WorksheetsGrade 10 Final Exam Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
What is the definition of "altruistic"?
Selfish; concerned with one's own welfare
Unselfish; concerned with the welfare of others
Indifferent; unconcerned with the welfare of others
Hostile; opposed to the welfare of others
Which word means "to express agreement"?
Discrepancy
Embark
Assent
Dearth
What is a synonym for "benefactor"?
Opponent
Humanitarian
Critic
Adversary
Which word is defined as "marked by honor, courtesy & courage; knightly"?
Diffident
Facile
Chivalrous
Clemency
What does "clemency" mean?
Harshness
Mercy
Cruelty
Severity
What is the definition of "dearth"?
Abundance
Excess
Lack, scarcity, famine
Surplus
Which word means "shy, modest, reserved; lacking self confidence"?
Diffident
Facile
Chivalrous
Altruistic
What is a synonym for "discrepancy"?
Agreement
Consistency
Divergence
Conformity
Which word means "to go abroad; to make a start; to invest"?
Assent
Embark
Clemency
Dearth
What does "facile" mean?
Difficult to attain
Easily done or attained; superficial
Deeply felt
Complicated
What does the word "indomitable" mean?
Unconquerable; refusing to yield
Free from error; absolutely dependable
To walk heavily or slowly
Causing a sharp sensation
Which of the following is a synonym for "infallible"?
Unerring
Recklessness
Negligent
Savage
What does the word "plod" mean?
To walk heavily or slowly
Causing a sharp sensation
Neglectful in performance of one's duties
Fierce and cruel
Which of the following words means "causing a sharp sensation"?
Pungent
Remiss
Temerity
Unfeigned
What does the word "remiss" mean?
Neglectful in performance of one's duties
Rest, lie, place
Rashness, boldness
Sincere, real, without pretense
Which of the following is a synonym for "repose"?
Tranquility
Foolhardiness
Belligerent
Baneful
What does the word "temerity" mean?
Rashness, boldness
Fierce and cruel
Extremely poisonous
Sincere, real, without pretense
Which of the following words means "fierce and cruel"?
Truculent
Unfeigned
Remiss
Infallible
What does the word "unfeigned" mean?
Sincere, real, without pretense
Full of malice
Causing a sharp sensation
To walk heavily or slowly
Which of the following is a synonym for "virulent"?
Noxious
Genuine
Invincible
Trudge
What does the word "accede" mean?
To yield to; to assume an office or dignity
To waive or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
To include or contain; to made up of
Skillful, nimble
Which word means "to waive or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion"?
Accede
Brandish
Comprise
Deft
What is the definition of "comprise"?
To tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
To include or contain; to made up of
Deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in
Stale, moldy; out-of-date
Which word is defined as "skillful, nimble"?
Explicit
Deft
Ironic
Musty
What does "destitute" mean?
Deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in
Coming at a bad time; not appropriate
Suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens
Definite, clearly stated
Which word means "definite, clearly stated"?
Explicit
Extirpate
Inopportune
Musty
What is the meaning of "extirpate"?
To yield to; to assume an office or dignity
To tear up by the roots; to destroy totally
To waive or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion
Stale, moldy; out-of-date
Which word is defined as "coming at a bad time; not appropriate"?
Ironic
Inopportune
Deft
Explicit
What does "ironic" mean?
Stale, moldy; out-of-date
Deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in
Suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens
Skillful, nimble
Which word means "stale, moldy; out-of-date"?
Musty
Explicit
Destitute
Brandish
What is the meaning of the word "officious"?
Unfavorable, threatening
Meddling, excessively forward in offering services
Growing without check, running wild
Open to or marked by bribery or corruption
Which of the following is a synonym for "ominous"?
Meddlesome
Unpropitious
Grand
Flexible
What does the word "pinnacle" refer to?
A high peak or point
Comfort, relief
Dignified, majestic
Bending easily
Which word means "considered beforehand, deliberately planned"?
Supple
Rampant
Premeditated
Venal
What is the definition of "rampant"?
Growing without check, running wild
To stop by force, put down
Open to or marked by bribery or corruption
Comfort, relief
Which word means "comfort, relief"?
Stately
Solace
Suppress
Officious
What is the meaning of "stately"?
Dignified, majestic
Bending easily
Unfavorable, threatening
Meddling, excessively forward in offering services
Which of the following words means "bending easily; readily adaptable"?
Suppress
Supple
Venal
Rampant
What does "suppress" mean?
To comfort, console
To stop by force, put down
Growing without check, running wild
Open to or marked by bribery or corruption
Which word is defined as "open to or marked by bribery or corruption"?
Officious
Ominous
Venal
Stately
What is the meaning of the word "abhorr"?
To change in a formal way
To regard with horror or loathing
To slap or cuff
To see clearly
Which of the following is a synonym for "amend"?
Detest
Improve
Batter
Anarchy
What does the word "buffet" mean as a verb?
To bury
To slap or cuff
To see clearly
To involve in
Which word means "great confusion, disorder"?
Chaos
Commodious
Corrosive
Extant
What is the definition of "commodious"?
Eating away gradually
Roomy, spacious
Still existing
To connect with
Which of the following words means "eating away gradually"?
Discern
Extant
Corrosive
Martinet
What does "discern" mean?
To see clearly
To bury
To hate deeply
To change for the better
Which word means "still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost"?
Amend
Extant
Implicate
Chaos
What is the meaning of "implicate"?
To involve in
To bury
To slap or cuff
To see clearly
Which of the following is a synonym for "inter"?
Incriminate
Bury
Surviving
Spacious
What does "martinet" mean?
A strict disciplinarian
A person who hates deeply
A person who changes things formally
A person who sees clearly
What does the word "obviate" mean?
To anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of
To join a group; to support, uphold
To blame or punish
To be loud and noisy
Which of the following is a synonym for "renegade"?
Supporter
Turncoat
Loyalist
Follower
What does the word "reprehensible" mean?
Deserving praise
Deserving blame or punishment
Deserving reward
Deserving attention
Which of the following words means "dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit"?
Squalid
Somber
Turbulent
Vociferous
What is the meaning of the word "squalid"?
Loud and noisy
Disorderly, riotous, violent
Filthy, wretched, debased
Of great size; numerous
Which word is defined as "disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy"?
Turbulent
Voluminous
Waive
Obviate
What does "vociferous" mean?
Quiet and reserved
Loud and noisy; compelling attention
Small and insignificant
Calm and peaceful
Which word means "of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length"?
Squalid
Voluminous
Reprehensible
Somber
What does the word "waive" mean?
To hold on to something
To do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer
To increase in size
To become loud and noisy
