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English Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Kenning

a)

Understatement for rhetorical effect.

b)

Word or phrase that functions as a metaphor for something simpler. Used in Old Norse/English.

c)

A short story with morals (often with animal characters).

d)

Using the same consonant sound at the beginning of each stressed syllable.

2.

Allegory

a)

Using the same consonant sound at the beginning of each stressed syllable.

b)

Word or phrase that functions as a metaphor for something simpler. Used in Old Norse/English.

c)

Form mental images of things or events.

d)

A short story with morals (often with animal characters).

3.

Imagery

a)

Word or phrase that functions as a metaphor for something simpler. Used in Old Norse/English.

b)

A short story with morals (often with animal characters).

c)

Form mental images of things or events.

d)

Using the same consonant sound at the beginning of each stressed syllable.

4.

Litotes

a)

Understatement for rhetorical effect.

b)

Using the same consonant sound at the beginning of each stressed syllable.

c)

A short story with morals (often with animal characters).

d)

Word or phrase that functions as a metaphor for something simpler. Used in Old Norse/English.

5.

Alliteration

a)

Form mental images of things or events.

b)

Understatement for rhetorical effect.

c)

Word or phrase that functions as a metaphor for something simpler. Used in Old Norse/English.

d)

Using the same consonant sound at the beginning of each stressed syllable.

6.

Baleful

a)

Lose courage

b)

A need to see others suffer

c)

Threatening/foreshadowing evil or tragic events

d)

Mixed feelings or emotions

7.

Daunt

a)

Lose courage

b)

Threatening/foreshadowing evil or tragic events

c)

Mixed feelings or emotions

d)

A need to see others suffer

8.

Brazen

a)

Threatening/foreshadowing evil or tragic events

b)

Unrestrained by social conventions

c)

Mixed feelings or emotions

d)

Lose courage

9.

Malice

a)

Threatening/foreshadowing evil or tragic events

b)

Mixed feelings or emotions

c)

Lose courage

d)

A need to see others suffer

10.

Ambivalence

a)

Mixed feelings or emotions

b)

Threatening/foreshadowing evil or tragic events

c)

Unrestrained by social conventions

d)

A need to see others suffer

11.

Surly

a)

Illegally seizes and holds a place of another

b)

Inclined to anger or bad feelings 

c)

Swinging back and forth

d)

Illegally seizes and holds a place of another

12.

Fjord

a)

Inclined to anger or bad feelings 

b)

Illegally seizes and holds a place of another

c)

Long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs 

d)

Qualities of a character doing good

13.

Usurper

a)

Illegally seizes and holds a place of another

b)

Qualities of a character doing good

c)

Swinging back and forth

d)

Long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs 

14.

Benevolence

a)

Long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs 

b)

Swinging back and forth

c)

Inclined to anger or bad feelings 

d)

Qualities of a character doing good

15.

Brandish

a)

Illegally seizes and holds a place of another

b)

Qualities of a character doing good

c)

Inclined to anger or bad feelings 

d)

Swinging back and forth

16.

Omniscient

a)

Obvious and offensive

b)

Infinitely wise

c)

Done in secret

d)

A group sharing one's thoughts

17.

Blatant

a)

Obvious and offensive

b)

A group sharing one's thoughts

c)

Done in secret

d)

Infinitely wise

18.

Idiosyncrasy

a)

Infinitely wise

b)

Behavioral attribute that is distinctive

c)

Done in secret

d)

A group sharing one's thoughts

19.

Clandestine

a)

Infinitely wise

b)

A group sharing one's thoughts

c)

Done in secret

d)

Behavioral attribute that is distinctive

20.

Faction

a)

Behavioral attribute that is distinctive

b)

Infinitely wise

c)

A group sharing one's thoughts

d)

Obvious and offensive

21.

Illustrious

a)

Obvious to the eye or mind

b)

Crowded people or animals

c)

Well-known, famous

d)

Making fun of people by using exaggerated language

22.

Satire

a)

Worship, adore, be in awe of.

b)

Making fun of people by using exaggerated language

c)

Crowded people or animals

d)

Obvious to the eye or mind

23.

Venerate

a)

Worship, adore, be in awe of.

b)

Obvious to the eye or mind

c)

Well-known, famous

d)

Crowded people or animals

24.

