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WorksheetsVocabulary 1-15 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
They told us that we had done battle with fiercer adversaries in the past, and we would again someday.
In this sentence, adversaries means:
independents
pupils
opponents
monarchs
allegory means :
an authoritative confirmation
a short moral story
a public declaration of intentions
a farewell remark
allusion means :
argument
advice
principle
reference
I think that most people will perform better under conditions of ________ than they do under conditions of heavy control.
domination
impunity
equilibrium
autonomy
As users write beyond the 140-character limit, Twitter will signal to them that they have crossed the threshold as a way to encourage ________.
violence
brevity
obesity
fragrance
cynical means :
sticking fast
very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
believing the worst of human nature and motives
lacking stimulating characteristics
deity means :
thread
success
god
target
Who is disparaging something?
a critic who writes a scathing review of a movie
a teenager who reorganizes her bedroom
a math teacher who administers a multiple-choice exam
a parent who adopts a foster child
epiphany means :
a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
a divine manifestation
a farewell oration
the act of indicating or pointing out by name
evanescent means :
unconfined
sovereign
conflicting
impermanent
foreboding means :
a feeling of evil to come
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
a feeling of strong eagerness
And for that matter, he didn't even seem to care that his efforts would be futile, as well as expensive.
In this sentence, futile means:
embarrassing
complicated
unproductive
imaginative
idyllic means :
numberless
flawless
faceless
nerveless
The opposite of incognito is:
quietly
narrowly
publicly
foolishly
“One more!” he said in a jovial voice.
In this sentence, jovial means:
deserving or exciting compassion
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
lacking knowledge; uneducated
offensively self-assured or exercising unwarranted power
