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Second 15 Tone Words Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means difficult to understand, intricate?

a)

Abstruse

b)

Dreary

c)

Biting

d)

Clinical

2.

Which word means sarcastic, having a biting or sarcastic tone?

a)

Clinical

b)

Biting

c)

Dreary

d)

Abstruse

3.

Which word means extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical?

a)

Grim

b)

Clinical

c)

Egotistical

d)

Frantic

4.

Which word means causing sadness or gloom?

a)

Insecure

b)

Recalcitrant

c)

Dreary

d)

Histrionic

5.

Which word means vain; boastful; indifferent to the well-being of others; selfish?

a)

Histrionic

b)

Grim

c)

Frantic

d)

Egotistical

6.

Which word means desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied?

a)

Histrionic

b)

Insecure

c)

Grim

d)

Frantic

7.

Which word means harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air?

a)

Recalcitrant

b)

Histrionic

c)

Grim

d)

Insecure

8.

Which word means over the top dramatic?

a)

Histrionic

b)

Insecure

c)

Recalcitrant

d)

Shocked

9.

Which word means subject to self-doubt, not self-confident or assured?

a)

Threatening

b)

Shocked

c)

Recalcitrant

d)

Insecure

10.

Which word means resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory?

a)

Shocked

b)

Recalcitrant

c)

Threatening

d)

Understated

11.

Which word means struck with fear, dread, or consternation?

a)

Understated

b)

Vexed

c)

Shocked

d)

Threatening

12.

Which word means menacing; causing alarm, as by being imminent; ominous; sinister?

a)

Worshipful

b)

Threatening

c)

Understated

d)

Vexed

13.

Which word means restrained in design, presentation, etc.; low-key?

a)

Understated

b)

Abstruse

c)

Vexed

d)

Worshipful

14.

Which word means irritated; annoyed?

a)

Abstruse

b)

Biting

c)

Worshipful

d)

Vexed

15.

Which word means showing adoration; showing great reverence?

a)

Worshipful

b)

Clinical

c)

Abstruse

d)

Biting