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Vocabulary Set 4 Quiz (1st)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____________: juvenile; childishly goofy

a)

sophomoric

b)

chronic

c)

analogy

d)

pathos

2.

_________: identification with the thoughts and feelings of another

a)

empathy

b)

antipathy

c)

apathy

d)

philanthropy

3.

__________: love of mankind, especially by doing good deeds

a)

philanthropy

b)

misanthropy

c)

anthropomorphism

d)

apathy

4.

_________: firm dislike

a)

antipathy

b)

apathy

c)

analogy

d)

pathology

5.

___________: a comparison of one thing to another; similarity

a)

analogy

b)

neologism

c)

eulogy

d)

anachronism

6.

pathos: ____________

a)

that which makes people feel pity or sorrow

b)

firm dislike

c)

lack of interest or feeling

d)

the science of diseases

7.

anachronism: ____________

a)

something out of place in time or history

b)

a record of events in order of time

c)

identification with the thoughts or feelings of another

d)

new word or phrase, or new usage of a word

8.

pathology: ___________

a)

the science of diseases

b)

that which makes people feel pity or sorrow

c)

hating manking

d)

love of mankind

9.

anthropomorphism: ___________

a)

ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman animals or objects

b)

juvenile; childishly goofy

c)

love of mankind

d)

hatred of mankind

10.

chronicle: ___________

a)

a record of events in order of time

b)

a spoken or written tribute to someone who has died

c)

a new word or phrase, a new usage of a word

d)

a comparison of one thing to another

11.

To use apathy as a noun, would I change it to apathetic or leave it as apathy?

a)

apathy

b)

apathetic

12.

What part of speech is "chronic?"

a)

adjective

b)

adverb

c)

noun

d)

verb

13.

To use eulogy as a verb, would I change it to eulogize or keep it as eulogy?

a)

eulogize

b)

eulogy

14.

What part of speech is neologism?

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

15.

Scrooge's ___________ behavior kept local children and charity workers from going near his front door.

a)

misanthropic

b)

misanthropy

16.

Simba is a(n) _______________ lion who sings about his future as a king of the Pride Lands; the lions at the zoo don't do that!

a)

anthropomorphic

b)

analogous

c)

misanthropic

d)

sophomoric

17.

Mary was excited to take Bio 225, the _________ of Disease, since she was so interested in the behavior of viruses.

a)

Pathology

b)

Chronicle

c)

Eulogy

d)

Neologism

18.

So many teenagers have a bad case of ennui, or general ________ about everything. All they do is shrug and sigh!

a)

apathy

b)

empathy

c)

misanthropy

d)

philanthropy

19.

They want teachers to "meet students where they're at," so does that mean we should use cringe _________? No cap fam, that's lit Ohio.

a)

neologisms

b)

analogies

c)

pathos

d)

anachronisms

20.

My grandfather is as ____________ as the Grinch; he yells at everyone who walks a dog on "his" sidewalk.

a)

misanthropic

b)

philanthropic

c)

empathetic

d)

sophomoric