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Vocab Builder Quiz 2

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the meaning of aptly?
a)
unselfish, concerned about others
b)
in a manner that is appropriate or suitable in the circumstances
c)
shocked or greatly surprised
d)
out of balance; skewed to one side.
2.
What is the meaning of astounded?
a)
to fool or cheat
b)
shocked or greatly surprised
c)
unselfish, concerned about others
d)
perplexed and confused
3.
What is the meaning of altruistic?
a)
perplexed and confused
b)
to fool or cheat
c)
shocked or greatly surprised
d)
unselfish, concerned about others
4.
What is the meaning of assert?
a)
lighthearted fun-making
b)
easily deceived or cheated
c)
claim or declare
d)
excused and let go
5.
What is the meaning of bamboozle?
a)
carefulness
b)
forced
c)
to fool or cheat
d)
resourceful and adventurous
6.
What is the meaning of bewildered?
a)
perplexed and confused
b)
tools
c)
the statement of a clear line of thinking to prove a point
d)
easily deceived or cheated
7.
What is the meaning of cattywampus?
a)
behaving as a predator, or with a desire to injure or gain
b)
the meat from a deer
c)
out of balance; skewed to one side.
d)
having limits or bounds, being of a limited amount
8.
What is the meaning of feud?
a)
an oar at the front of a boat
b)
easily deceived or cheated
c)
a long-standing quarrel
d)
Steve Harvey
9.
What is the meaning of discombobulated?
a)

carrying a heavy weight

b)

out of balance; skewed to one side.

c)

unsettled, troubled by something

d)