Throng

a)

Making fun of people by using exaggerated language

b)

Worship, adore, be in awe of.

c)

Obvious to the eye or mind

d)

Crowded people or animals

25.

Conspicuous

a)

Obvious to the eye or mind

b)

Making fun of people by using exaggerated language

c)

Well-known, famous

d)

Crowded people or animals

26.

Leige

a)

Distracting or deceptive movement

b)

Feudal lord entitled to service or allegiance

c)

Into pieces/parts

d)

Feelings of righteous anger

27.

Asunder

a)

Feelings of righteous anger

b)

Feudal lord entitled to service or allegiance

c)

Distracting or deceptive movement

d)

Into pieces/parts

28.

Efficacious

a)

Feelings of righteous anger

b)

Feudal lord entitled to service or allegiance

c)

Qualities that have the power to produce an intended effect

d)

Into pieces/parts

29.

Indignation

a)

Feudal lord entitled to service or allegiance

b)

Distracting or deceptive movement

c)

Feelings of righteous anger

d)

Qualities that have the power to produce an intended effect

30.

Feint

a)

Feelings of righteous anger

b)

Distracting or deceptive movement

c)

Into pieces/parts

d)

Feudal lord entitled to service or allegiance

31.

Errant

a)

Straying from the right course or accepted standards

b)

Skilled in deception

c)

Something only existing in perception

d)

Concealing one’s true motives by hiding it with good intentions

32.

Respite

a)

Pausing from doing something

b)

Skilled in deception

c)

Concealing one’s true motives by hiding it with good intentions

d)

Straying from the right course or accepted standards

33.

Guile

a)

Concealing one’s true motives by hiding it with good intentions

b)

Something only existing in perception

c)

Skilled in deception

d)

Straying from the right course or accepted standards

34.

Phantasm

a)

Skilled in deception

b)

Concealing one’s true motives by hiding it with good intentions

c)

Something only existing in perception

d)

Straying from the right course or accepted standards

35.

Hoodwink

a)

Something only existing in perception

b)

Straying from the right course or accepted standards

c)

Skilled in deception

d)

Concealing one’s true motives by hiding it with good intentions

36.

Abrogate

a)

Be in contradiction with

b)

Revoke formally

c)

Showing a readiness disposition to fight

d)

Cleverly amusing in tone

37.

Belie

a)

Edit by omitting or modifying parts

b)

Be in contradiction with

c)

Showing a readiness disposition to fight

d)

Revoke formally

38.

Bellicose

a)

Showing a readiness disposition to fight

b)

Revoke formally

c)

Edit by omitting or modifying parts

d)

Cleverly amusing in tone

39.

Expurgate

a)

Cleverly amusing in tone

b)

Revoke formally

c)

Edit by omitting or modifying parts

d)

Showing a readiness disposition to fight

40.

Factious

a)

Cleverly amusing in tone

b)

Showing a readiness disposition to fight

c)

Be in contradiction with

d)

Revoke formally

41.

Enervate

a)

Overbearing pride or presumption

b)

Weakened physically, mentally, or morally

c)

Full of trivial conversation

d)

One or two equal parts

42.

Hubris

a)

Overbearing pride or presumption

b)

One or two equal parts

c)

Weakened physically, mentally, or morally

d)

Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

43.

Inculcate

a)

One or two equal parts

b)

Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

c)

Overbearing pride or presumption

d)

Full of trivial conversation

44.

Loquacious

a)

Full of trivial conversation

b)

One or two equal parts

c)

Weakened physically, mentally, or morally

d)

Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

45.

Moiety

a)

Weakened physically, mentally, or morally

b)

Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

c)

Overbearing pride or presumption

d)

One or two equal parts

46.

Irony

a)

Having unlimited power

b)

A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

c)

What might happen and what actually occurs

d)

Complete denial of established authority or institutions

47.

Lexicon

a)

Complete denial of established authority or institutions

b)

Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

c)

Having unlimited power

d)

A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

48.

Nihilism

a)

Complete denial of established authority or institutions

b)

A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

c)

Having unlimited power

d)

What might happen and what actually occurs

49.

Obsequious

a)

What might happen and what actually occurs

b)

Having unlimited power

c)

Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

d)

A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

50.

Omnipotent

a)

Having unlimited power

b)

Complete denial of established authority or institutions

c)

What might happen and what actually occurs

d)

Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

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