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Vocabulary 1 + 2 Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'abate' mean?

a)

become less in amount or intensity

b)

providing no shelter or sustenance

c)

make similar

d)

showing courage

2.

Use the correct vocab word in the sentence.

It was a (a)   wasteland except for some grazing sheep.

abate

desolate

spunky

wiry

3.

What does 'assimilate' mean?

a)

make similar

b)

showing courage

c)

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

d)

lean and sinewy

4.

Use the correct vocab word in the sentence.

The little dog was (a)   and very animated.

wiry

desolate

spunky

abate

5.

What does 'concede' mean?

a)

give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

b)

lean and sinewy

c)

cause to separate and go in different directions

d)

in a tentative manner

6.

Use the correct vocab word in the sentence.

Her (a)   hair was pushed up on top of her head.

abate

desolate

wiry

spunky

7.

What does 'dissipate' mean?

a)

cause to separate and go in different directions

b)

in a tentative manner

c)

become less in amount or intensity

d)

providing no shelter or sustenance

8.

Use the correct vocab word in the sentence.

She (a)   raised her hand.

desolate

assimilate

dissipate

tentatively

9.

What does 'erratic' mean?

a)

liable to sudden unpredictable change

b)

grow vigorously

c)

unproductive of success

d)

without forethought

10.

Use the correct word in the sentence.

Wild plants (a)   on the banks of the lake.

fruitless

erratic

flourish

impulsive

11.

What does 'fruitless' mean?

a)

grow vigorously

b)

unproductive of success

c)

without forethought

d)

the property of being long-lived

12.

Use the correct vocab word in the sentence.

Letting him borrow her car was an (a)   act that she immediately regretted.

impulsive

impulsive

flourish

longevity

13.

What does 'longevity' mean?

a)

the property of being long-lived

b)

literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns

c)

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

d)

block passage through

14.

Use the correct vocab word in the sentence.

"You can do this" looped through my mind repeatedly, serving as a (a)   for any challenge during competition.

mantra

flourish

obstruct

erratic

15.

What does 'malleable' mean?

a)

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

b)

block passage through

c)

liable to sudden unpredictable change

d)

grow vigorously

16.

Use the correct vocab word in the sentence.

The trees (a)   my view of the mountain.

impulsive

flourish

erratic

obstruct