confused, put out of order

10.
What is the meaning of disconcerted?
a)
unsettled, troubled by something
b)
to deceive or trick someone
c)
having limits or bounds, being of a limited amount
d)
a state of being humbled, put down
11.
What is the meaning of finite?
a)
unsettled, troubled by something
b)
to deceive or trick someone
c)
having limits or bounds, being of a limited amount
d)
a state of being humbled, put down
12.
What is the meaning of hoodwink?
a)
unsettled, troubled by something
b)
having limits or bounds, being of a limited amount
c)
a state of being humbled, put down
d)
to deceive or trick someone
13.
What is the meaning of humiliation?
a)
a state of being humbled, put down
b)
unsettled, troubled by something
c)
having limits or bounds, being of a limited amount
d)
to deceive or trick someone
14.
What is the meaning of melancholic?
a)
to be in agreement, harmony or conformity
b)
feeling sad and thoughtful
c)
having too much interest in one’s self
d)
lighthearted fun-making
15.
What is the meaning of narcissistic?
a)
lighthearted fun-making
b)
to be in agreement, harmony or conformity
c)
feeling sad and thoughtful
d)
having too much interest in one’s self
16.
What is the meaning of onomatopoeia?
a)
a word that sounds like the action it describes
b)
saying two seemingly contradictory things.
c)
promoting the welfare of others, especially through generous donations
d)
saying the same thing twice.
17.
What is the meaning of oxymoron?
a)
a word that sounds like the action it describes
b)
saying two seemingly contradictory things.
c)
promoting the welfare of others, especially through generous donations
d)
saying the same thing twice.
18.
What is the meaning of philanthropy?
a)
a word that sounds like the action it describes
b)
saying two seemingly contradictory things.
c)
promoting the welfare of others, especially through generous donations
d)
saying the same thing twice.
19.
What is the meaning of redundant?
a)
a word that sounds like the action it describes
b)
saying two seemingly contradictory things.
c)
promoting the welfare of others, especially through generous donations
d)
saying the same thing twice.
20.
What is the meaning of insidious?
a)
helping others
b)
to be in agreement, harmony or conformity
c)
claim or declare
d)
deceptive
21.
What is the meaning of invincible?
a)
the widest part of a ship’s deck on the side sheltered from the wind
b)
two printed or illustrated pages of a book
c)
unable to be defeated
d)
something left out
22.
What is the meaning of sanguine?
a)
fulfilling expectations or needs, though not outstanding
b)
Optimistic or positive; full of life
c)
the main point of an argument
d)
attractively lively and animated; full of spirit and energy
23.
What is the meaning of satisfactory?
a)
Optimistic or positive; full of life
b)
fulfilling expectations or needs, though not outstanding
c)
the main point of an argument
d)
attractively lively and animated; full of spirit and energy
24.
What is the meaning of thesis?
a)
Optimistic or positive; full of life
b)
fulfilling expectations or needs, though not outstanding
c)
attractively lively and animated; full of spirit and energy
d)
the main point of an argument
25.
What is the meaning of vivacious?
a)
Optimistic or positive; full of life
b)
fulfilling expectations or needs, though not outstanding
c)
attractively lively and animated; full of spirit and energy
d)
the main point of an argument
26.
What is the meaning of clamored?
a)
a person who goes in search of plunder
b)
warship
c)
military display
d)
demanded
27.
What is the meaning of freebooter?
a)
a person who goes in search of plunder
b)
warship
c)
military display
d)
demanded
28.
What is the meaning of man-of-war?
a)
a person who goes in search of plunder
b)
warship
c)
something left out
d)
demanded
29.
What is the meaning of martial array?
a)
a person who goes in search of plunder
b)
military display
c)
something left out
d)
demanded
30.
What is the meaning of prodigy?
a)
a rope made of leather, similar to leather shoestrings
b)
conquest
c)
a person with extraordinary gifts or talents
d)
worthless and useless; or conceited and proud
31.
What is the meaning of rawhide?
a)
a rope made of leather, similar to leather shoestrings
b)
conquest
c)
a person with extraordinary gifts or talents
d)
worthless and useless; or conceited and proud
32.
What is the meaning of subjugation?
a)
a rope made of leather, similar to leather shoestrings
b)
a person with extraordinary gifts or talents
c)
worthless and useless; or conceited and proud
d)
conquest
33.
What is the meaning of vain?
a)
a rope made of leather, similar to leather shoestrings
b)
a person with extraordinary gifts or talents
c)
worthless and useless; or conceited and proud
d)
conquest
34.
What is the meaning of vigilance?
a)
the meat from a deer
b)
watchfulness
c)
behaving as a predator, or with a desire to injure or gain
d)
hammer
35.
What is the meaning of flabbergasted?
a)
the meat from a deer
b)
extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain
c)
a state of being humbled
d)
greatly surprised or astonished
36.
What is the meaning of antagonist?
a)
greatly surprised or astonished
b)
the opposing character of a story
c)
extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain
d)
behaving as a predator, or with a desire to injure or gain
37.
What is the meaning of anthropomorphism?
a)
the opposing character of a story
b)
a storybook animal that acts like a human being
c)
extreme anxiety, sorrow or pain
d)
behaving as a predator, or with a desire to injure or gain
38.
What is the meaning of protagonist?
a)
the opposing character of a story
b)
a storybook animal that acts like a human being
c)
the main character in the story
d)
behaving as a predator, or with a desire to injure or gain
39.
What is a widow-maker?
a)
anything that is dangerous or deadly
b)
a tough, flexible branch used like a rope
c)
the main character in the story
d)
a giver-upper
40.
What is a withe?
a)
anything that is dangerous or deadly
b)
a tough, flexible branch used like a rope
c)
the main character in the story
d)
a song that tells a story
41.
What is a ballad?
a)
anything that is dangerous or deadly
b)
a tough, flexible branch used like a rope
c)
the main character in the story
d)
a song that tells a story
42.
What is the meaning of yield?
a)
to give up
b)
dirty, slovenly
c)
rear
d)
a typical or overly-simple way of looking at types of people
43.
What is the meaning of concrete noun?
a)
to give up
b)
dirty, slovenly
c)
an object that can be seen or touched
d)
a typical or overly-simple way of looking at types of people
44.
What is the meaning of stereotype?
a)
to give up
b)
dirty, slovenly
c)
an object that can be seen or touched
d)
a typical or overly-simple way of looking at types of people