)

scoffing

11.

the use of a lot of mental or physical effort

a)

exertion

b)

dexterity

c)

surge

d)

summit

12.

in a way that suggests that something unpleasant is likely to happen

a)

recession

b)

marooned

c)

ominously

d)

geared

13.

to become smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number

a)

stretch

b)

dwindle

c)

refuse

d)

dispell

14.

not fresh and smelling unpleasant especially because of being left slightly wet

a)

immence

b)

lucrative

c)

sheer

d)

fusty

15.

behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage

a)

vigorous

b)

mutiny

c)

rogue

d)

beckon