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Total questions: 134

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

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1.

What does the word "cacophony" mean?

a)

A pleasant sound

b)

A tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

c)

A rhythmic progression of sound

d)

A soft whisper

2.

Which word means "a rhythm, progression of sound"?

a)

Cajole

b)

Calamity

c)

Cadence

d)

Callous

3.

What is the meaning of "cajole"?

a)

To urge, coax

b)

To surrender

c)

To annoy, pester

d)

To celebrate

4.

Which word describes "an event with disastrous consequences"?

a)

Calamity

b)

Candor

c)

Capacious

d)

Calumny

5.

What does "calibrate" mean?

a)

To surrender

b)

To set, standardize

c)

To annoy, pester

d)

To celebrate

6.

Which word means "harsh, cold, unfeeling"?

a)

Capacious

b)

Callous

c)

Canny

d)

Candor

7.

What is the meaning of "calumny"?

a)

An attempt to spoil someone else’s reputation by spreading lies

b)

Brotherhood, jovial unity

c)

Honesty, frankness

d)

A piece of cloth on which an artist paints

8.

Which word means "brotherhood, jovial unity"?

a)

Candor

b)

Calumny

c)

Camaraderie

d)

Capacious

9.

What does "candor" mean?

a)

Honesty, frankness

b)

Shrewd, careful

c)

Very spacious

d)

Subject to whim, fickle

10.

Which word describes someone who is "shrewd, careful"?

a)

Capacious

b)

Canny

c)

Capricious

d)

Cajole

11.

What is the meaning of "capacious"?

a)

Very spacious

b)

To surrender

c)

To get the attention of, hold

d)

To party, celebrate

12.

Which word means "to surrender"?

a)

Capricious

b)

Captivate

c)

Capacious

d)

Capitulate

13.

What does "capricious" mean?

a)

Subject to whim, fickle

b)

To urge, coax

c)

To annoy, pester

d)

To celebrate

14.

Which word means "to get the attention of, hold"?

a)

Carouse

b)

Carp

c)

Captivate

d)

Calibrate

15.

What is the meaning of "carouse"?

a)

To party, celebrate

b)

To annoy, pester

c)

To surrender

d)

To urge, coax

16.

Which word means "to annoy, pester"?

a)

Calibrate

b)

Carp

c)

Capitulate

d)

Canny

17.

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

a)

To list, enter into a list

b)

To leap about, behave boisterously

c)

To criticize severely

d)

To voice disapproval

18.

What is the meaning of "catalyze"?

a)

To charge, inspire

b)

To leap about, behave boisterously

c)

To criticize severely

d)

To voice disapproval

19.

What does "caucus" refer to?

a)

A meeting held by people working toward the same goal

b)

A list or collection

c)

A written history

d)

A roundabout route

20.

What is the definition of "caustic"?

a)

Bitter, biting, acidic

b)

To leap about, behave boisterously

c)

To criticize severely

d)

To voice disapproval

21.

What does "cavort" mean?

a)

To leap about, behave boisterously

b)

To list, enter into a list

c)

To criticize severely

d)

To voice disapproval

22.

What is the meaning of "censure" as a noun?

a)

Harsh criticism

b)

A list or collection

c)

A written history

d)

A roundabout route

23.

What does "cerebral" relate to?

a)

The intellect

b)

Absolute disorder

c)

The arrangement of dances

d)

A roundabout route

24.

What is the definition of "chaos"?

a)

Absolute disorder

b)

Harsh criticism

c)

A written history

d)

A roundabout route

25.

What does "chastise" mean?

a)

To criticize severely

b)

To leap about, behave boisterously

c)

To voice disapproval

d)

To feel or show affection toward something

26.

What is the meaning of "cherish"?

a)

To feel or show affection toward something

b)

To leap about, behave boisterously

c)

To criticize severely

d)

To voice disapproval

27.

What does "choreography" refer to?

a)

The arrangement of dances

b)

A list or collection

c)

A written history

d)

A roundabout route

28.

What is the definition of "chronicle" as a noun?

a)

A written history

b)

A list or collection

c)

A meeting held by people working toward the same goal

d)

A roundabout route

29.

