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Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of 'peril'?

a)

B. The action or process of rewarding money as a recompense for loss, injury or suffering

b)

A. A tendency to believe that something is real or true

c)

D. The acceptance of something that is inescapable

d)

C. Serious and immediate danger

2.

What is the synonym of 'credulity'?

a)

B. Gullible

b)

D. Inevitable

c)

A. Danger

d)

C. Repayment

3.

What is the definition of 'compensation'?

a)

A. Serious and immediate danger

b)

B. A tendency to believe that something is real or true

c)

C. The action or process of rewarding money as a recompense for loss, injury or suffering

d)

D. The acceptance of something that is inescapable

4.

What is the synonym of 'resignation'?

a)

A. Warning

b)

B. Silhouette

c)

D. Appalling

d)

C. Inevitable

5.

What is the definition of 'foreshadow'?

a)

A. The face, usually with reference to shape, features and expressions

b)

B. Have an unpleasant, annoying or disturbing effect

c)

C. An indication of something that will happen in the future

d)

D. An object, typically a ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers or bring good luck

6.

What is the synonym of 'ominous'?

a)

A. Threatening

b)

B. Captivating

c)

C. Repayment

d)

D. Silhouette

7.

What is the synonym of 'captivating'?

a)

A. Appalling

b)

B. Enthralling

c)

C. Repayment

d)

D. Silhouette

8.

"To have an unpleasant, annoying or disturbing effect" is the definition of which word?

a)

A. Visage

b)

B. Jarred

c)

C. Condole

d)

D. Maligned

9.

"To speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner" is the definition of which word?

a)

A. Visage

b)

B. Jarred

c)

C. Condole

d)

D. Maligned

10.

"To express sympathy for someone in grief" is the definition of which word?

a)

A. Visage

b)

B. Jarred

c)

C. Condole

d)

D. Maligned

11.

Which of the following is the definition of 'grimace'?

a)

A. An ugly, twisted expression on a person’s face

b)

B. To have an unpleasant, annoying or disturbing effect

c)

C. To express sympathy for someone in grief

d)

D. To speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner

12.

A (a)   is considered a good luck charm or have magical powers.

13.

In a story, conversation between two or more people is known as ________.

a)

A. Conversation

b)

B. Dialogue

c)

C. Speech Bubbles

d)

D. Arguing

14.

Which is a synonym for 'placidly'?

a)

A. Tranquility

b)

B. Proferred

c)

C. Rosy

d)

D. Proudly

15.

Something of a reddish color can be described as ________.

a)

A. Sunburnt

b)

B. Orange

c)

C. Rubicund

d)

D. Pride

16.

"To hold out something to someone for acceptance" is the definition of which word?

a)

A. Rubicund

b)

B. Placidly

c)

C. Proferred

d)

D. Torrent

17.

What is a synonym for 'doggedly'?

a)

A. Rubicund

b)

B. Placidly

c)

C. Afraid

d)

D. Persistently

18.

What is a synonym for 'henpecked'?

a)

A. Nag

b)

B. Proferred

c)

C. Grimace

d)

D. Condole

19.

What is an antimacassar used for?

a)

A. To create an expression of disgust

b)

B. To clean a rubicund face

c)

C. To placidly knit by the fire

d)

D. to protect the back of a chair from grease or dirt

20.

The rain was falling so hard, it was a (a)   .