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Vocabulary Quiz 1 Second Semester (Word of the Day

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the word 'Sweltering'?

a)

Extremely hot

b)

Very cold

c)

Mildly warm

d)

Slightly chilly

2.

Match the following terms with their definitions:

a)

Swelter

1.

To suffer from oppressive heat.

b)

Exploit

2.

To make full use of and derive benefit from a resource.

c)

Resent

3.

To feel bitterness or indignation at a circumstance.

d)

Convey

4.

To communicate or make known.

3.

The word that means 'boring and repetitive' is (a)  

Choose from the below words
Tedious
Flourish
Adamant
Ominous
4.

Fill in the blank: A _______ person is hostile and aggressive.

a)

Belligerent

b)

Stricken

c)

Adamant

d)

Ominous

5.

Which word means 'to beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something'?

a)

Implore

b)

Scorn

c)

Infringe

d)

Entail

6.

Fill in the blank: To _______ means to actively break the terms of a law or agreement.

a)

Infringe

b)

Convey

c)

Resent

d)

Swelter

7.

Which of the following words means 'giving the impression that something bad is going to happen'?

a)

Ominous

b)

Flourish

c)

Adamant

d)

Tedious

8.

'Convey' means to (a)   .

Choose from the below words
To hide
To express
To destroy
To ignore
9.

What is the definition of pervasive?

a)

existing in or spreading through every part of something

b)

open dislike and disrespect or mockery

c)

unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion

d)

to grow

10.

Which vocabulary word means to grow productively

a)

sweltering

b)

flourish

c)

stricken

d)

entail

11.

Which vocabulary word means "open dislike and disrespect or mockery often mixed with indignation"

a)

scorn

b)

adamant

c)

infringe

d)

convey

12.

What does adamant mean?

a)

an expression of contempt or derision

b)

to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another

c)

to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

d)

unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion

13.

What is the definition of stricken?

a)

unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion

b)

to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

c)

to bear from one place to another.

d)

hit or wounded; afflicted or overwhelmed by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrow

14.

What is definition of entail?

a)

afflicted or overwhelmed by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrow

b)

to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another

c)

to make use of meanly or unfairly for one's own advantage

d)

to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result