What does "chronological" mean?

a)

Arranged in order of time

b)

Absolute disorder

c)

Harsh criticism

d)

A roundabout route

30.

What is the meaning of "circuitous"?

a)

Roundabout

b)

Absolute disorder

c)

Harsh criticism

d)

A written history

31.

What does the word "circumlocution" mean?

a)

Direct and concise language

b)

Indirect and wordy language

c)

Loud and clear language

d)

Secret and hidden language

32.

What is the meaning of "circumscribed"?

a)

Unlimited and free

b)

Marked off, bounded

c)

Secret and hidden

d)

Loud and noisy

33.

What does "circumvent" mean?

a)

To go around

b)

To divide into parts

c)

To thicken or clot

d)

To make loud noise

34.

What is the definition of "clairvoyant"?

a)

Able to perceive things that normal people cannot

b)

Loud noise

c)

Secret and hidden

d)

To thicken or clot

35.

What does "clamor" mean?

a)

To divide into parts

b)

Loud noise

c)

To thicken or clot

d)

Secret and hidden

36.

What is the meaning of "clandestine"?

a)

Secret

b)

Loud noise

c)

To divide into parts

d)

To thicken or clot

37.

What does "cleave" mean?

a)

To thicken or clot

b)

To divide into parts

c)

Loud noise

d)

Secret

38.

What is the definition of "clemency"?

a)

Mercy

b)

Loud noise

c)

Secret

d)

To thicken or clot

39.

What does "clergy" refer to?

a)

Members of Christian holy orders

b)

Loud noise

c)

Secret

d)

To thicken or clot

40.

What is the meaning of "cloying"?

a)

Sickeningly sweet

b)

Loud noise

c)

Secret

d)

To thicken or clot

41.

What does "coagulate" mean?

a)

To thicken or clot

b)

Loud noise

c)

Secret

d)

To divide into parts

42.

What is the definition of "coalesce"?

a)

To fuse into a whole

b)

Loud noise

c)

Secret

d)

To divide into parts

43.

What does "cobbler" refer to?

a)

A person who makes or repairs shoes

b)

Loud noise

c)

Secret

d)

To thicken or clot

44.

What is the meaning of "coerce"?

a)

To make somebody do something by force or threat

b)

Loud noise

c)

Secret

d)

To divide into parts

45.

What does the word "cogent" mean?

a)

Aware, mindful

b)

Intellectually convincing

c)

Logically consistent

d)

Secret agreement

46.

Which word means "aware, mindful"?

a)

Collusion

b)

Cognizant

c)

Colloquial

d)

Commensurate

47.

What is the meaning of "coherent"?

a)

Corresponding in size or amount

b)

Ready to adapt oneself to another's wishes

c)

Logically consistent, intelligible

d)

A gigantic statue or thing

48.

Which word describes a "gigantic statue or thing"?

a)

Collusion

b)

Colossus

c)

Collateral

d)

Combustion

49.

What does "collusion" mean?

a)

Secret agreement, conspiracy

b)

Act or process of burning

c)

Roomy

d)

Forceful, demanding attention

50.

Which word means "characteristic of informal conversation"?

a)

Collateral

b)

Colloquial

c)

Commendation

d)

Compensate

51.

What is the meaning of "commendation"?

a)

A note of approval or recognition

b)

To make an appropriate payment for something

c)

Self-satisfied ignorance of danger

d)

To complete, make perfect

52.

Which word means "corresponding in size or amount"?

a)

Compelling

b)

Commensurate

c)

Commodious

d)

Compliant

53.

What does "compelling" mean?

a)

Ready to adapt oneself to another's wishes

b)

Forceful, demanding attention

c)

Roomy

d)

Intellectually convincing

54.

Which word means "to complete, make perfect"?

a)

Complement

b)

Compensate

c)

Complacency

d)

Collusion

55.

What does the word "complicit" mean?

a)

Being an accomplice in a wrongful act

b)

An expression of esteem or approval

c)

To combine parts

d)

Including everything

56.

