NEW
Font size
WorksheetsVocabulary and Word Meanings Quiz
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is the definition of the word "callow"?
Young and inexperienced; immature.
Showing sound judgment; wise.
To pronounce clearly.
Conflict or struggle.
What does "cynical" mean?
Doubtful of the sincerity of others' motives; skeptical.
To make poor.
To show great respect for.
Indulging in ease; avoiding exertion; lazy.
Who is a "cynic"?
A person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest.
A ruler with absolute power.
A person living during the same period as another.
Someone who shows great respect.
What is the definition of "despot"?
A ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people.
To pronounce clearly.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
Worldly; not connected with a church or religion.
What does "despotic" mean?
Relating to or characteristic of a despot; tyrannical.
To make poor.
To state; to announce.
To engage in a risky business venture.
What does "enunciate" mean when used as a verb?
To pronounce clearly.
To make poor.
To show great respect for.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
What is the second meaning of "enunciate"?
To state; to announce.
To take away.
To think about or make guesses.
To struggle.
What is an "impediment"?
Anything that gets in the way; an obstacle.
The quality of being sagacious.
To show great respect for.
To make poor.
What does "impoverish" mean as a verb?
To make poor.
To pronounce clearly.
To show great respect for.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
What is the second meaning of "impoverish"?
To take away.
To announce.
To struggle.
To think about or make guesses.
What does "impoverished" mean?
Reduced to poverty; made poor.
Showing sound judgment; wise.
To engage in a risky business venture.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
What does "indolent" mean?
Indulging in ease; avoiding exertion; lazy.
To make poor.
To pronounce clearly.
To show great respect for.
What is "indolence"?
State of being indolent; laziness.
Conflict or struggle.
To state; to announce.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
What does "sagacious" mean?
Showing sound judgment; wise.
To make poor.
To pronounce clearly.
To take away.
What is "sagacity"?
The quality of being sagacious; wisdom.
To show great respect for.
To engage in a risky business venture.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
What does "secular" mean?
Worldly; not connected with a church or religion.
To make poor.
To pronounce clearly.
To take away.
What is the first meaning of "speculate"?
To think about or make guesses.
To show great respect for.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
To pronounce clearly.
What is the second meaning of "speculate"?
To engage in a risky business venture, especially on the stock market, in the hope of making a large profit.
To make poor.
To state; to announce.
To take away.
What does "strife" mean?
Conflict or struggle.
To show great respect for.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
To pronounce clearly.
What does "venerate" mean?
To show great respect for.
To make poor.
To state; to announce.
To take away.
What is the first meaning of "voracious"?
Ravenous; desiring and eating a large amount of food.
To pronounce clearly.
To show great respect for.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
What is the second meaning of "voracious"?
Greatly eager.
To make poor.
To state; to announce.
To take away.
What does "wane" mean?
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker; to near an end.
To show great respect for.
To pronounce clearly.
To make poor.
Which word means "showing sound judgment; wise"?
Sagacious
Indolent
Cynical
Secular
Which word refers to "conflict or struggle"?
Strife
Impediment
Sagacity
Venerate
Which word means "to pronounce clearly"?
Enunciate
Wane
Speculate
Indolence
Which word means "to make poor"?
Impoverish
Venerate
Strife
Sagacity
Which word means "reduced to poverty; made poor"?
Impoverished
Indolent
Voracious
Secular
Which word means "to show great respect for"?
Venerate
Strife
Sagacity
Wane
Which word describes someone who avoids work due to laziness?
Despotic
Indolent
Voracious
Sagacious
What does it mean to "speculate" in the context of business?
To engage in a risky financial venture hoping for profit.
To make poor.
To get smaller or weaker.
To show great respect for someone.
Which word means "to get smaller, dimmer, or weaker"?
Wane
Enunciate
Venerate
Strife
Which word refers to someone who is young and inexperienced?
Callow
Despotic
Voracious
Impediment
What does "sagacious" mean?
Showing sound judgment; wise.
To make poor.
To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker.
To pronounce clearly.
What is the meaning of "strife"?
To show great respect for.
Conflict or struggle.
To engage in a risky business venture.
To state; to announce.
