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W & W Vocabulary Quiz 1-20

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
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1.

What is the meaning of the word "wordplay"?

a)

Playful or clever use of words to create humor

b)

A group of people who watch or listen to a performance

c)

The technique or way in which something is said

d)

To change or alter as a result of changes to the environment

2.

Which of the following is an example of homophones?

a)

Bear (animal) and bare (empty)

b)

Bat (winged animal) and bat (wooden stick)

c)

Raining cats and dogs

d)

Listeners, viewers, spectators

3.

What does the word "idiom" mean?

a)

A phrase or expression that means something other than the literal meaning of its individual words

b)

Two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings

c)

Two or more words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

d)

The technique or way in which something is said

4.

What does the word "adapt" mean?

a)

To change; to alter as a result of changes to the environment

b)

A group of people who watch or listen to a performance

c)

Playful or clever use of words to create humor

d)

Two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings

5.

What is the meaning of "audience"?

a)

A group of people who watch or listen to a performance

b)

The technique or way in which something is said

c)

A phrase or expression that means something other than the literal meaning

d)

To change; to alter as a result of changes to the environment

6.

What does the word "peculiar" mean?

a)

Usual and expected

b)

Abnormal or different from the usual expectation

c)

Common and familiar

d)

Ordinary and typical

7.

What is a "tollbooth"?

a)

A place where you buy tickets for a concert

b)

A small building where payments are collected for roadway access

c)

A booth where you get information about a city

d)

A place to park your car

8.

What does "phantom" mean?

a)

Real and tangible

b)

Seemingly real but actually not real

c)

Visible and solid

d)

Clearly present and obvious

9.

What is "wisdom"?

a)

Lack of knowledge

b)

Accumulated knowledge or learning

c)

Ignorance and unawareness

d)

Forgetfulness

10.

What does it mean to "visualize" something?

a)

To ignore something completely

b)

To see something in your head while you think about it

c)

To forget about something

d)

To write something down

11.

What is "knowledge"?

a)

A state of not knowing

b)

Understanding of a topic or idea through learning or experience

c)

A lack of awareness

d)

Forgetting information

12.

What does "ignorance" mean?

a)

A state of knowing everything

b)

A state of not knowing; lack of awareness or education

c)

Being highly educated

d)

Having complete understanding

13.

What are the "doldrums"?

a)

A state of excitement and activity

b)

A boring, gloomy place, or state of mind, in which nothing happens

c)

A place full of energy and enthusiasm

d)

A time of great happiness

14.

What does "lethargy" mean?

a)

A state of high energy and excitement

b)

A state of having very low energy with drowsiness and lack of interest

c)

Being very active and alert

d)

Feeling extremely motivated

15.

What does it mean to "surmise" something?

a)

To know something for sure

b)

To voice an opinion with little evidence; imagine

c)

To have complete proof

d)

To ignore something

16.

What does "presume" mean?

a)

To doubt something

b)

To assume as truth without evidence or question

c)

To question everything

d)

To be unsure about something

17.

What does "reason" mean?

a)

To arrive at a conclusion through close, careful, logical thought

b)

To guess without thinking

c)

To ignore logic

d)

To act without thinking

18.

What does "meditate" mean?

a)

To act quickly without thinking

b)

To think about deeply

c)

To ignore thoughts

d)

To forget about something