Which word means "an expression of esteem or approval"?

a)

Compound

b)

Compunction

c)

Compliment

d)

Concede

57.

What is the meaning of "compound" as a verb?

a)

To apply pressure

b)

To combine parts

c)

To fabricate

d)

To pardon

58.

Which word means "including everything"?

a)

Comprehensive

b)

Conciliatory

c)

Concomitant

d)

Conduit

59.

What does "compress" mean?

a)

To fabricate

b)

To apply pressure

c)

To pardon

d)

To combine parts

60.

Which word means "distress caused by feeling guilty"?

a)

Compunction

b)

Condolence

c)

Confection

d)

Concord

61.

What does "conciliatory" mean?

a)

Friendly, agreeable

b)

Brief and direct in expression

c)

An expression of sympathy in sorrow

d)

A pipe or channel through which something passes

62.

Which word means "brief and direct in expression"?

a)

Concoct

b)

Concise

c)

Concomitant

d)

Condone

63.

What does "concoct" mean?

a)

To fabricate, make up

b)

To pardon, deliberately overlook

c)

To apply pressure

d)

To combine parts

64.

Which word means "harmonious agreement"?

a)

Concomitant

b)

Condolence

c)

Concord

d)

Confection

65.

What does "condolence" mean?

a)

An expression of sympathy in sorrow

b)

A sweet, fancy food

c)

A pipe or channel through which something passes

d)

To pardon, deliberately overlook

66.

Which word means "to pardon, deliberately overlook"?

a)

Concoct

b)

Condone

c)

Compress

d)

Concede

67.

What does "conduit" mean?

a)

A pipe or channel through which something passes

b)

An expression of esteem or approval

c)

To combine parts

d)

Friendly, agreeable

68.

Which word means "a sweet, fancy food"?

a)

Confection

b)

Compunction

c)

Concord

d)

Concomitant

69.

What is the meaning of the word "confidant"?

a)

A person entrusted with secrets

b)

A great fire

c)

A gathering together

d)

One who behaves the same as others

70.

What does the word "conflagration" refer to?

a)

A gathering together

b)

A great fire

c)

To frustrate or confuse

d)

To thicken into a solid

71.

Which word means "a gathering together"?

a)

Conflagration

b)

Confluence

c)

Conformist

d)

Confound

72.

What is the definition of "conformist"?

a)

One who behaves the same as others

b)

To frustrate or confuse

c)

To thicken into a solid

d)

Pleasantly agreeable

73.

What does "congenial" mean?

a)

To thicken into a solid

b)

Pleasantly agreeable

c)

A gathering of people

d)

An agreement of opinion

74.

What is the meaning of "consensus"?

a)

To plot or scheme

b)

To dedicate something to a holy purpose

c)

An agreement of opinion

d)

To give something over to another's care

75.

Which word means "to forcibly restrict"?

a)

Constrain

b)

Consign

c)

Construe

d)

Consummate

76.

What does the word "consumption" mean?

a)

The act of consuming

b)

The act of creating

c)

The act of destroying

d)

The act of preserving

77.

Which word means "existing during the same time"?

a)

Contentious

b)

Contemporaneous

c)

Contrite

d)

Convoluted

78.

What is the meaning of "contravene"?

a)

To support with evidence

b)

To neutralize, make ineffective

c)

To contradict, oppose, violate

d)

To have a tendency to quarrel or dispute

79.

Which word describes someone who is "penitent, eager to be forgiven"?

a)

Contrite

b)

Convivial

c)

Cosmopolitan

d)

Cordial

80.

What does "contusion" refer to?

a)

A rule or custom

b)

A bruise or injury

c)

Extreme fatness

d)

An assembly of people

81.

What is a "conundrum"?

a)

A puzzle or problem

b)

A warm, affectionate greeting

c)

A sophisticated, worldly person

d)

An act of crowning

82.

What does "convene" mean?

a)

To erode or eat away

b)

To call together

c)

To support with evidence

d)

To neutralize, make ineffective

83.

Which word means "characterized by feasting, drinking, merriment"?

a)

Convoluted

b)

Copious

c)

Convivial

d)

Cordial

84.

