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Grade 10 Final Exam Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of "altruistic"?

a)

Selfish; concerned with one's own welfare

b)

Unselfish; concerned with the welfare of others

c)

Indifferent; unconcerned with the welfare of others

d)

Hostile; opposed to the welfare of others

2.

Which word means "to express agreement"?

a)

Discrepancy

b)

Embark

c)

Assent

d)

Dearth

3.

What is a synonym for "benefactor"?

a)

Opponent

b)

Humanitarian

c)

Critic

d)

Adversary

4.

Which word is defined as "marked by honor, courtesy & courage; knightly"?

a)

Diffident

b)

Facile

c)

Chivalrous

d)

Clemency

5.

What does "clemency" mean?

a)

Harshness

b)

Mercy

c)

Cruelty

d)

Severity

6.

What is the definition of "dearth"?

a)

Abundance

b)

Excess

c)

Lack, scarcity, famine

d)

Surplus

7.

Which word means "shy, modest, reserved; lacking self confidence"?

a)

Diffident

b)

Facile

c)

Chivalrous

d)

Altruistic

8.

What is a synonym for "discrepancy"?

a)

Agreement

b)

Consistency

c)

Divergence

d)

Conformity

9.

Which word means "to go abroad; to make a start; to invest"?

a)

Assent

b)

Embark

c)

Clemency

d)

Dearth

10.

What does "facile" mean?

a)

Difficult to attain

b)

Easily done or attained; superficial

c)

Deeply felt

d)

Complicated

11.

What does the word "indomitable" mean?

a)

Unconquerable; refusing to yield

b)

Free from error; absolutely dependable

c)

To walk heavily or slowly

d)

Causing a sharp sensation

12.

Which of the following is a synonym for "infallible"?

a)

Unerring

b)

Recklessness

c)

Negligent

d)

Savage

13.

What does the word "plod" mean?

a)

To walk heavily or slowly

b)

Causing a sharp sensation

c)

Neglectful in performance of one's duties

d)

Fierce and cruel

14.

Which of the following words means "causing a sharp sensation"?

a)

Pungent

b)

Remiss

c)

Temerity

d)

Unfeigned

15.

What does the word "remiss" mean?

a)

Neglectful in performance of one's duties

b)

Rest, lie, place

c)

Rashness, boldness

d)

Sincere, real, without pretense

16.

Which of the following is a synonym for "repose"?

a)

Tranquility

b)

Foolhardiness

c)

Belligerent

d)

Baneful

17.

What does the word "temerity" mean?

a)

Rashness, boldness

b)

Fierce and cruel

c)

Extremely poisonous

d)

Sincere, real, without pretense

18.

Which of the following words means "fierce and cruel"?

a)

Truculent

b)

Unfeigned

c)

Remiss

d)

Infallible

19.

What does the word "unfeigned" mean?

a)

Sincere, real, without pretense

b)

Full of malice

c)

Causing a sharp sensation

d)

To walk heavily or slowly

20.

Which of the following is a synonym for "virulent"?

a)

Noxious

b)

Genuine

c)

Invincible

d)

Trudge

21.

What does the word "accede" mean?

a)

To yield to; to assume an office or dignity

b)

To waive or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

c)

To include or contain; to made up of

d)

Skillful, nimble

22.

Which word means "to waive or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion"?

a)

Accede

b)

Brandish

c)

Comprise

d)

Deft

23.

What is the definition of "comprise"?

a)

To tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

b)

To include or contain; to made up of

c)

Deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

d)

Stale, moldy; out-of-date

24.

Which word is defined as "skillful, nimble"?

a)

Explicit

b)

Deft

c)

Ironic

d)

Musty

25.

What does "destitute" mean?

a)

Deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

b)

Coming at a bad time; not appropriate

c)

Suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens

d)

Definite, clearly stated

26.

Which word means "definite, clearly stated"?

a)

Explicit

b)

Extirpate

c)

Inopportune

d)

Musty

27.

What is the meaning of "extirpate"?

a)

To yield to; to assume an office or dignity

b)

To tear up by the roots; to destroy totally

c)

To waive or flourish in a menacing or vigorous fashion

d)

Stale, moldy; out-of-date

28.

Which word is defined as "coming at a bad time; not appropriate"?

a)

Ironic

b)

Inopportune

c)

Deft

d)

Explicit

29.

What does "ironic" mean?

a)

Stale, moldy; out-of-date

b)

Deprived of the necessities of life; lacking in

c)

Suggesting an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens

d)

Skillful, nimble

30.

