WorksheetsEnglish 11 Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
There are, however, techniques that can
help even the most inexperienced and reluctant speakers to accomplish the task with APLOMB.
What does aplomb most likely mean as it is used?
a)
a. style
b)
b. daring
c)
c. verve
d)
d. assurance
2.
You are not an INTERLOPER,
and your audience is not the enemy.
Which word means the same as interloper?
a)
a. enemy
b)
b. intruder
c)
c. stranger
d)
d. spy
3.
If you do not like them, you are in the wrong place—nothing can AMELIORATE that.
Which word is closest in meaning to ameliorate as it is used?
a)
a. destroy
b)
b. improve
c)
c. replace
d)
d. contradict
4.
The audience wants to know who you
are, and speakers who try to INGRATIATE themselves with their audiences are not well received.
What does ingratiate most likely mean as it is used?
a)
a. acclimatize
b)
b. improve
c)
c. adapt
d)
d. cozy up to
5.
You can be sympathetic, argumentative,
humorous, friendly, or critical—but never BOMBASTIC.
What is the meaning of bombastic as it is used?
a)
a. pretentious
b)
b. roaring
c)
c. self-aggrandizing
d)
d. hollow
6.
speaking nothing but DRIVEL
a)
a. lies
b)
b. nonsense
c)
c. truths
d)
d. riddles
7.
of no INTRINSIC value
a)
a. inherent
b)
b. absolute
c)
c. industrial
d)
d. known
8.
(adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office
a)
drivel
b)
ex officio
c)
infringe
d)
interloper
9.
(v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds
a)
drivel
b)
ex officio
c)
infringe
d)
interloper
10.
(adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste
a)
bombastic
b)
exhort
c)
inveigh
d)
stringent
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