What does "copious" mean?

a)

Profuse, abundant

b)

Intricate, complicated

c)

Warm, affectionate

d)

Extreme fatness

85.

Which word means "to support with evidence"?

a)

Corroborate

b)

Counteract

c)

Contravene

d)

Contend

86.

What does the word "coup" mean?

a)

A) A steady increase in intensity

b)

B) A brilliant, unexpected act

c)

C) Readiness to believe

d)

D) To lessen or reduce

87.

What does the word "covert" mean?

a)

A) Secretly engaged in

b)

B) Deserving blame

c)

C) To nurture, improve, refine

d)

D) Greed, strong desire

88.

What does the word "credulity" mean?

a)

A) A steady increase in intensity

b)

B) Readiness to believe

c)

C) Brief to the point of being superficial

d)

D) To lessen or reduce

89.

What does the word "crescendo" mean?

a)

A) A steady increase in intensity

b)

B) The climax toward which something progresses

c)

C) To nurture, improve, refine

d)

D) To lessen or reduce

90.

What does the word "criteria" mean?

a)

A) Standards by which something is judged

b)

B) Deserving blame

c)

C) To nurture, improve, refine

d)

D) Greed, strong desire

91.

What does the word "culpable" mean?

a)

A) Deserving blame

b)

B) Secretly engaged in

c)

C) To nurture, improve, refine

d)

D) Greed, strong desire

92.

What does the word "cultivate" mean?

a)

A) To nurture, improve, refine

b)

B) A steady increase in intensity

c)

C) Readiness to believe

d)

D) To lessen or reduce

93.

What does the word "cumulative" mean?

a)

A) Increasing, building upon itself

b)

B) Brief to the point of being superficial

c)

C) Greed, strong desire

d)

D) To lessen or reduce

94.

What does the word "cunning" mean?

a)

A) Sly, clever at being deceitful

b)

B) Deserving blame

c)

C) To nurture, improve, refine

d)

D) Greed, strong desire

95.

What does the word "cupidity" mean?

a)

A) Greed, strong desire

b)

B) Secretly engaged in

c)

C) To nurture, improve, refine

d)

D) Brief to the point of being superficial

96.

What does the word "cursory" mean?

a)

A) Brief to the point of being superficial

b)

B) A steady increase in intensity

c)

C) Readiness to believe

d)

D) To lessen or reduce

97.

What does the word "curt" mean?

a)

A) Abruptly and rudely short

b)

B) Deserving blame

c)

C) To nurture, improve, refine

d)

D) Greed, strong desire

98.

What does the word "curtail" mean?

a)

A) To lessen, reduce

b)

B) Secretly engaged in

c)

C) To nurture, improve, refine

d)

D) Greed, strong desire

99.

What is one of the meanings of the word "canvas"?

a)

A type of paint

b)

A piece of cloth on which an artist paints

c)

A method of sculpting

d)

A musical instrument

100.

What does the verb "canvass" mean?

a)

To cover, inspect

b)

To voice approval

c)

To paint on a cloth

d)

To create a sculpture

101.

What does the word "circumspect" mean?

a)

Careless

b)

Vulgar

c)

Cautious

d)

Disapproving

102.

What does the verb "chide" mean?

a)

To voice disapproval

b)

To celebrate

c)

To surrender

d)

To thicken or clot

103.

What is a secondary effect referred to as?

a)

Collateral

b)

Combustion

c)

Calamity

d)

Capitulate

104.

What is the process of burning called?

a)

Combustion

b)

Collusion

c)

Capacious

d)

Calumny

105.

What does the word "commodious" mean?

a)

Spacious and comfortable

b)

Small and cramped

c)

Expensive and luxurious

d)

Old and worn out

106.

Which word means "self-satisfied ignorance of danger"?

a)

Complacency

b)

Compensate

c)

Commodious

d)

Compassion

107.

What does "compensate" mean?

a)

To make an appropriate payment for something

b)

To ignore a problem

c)

To take something without permission

d)

To provide comfort

108.