Which word means "stale, moldy; out-of-date"?

a)

Musty

b)

Explicit

c)

Destitute

d)

Brandish

31.

What is the meaning of the word "officious"?

a)

Unfavorable, threatening

b)

Meddling, excessively forward in offering services

c)

Growing without check, running wild

d)

Open to or marked by bribery or corruption

32.

Which of the following is a synonym for "ominous"?

a)

Meddlesome

b)

Unpropitious

c)

Grand

d)

Flexible

33.

What does the word "pinnacle" refer to?

a)

A high peak or point

b)

Comfort, relief

c)

Dignified, majestic

d)

Bending easily

34.

Which word means "considered beforehand, deliberately planned"?

a)

Supple

b)

Rampant

c)

Premeditated

d)

Venal

35.

What is the definition of "rampant"?

a)

Growing without check, running wild

b)

To stop by force, put down

c)

Open to or marked by bribery or corruption

d)

Comfort, relief

36.

Which word means "comfort, relief"?

a)

Stately

b)

Solace

c)

Suppress

d)

Officious

37.

What is the meaning of "stately"?

a)

Dignified, majestic

b)

Bending easily

c)

Unfavorable, threatening

d)

Meddling, excessively forward in offering services

38.

Which of the following words means "bending easily; readily adaptable"?

a)

Suppress

b)

Supple

c)

Venal

d)

Rampant

39.

What does "suppress" mean?

a)

To comfort, console

b)

To stop by force, put down

c)

Growing without check, running wild

d)

Open to or marked by bribery or corruption

40.

Which word is defined as "open to or marked by bribery or corruption"?

a)

Officious

b)

Ominous

c)

Venal

d)

Stately

41.

What is the meaning of the word "abhorr"?

a)

To change in a formal way

b)

To regard with horror or loathing

c)

To slap or cuff

d)

To see clearly

42.

Which of the following is a synonym for "amend"?

a)

Detest

b)

Improve

c)

Batter

d)

Anarchy

43.

What does the word "buffet" mean as a verb?

a)

To bury

b)

To slap or cuff

c)

To see clearly

d)

To involve in

44.

Which word means "great confusion, disorder"?

a)

Chaos

b)

Commodious

c)

Corrosive

d)

Extant

45.

What is the definition of "commodious"?

a)

Eating away gradually

b)

Roomy, spacious

c)

Still existing

d)

To connect with

46.

Which of the following words means "eating away gradually"?

a)

Discern

b)

Extant

c)

Corrosive

d)

Martinet

47.

What does "discern" mean?

a)

To see clearly

b)

To bury

c)

To hate deeply

d)

To change for the better

48.

Which word means "still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost"?

a)

Amend

b)

Extant

c)

Implicate

d)

Chaos

49.

What is the meaning of "implicate"?

a)

To involve in

b)

To bury

c)

To slap or cuff

d)

To see clearly

50.

Which of the following is a synonym for "inter"?

a)

Incriminate

b)

Bury

c)

Surviving

d)

Spacious

51.

What does "martinet" mean?

a)

A strict disciplinarian

b)

A person who hates deeply

c)

A person who changes things formally

d)

A person who sees clearly

52.

What does the word "obviate" mean?

a)

To anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

b)

To join a group; to support, uphold

c)

To blame or punish

d)

To be loud and noisy

53.

Which of the following is a synonym for "renegade"?

a)

Supporter

b)

Turncoat

c)

Loyalist

d)

Follower

54.

What does the word "reprehensible" mean?

a)

Deserving praise

b)

Deserving blame or punishment

c)

Deserving reward

d)

Deserving attention

55.

Which of the following words means "dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit"?

a)

Squalid

b)

Somber

c)

Turbulent

d)

Vociferous

56.

What is the meaning of the word "squalid"?

a)

Loud and noisy

b)

Disorderly, riotous, violent

c)

Filthy, wretched, debased

d)

Of great size; numerous

57.

Which word is defined as "disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy"?

a)

Turbulent

b)

Voluminous

c)

Waive

d)

Obviate

58.

What does "vociferous" mean?

a)

Quiet and reserved

b)

Loud and noisy; compelling attention

c)

Small and insignificant

d)

Calm and peaceful

59.

Which word means "of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length"?

a)

Squalid

b)

Voluminous

c)

Reprehensible

d)

Somber

60.

What does the word "waive" mean?

a)

To hold on to something

b)

To do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer

c)

To increase in size

d)

To become loud and noisy