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WorksheetsSound Smart Quiz #1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A show of bravery or defiance, often intended to make an impression or mislead someone.
a)
bravado
b)
accolade
c)
charisma
d)
equivocate
e)
gregarious
2.
Art or other objects appealing to popular taste, as by being gaudy or overly sentimental.
a)
kitsch
b)
accolade
c)
bravado
d)
charisma
e)
equivocate
3.
A statement that seems to contradict itself but that may nonetheless be true.
a)
paradox
b)
accolade
c)
bravado
d)
charisma
e)
equivocate
4.
Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable.
a)
gregarious
b)
accolade
c)
bravado
d)
charisma
e)
equivocate
5.
A name wrongly or unsuitably applied to a person or an object.
a)
misnomer
b)
accolade
c)
bravado
d)
charisma
e)
equivocate
6.
A special acknowledgment, such as an award.
a)
accolade
b)
bravado
c)
charisma
d)
equivocate
e)
gregarious
7.
A long, angry speech, usually of a critical nature.
a)
tirade
b)
accolade
c)
bravado
d)
charisma
e)
equivocate
8.
To use vague or ambiguous language in order to avoid committing oneself to a position or to deceive someone.
a)
equivocate
b)
accolade
c)
bravado
d)
charisma
e)
gregarious
9.
Exceptional personal magnetism or charm.
a)
charisma
b)
accolade
c)
bravado
d)
equivocate
e)
gregarious
10.
Language that is intended to persuade, especially when viewed as pretentious, insincere, or without intellectual merit.
a)
rhetoric
b)
accolade
c)
bravado
d)
charisma
e)
equivocate
11.
“Finding oneself was a ________________: a self is not found but made…” (Jacques Barzun, From Dawn to Decadence, 2000).
a)
accolades
b)
bravado
c)
gregarious
d)
kitsch
e)
misnomer
12.
“There’s also a funny thing when an actor retires and reaches his sixties. Awards and ________________ start chasing you around” (Maureen O’Hara, ‘Tis Herself, 2004).
a)
accolades
b)
bravado
c)
gregarious
d)
kitsch
e)
misnomer
13.
“We’re going to turn the house inside out looking for a piece of thirteen-dollar gift-store ________________ because it has sentimental value to your mother” (Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, 2001).
a)
accolades
b)
bravado
c)
gregarious
d)
kitsch
e)
misnomer
14.
“Despite his ________________ all evening, Mr. Manulis panicked and bolted out of the car” (Woody Allen, Radio Days, 1987).
a)
accolades
b)
bravado
c)
gregarious
d)
kitsch
e)
misnomer
15.
“Biologically speaking, man is moderately ________________, not a completely social animal—a creature more like a wolf, let us say, or an elephant, than like a bee or an ant” (Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Revisited, 1959).
a)
accolades
b)
bravado
c)
gregarious
d)
kitsch
e)
misnomer
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