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Vocabulary 5+6 Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'ruffled' mean?

a)

shaken into waves or undulations as by wind

b)

free from emotional agitation or nervous tension

c)

a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

d)

avoiding detection by moving carefully

2.

What does 'stealth' mean?

a)

avoiding detection by moving carefully

b)

a piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential

c)

travel across or pass over

d)

a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

3.

What does 'alumnus' mean?

a)

a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

b)

travel across or pass over

c)

showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste

d)

spread or diffuse through

4.

What does 'permeate' mean?

a)

spread or diffuse through

b)

free from emotional agitation or nervous tension

c)

shaken into waves or undulations as by wind

d)

showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste

5.

Which word makes sense in the sentence?

He remained (a)   in the face of all this criticism.

unperturbed

ruffled

traversed

jaundiced

6.

What word makes sense in the sentence?

They came around the corner of the building and surveyed the (a)   .

stealth

alumnus

terrain

permeate

7.

What word makes sense in the sentence?

It (a)   the county from east to west.

unperturbed

traversed

ruffled

permeated

8.

What word makes sense in the sentence?

She turned a (a)   eye on her brother.

unperturbed

ruffled

permeated

jaundiced

9.

What does 'adamant' mean?

a)

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason

b)

causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

c)

characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

d)

characterized by intense emotion

10.

What does 'fervent' mean?

a)

characterized by intense emotion

b)

characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

c)

rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

d)

a criminal who illegally sets fire to property

11.

What does 'arsonist' mean?

a)

a criminal who illegally sets fire to property

b)

rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

c)

inconceivably large

d)

shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

12.

What does 'corrugated' mean?

a)

shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

b)

inconceivably large

c)

causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

d)

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason

13.

What word makes sense in the sentence?

The (a)   blackness made them feel like they were the only two people left in the world.

suffocating

adamant

belligerent

fervent

14.

What word makes sense in the sentence?

The kids, especially the boys, are aggressive, (a)   , and rebellious.

suffocating

belligerent

astronomical

fervent

15.

What word makes sense in the sentence?

Quarters (a)   onto the floor.

corrugated

arsonist

cascaded

fervent

16.

What word makes sense in the sentence?

The odds against reaching Vermont had to be (a)   .

suffocating

belligerent

astronomical

corrugated