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Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "cringe" mean?

a)

To draw back, as with fear, pain, or embarrassment

b)

To move from one place to another by lifting

c)

To eat greedily

d)

To bring to mind

2.

What is the meaning of "dismay"?

a)

To communicate beliefs or opinions

b)

To lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted

c)

To twist and compress

d)

To show pensive sadness

3.

What does "evidence" refer to?

a)

Knowledge on which to base belief

b)

To pass gradually or leak

c)

To have and exert an effect

d)

To command against

4.

What does "express" mean?

a)

To move from one place to another by lifting

b)

To communicate beliefs or opinions

c)

To eat greedily

d)

To feel sorry for

5.

What is the definition of "hoist"?

a)

To cause to feel shame

b)

To move from one place to another by lifting

c)

To be of inferior size

d)

To twist and compress

6.

What does "humiliate" mean?

a)

To cause to feel shame

b)

To show pensive sadness

c)

To eat greedily

d)

To bring to mind

7.

What does "practical" mean?

a)

Concerned with actual use

b)

To lower someone’s spirits

c)

To twist and compress

d)

To command against

8.

What is the meaning of "puny"?

a)

To pass gradually or leak

b)

Of inferior size

c)

To communicate beliefs

d)

To eat greedily

9.

What does "seep" mean?

a)

To show pensive sadness

b)

To pass gradually or leak

c)

To have and exert an effect

d)

To draw back in fear

10.

What is the definition of "wistful"?

a)

Showing pensive sadness

b)

To move from one place to another

c)

To be of inferior size

d)

To command against

11.

What does "analyze" mean?

a)

To consider in detail in order to discover essential features

b)

To eat greedily

c)

To twist and compress

d)

To lower someone’s spirits

12.

What does "assume" mean?

a)

To take to be the case or to be true

b)

To communicate beliefs

c)

To cause to feel shame

d)

To show pensive sadness

13.

What is the meaning of "devour"?

a)

To eat greedily

b)

To move from one place to another

c)

To pass gradually or leak

d)

To command against

14.

What does "envious" mean?

a)

Painfully desirous of another’s advantages

b)

To lower someone’s spirits

c)

To twist and compress

d)

To bring to mind

15.

What does "influence" mean?

a)

To have and exert an effect

b)

To eat greedily

c)

To show pensive sadness

d)

To be of inferior size