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WorksheetsA-F Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does the word 'egregious' mean?
To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them
Incorrect to an extraordinary level
To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation
To come from or come out of someone, something, or somewhere
Which word means 'made up of parts from various sources or origins'?
Eclectic
Enigma
Egregious
Emanate
What is the definition of the word 'emanate'?
To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation
To flow from a specific source or place
Someone or something that is not easily explained
To do something in a way that shows it is beneath one’s dignity
What does the word 'enigma' mean?
To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation
To come from or come out of someone, something, or somewhere
Someone or something that is not easily explained
To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them
What is the definition of the word 'exacerbate'?
To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation
To flow from a specific source or place
To do something in a way that shows it is beneath one’s dignity
To make something even more unpleasant or severe
What does the word 'deign' mean?
To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation
Ridicule, contempt, or mockery
To agree in a very condescending way to do something
With harmful or damaging effect on something or someone
What is the definition of the word 'deleterious'?
With harmful or damaging effect on something or someone
To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them
To flow from a specific source or place
To come from or come out of someone, something, or somewhere
What does the word 'derision' mean?
To make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, uncomfortable or humiliated
To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation
To agree in a very condescending way to do something
Ridicule, contempt, or mockery
What is the definition of the term 'Catch-22'?
A feeling of humiliation due to disappointment
To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them
To make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, uncomfortable or humiliated
A problem whose only solution is eliminated by some characteristic of the problem itself
What does the word 'chagrin' mean?
To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation
To avoid rules or laws without actually breaking them
To agree in a very condescending way to do something
A feeling of humiliation due to disappointment
What is the definition of the word 'circumvent'?
Ridicule, contempt, or mockery
With harmful or damaging effect on something or someone
To evade by means of a gray area or loophole
To come from or come out of someone, something, or somewhere
What does the word 'baneful' mean?
Ruinous or destructive, deadly and likely to cause ruin
Senseless or nonsense talking
To loathe
To make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, uncomfortable or humiliated
What is the definition of the word 'balderdash'?
Ruinous or destructive, deadly and likely to cause ruin
To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation
Senseless or nonsense talking
To make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, uncomfortable or humiliated
What does the word 'abash' mean?
To worsen or aggravate an already bad situation
To agree in a very condescending way to do something
To make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, uncomfortable or humiliated
To loathe
What is the definition of the word 'abhor'?
Ridicule, contempt, or mockery
To come from or come out of someone, something, or somewhere
To evade by means of a gray area or loophole
To find something contemptible, loathsome, or repulsive
Surreptitious, sly, stealthy, meant to escape detection. Sneaky. A person with something to hide.
Chagrin
Abhor
Furtive
Flippant
The point at which something comes to maturity. Reaches a desired outcome. Finished, completed, matured.
Furtive
Fastidious
Circumvent
Fruition
Flippant means:
Not that serious.
To flip.
To flip an ant.
Hilarious.
Concerned over the perfection of even the smallest detail. Meticulous and exacting; compulsive in terms of cleanliness.
Obsessed
Fastidious
Abhor
Circumvent
Humorous, silly, inappropriate. Slightly funny.
Deleterious
Facetious
Fastidious
Fruition
