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Vocabulary Quiz for Grade 12

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does the word "Accumulate" mean?

a)

To disperse or scatter

b)

To gather or acquire something gradually as time passes

c)

To lose or forfeit

d)

To destroy or demolish

2.

Which of the following best defines "Adequate"?

a)

Insufficient or lacking

b)

Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity

c)

Excessive or abundant

d)

Minimal or negligible

3.

What is meant by "Alternative"?

a)

A single option with no other possibilities

b)

One of two or more available possibilities

c)

A mandatory choice

d)

An impossible option

4.

The word "Anticipate" is best described as:

a)

To ignore or overlook

b)

To expect something will happen

c)

To prevent or stop

d)

To forget or disregard

5.

What does "Apparent" mean?

a)

Hidden or concealed

b)

Clearly visible or understood; obvious

c)

Confusing or ambiguous

d)

Uncertain or doubtful

6.

Which definition best fits the word "Approximate"?

a)

Exact and precise

b)

Close to the actual but not completely accurate or exact

c)

Completely wrong

d)

Far from the actual

7.

What does "Attribute" mean in this context?

a)

To ignore or dismiss someone or something

b)

To regard something as being caused by someone or something

c)

To separate or divide someone or something

d)

To misunderstand or misinterpret something

8.

The term "Bias" refers to:

a)

A fair and impartial view

b)

A tendency to favor one thing over another, often unfairly

c)

A balanced perspective

d)

An objective opinion

9.

What is a "Category"?

a)

A random assortment of items

b)

A class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics

c)

An individual item with no relation to others

d)

A unique and singular entity

10.

Which of the following best describes "Circumstance"?

a)

An irrelevant detail

b)

A fact or condition that connects with or relevant to an event or action

c)

A random occurrence

d)

An unimportant factor

11.

What does "Clarify" mean?

a)

To confuse or complicate

b)

To make a statement or situation less confused and more understandable

c)

To obscure or hide

d)

To distort or mislead

12.

The word "Conclude" is best defined as:

a)

To begin or start

b)

To bring something to an end; to arrive at judgment or opinion by reasoning

c)

To continue indefinitely

d)

To pause or delay

13.

What does "Contrast" mean?

a)

To blend or mix

b)

To compare in such a way as to emphasize differences

c)

To ignore or neglect

d)

To agree or harmonize

14.

What does "Demonstrate" mean?

a)

to clearly show the existence or truth of something by giving proof or evidence

b)

to contrast by not showing the truth

c)

to clearly deny the existence of something without any proof or evidence

d)

to clearly disregard the proof in the report

15.

What is the definition of the word "Contribute"?

a)

to steal something like money from someone who helped you

b)

to take something from everyone (such as money or time) and not give it back

c)

to be greedy with your money and time

d)

to give something (such as money or time) to help achieve or provide something

16.

What does the word "Emphasize" mean?

a)

to give special importance or prominence to something in speaking or writing

b)

to misdirect important information in speaking or writing

c)

to lie during a presentation and leave out information

d)

to not highlight important information in a text or speech

17.

What word means:

when something becomes larger or more extensive

a)

Shorten

b)

Expand

c)

Loosen

d)

Narrow

18.

What word means:

a conclusion that can be drawn from something, although it is not explicitly stated

a)

Emphasize

b)

Clarify

c)

Implication

d)

Contrast

19.

To incorporate is to...

a)

include something as part of a whole

b)

denounce something because it is missing a part

c)

leave out something

d)

not include something as part of a whole

20.

To indicate means:

a)

to make partial changes to something

b)

to point out or show

c)

to hide information

d)

to keep a sensitive secret

21.

to deduce or conclude information from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements means:

a)

Accumulate

b)

Infer

c)

Clarify

d)

Contribute

22.

"Modify" means to:

a)

to make no changes to something whatsoever

b)

to make partial or minor changes to something

c)

to keep something without changing it

d)

to maintain the look of something without improvements

23.

What does it mean to cause someone to do something through reasoning or argument?

a)

Dissuade

b)

Deter

c)

Discourage

d)

Persuade

24.

to mark something by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail is to be...

a)

Precise

b)

Approximate

c)

Inaccurate

d)

Vague

25.

When something is closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered, it is______?

a)

Vague

b)

Inaccurate

c)

Relevant

d)

Not connected