What does the word "complement" mean?

a)

To criticize severely

b)

To complete, make perfect

c)

To divide into parts

d)

To surrender

109.

Which word means "ready to adapt oneself to another’s wishes"?

a)

Compliant

b)

Concede

c)

Complement

d)

Coerce

110.

What is the meaning of "concede"?

a)

To criticize severely

b)

To accept as valid

c)

To divide into parts

d)

To make loud noise

111.

What does the word "concomitant" mean?

a)

Accompanying in a subordinate fashion

b)

To frustrate, confuse

c)

To thicken into a solid

d)

A gathering of people, especially for religious services

112.

What is the meaning of "confound"?

a)

To thicken into a solid

b)

To frustrate, confuse

c)

Accompanying in a subordinate fashion

d)

A gathering of people, especially for religious services

113.

Which word describes a "gathering of people, especially for religious services"?

a)

Concomitant

b)

Confound

c)

Congeal

d)

Congregation

114.

What does the word "congeal" mean?

a)

To thicken into a solid

b)

To plot, scheme

c)

To dedicate something to a holy purpose

d)

The quality of being in agreement

115.

Which word describes "the quality of being in agreement"?

a)

Congeal

b)

Congruity

c)

Connive

d)

Consecrate

116.

What does "connive" mean?

a)

To thicken into a solid

b)

To plot, scheme

c)

To dedicate something to a holy purpose

d)

The quality of being in agreement

117.

What is the meaning of "consensus"?

a)

An agreement of opinion

b)

A state of confusion

c)

A formal meeting

d)

A written document

118.

What does it mean to "consign" something?

a)

To give something over to another’s care

b)

To destroy something

c)

To create something new

d)

To hide something

119.

What is "consolation"?

a)

An act of comforting

b)

A form of punishment

c)

A type of celebration

d)

A method of communication

120.

What does the word "consonant" mean in the context of the sentence?

a)

In harmony

b)

Disagreeing

c)

Essential

d)

Interpreting

121.

What is the meaning of "constituent"?

a)

An essential part

b)

To interpret

c)

In harmony

d)

Disagreeing

122.

What does "construe" mean?

a)

To interpret

b)

To disagree

c)

An essential part

d)

In harmony

123.

What does the verb "consummate" mean in the context of a deal?

a)

To initiate a deal

b)

To complete a deal

c)

To dispute a deal

d)

To cancel a deal

124.

Which word describes someone who has a tendency to quarrel or dispute?

a)

Contentious

b)

Consummate

c)

Conventional

d)

Conscientious

125.

What is one meaning of the word "convention"?

a)

A written history

b)

An assembly of people

c)

A loud noise

d)

A secret agreement

126.

What does "convoluted" mean?

a)

Simple and straightforward

b)

Intricate and complicated

c)

Warm and affectionate

d)

Extreme fatness

127.

What is the meaning of "cordial"?

a)

Intricate and complicated

b)

Warm and affectionate

c)

Extreme fatness

d)

The act of crowning

128.

What does "corpulence" refer to?

a)

Warm and affectionate

b)

Intricate and complicated

c)

Extreme fatness

d)

The act of crowning

129.

What does the word "corrosive" mean?

a)

Having the tendency to erode or eat away

b)

Being highly flammable

c)

Causing allergic reactions

d)

Being extremely cold

130.

What is the meaning of "cosmopolitan"?

a)

Rural and unsophisticated

b)

Simple and uneducated

c)

Sophisticated, worldly

d)

Isolated and reserved

131.

What does "counteract" mean?

a)

To enhance the effect

b)

To neutralize, make ineffective

c)

To delay or postpone

d)

To support or strengthen

132.

What does "covet" mean?

a)

To desire enviously

b)

To criticize severely

c)

To leap about, behave boisterously

d)

To voice disapproval

133.

What is the meaning of "culmination"?

a)

The climax toward which something progresses

b)

A tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

c)

To divide into parts

d)

To thicken or clot

134.

Which word means "to desire enviously"?

a)

Covet

b)

Clamor

c)

Capitulate

d)

Calibrate

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