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Vocabulary Quiz 12th week 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'Adulterate' mean?

a)

To make larger, increase

b)

To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

c)

Courage in facing difficulties

d)

Wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose

2.

What is the meaning of 'Bereft'?

a)

Cautiously, with great care

b)

Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

c)

Intended to deceive or entrap, sly, treacherous

d)

An external appearance, cover, mask

3.

Which word means 'courage in facing difficulties'?

a)

Opulent

b)

Insidious

c)

Fortitude

d)

Gibe

4.

What does 'Warily' mean?

a)

Stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored

b)

To utter taunting words

c)

To make larger, increase

d)

Cautiously, with great care

5.

Which word means 'an external appearance, cover, mask'?

a)

Bereft

b)

Dour

c)

Adulterate

d)

Guise

6.

What does 'Opulent' mean?

a)

Wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose

b)

To make larger, increase

c)

To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

d)

Courage in facing difficulties

7.

Which word means 'stern, unyielding, gloomy, ill-humored'?

a)

Gibe

b)

Dour

c)

Adulterate

d)

Guise

8.

What is the meaning of 'Insidious'?

a)

Intended to deceive or entrap, sly, treacherous

b)

Deprived of; made unhappy through a loss

c)

Cautiously, with great care

d)

Wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose

9.

What is the meaning of 'Gibe'?

a)

To utter taunting words

b)

To make larger, increase

c)

To corrupt, make worse by the addition of something of lesser value

d)

Wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose

10.

Which word means 'to make larger, increase'?

a)

Augment

b)

Bereft

c)

Insidious

d)

Guise

11.

Fill in the blank: The company had __________ when they realized that they were going to go bankrupt unless they over charged their customers. However, they chose not to raise prices and hope for the best.

a)

opulent

b)

dour

c)

fortitude

d)

guise

12.

What part of speech is the word, "augment?"

a)

noun

b)

adjctive

c)

verb

d)

adverb

13.

What part of speech is the word, "guise?"

a)

noun

b)

adjctive

c)

verb

d)

adverb

14.

What part of speech is the word, "adulterate?"

a)

noun

b)

adjctive

c)

verb

d)

adverb

15.

What part of speech is the word, "dour?"

a)

noun

b)

adjctive

c)

verb

d)

adverb

16.

What part of speech is the word, "bereft?"

a)

noun

b)

adjctive

c)

verb

d)

adverb

17.

Fill in the blank with the correct word: I entered the haunted house ___________ knowing that Sarah said it was the most frightening experience she ever had.

a)

opulent

b)

bereft

c)

insidious

d)

warily

18.

Fill in the blank: The teacher was tough and _________ on her students. So much so that no one wanted to take her class.

a)

adulterate

b)

dour

c)

gibe

d)

bereft

19.

Fill in the blank: Students are not allowed to _____ at other students during class. When Sam called Dylan, "stupid," in class, Mrs. Santorini gave him a detention.

a)

adulterate

b)

dour

c)

gibe

d)

bereft

20.

Fill in the blank: When I went to visit my cousins in Spain, their home was ___________, featuring a private movie theatre, columns made of gold, and an Olympic sized swimming pool.

a)

insidious

b)

dour

c)

bereft

d)

opulent