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Q2-1 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word best describes moving from one place to another without a clear direction or purpose?

a)

Injunction

b)

Meander

c)

Chimera

d)

Rill

2.

Which term refers to a formal command issued by an authority?

a)

Combe

b)

Holm

c)

Injunction

d)

Affable

3.

Which word means impossible to stop or prevent?

a)

Pulchritudinous

b)

Inexorable

c)

Abstruse

d)

Dogmatic

4.

Which word names a hybrid, mythic creature like a lion with a goat’s head?

a)

Lineament

b)

Paroxysm

c)

Kine

d)

Chimera

5.

Which adjective means physically beautiful?

a)

Abstruse

b)

Dogmatic

c)

Pulchritudinous

d)

Affable

6.

Which noun is the plural form for cow, meaning cattle?

a)

Pittance

b)

Holm

c)

Rill

d)

Kine

7.

Which term means difficult to understand?

a)

Affable

b)

Meander

c)

Combe

d)

Abstruse

8.

Which word means a small island, especially within a river?

a)

Chimera

b)

Rill

c)

Combe

d)

Holm

9.

Which word refers to a small stream?

a)

Rill

b)

Combe

c)

Holm

d)

Lineament

10.

Which landform is a short valley or hollow along a hillside or coast?

a)

Kine

b)

Rill

c)

Holm

d)

Combe

11.

Which term means a very small amount of money paid to someone?

a)

Suppliant

b)

Paroxysm

c)

Injunction

d)

Pittance

12.

Which word names a sudden, violent outburst of emotion?

a)

Meander

b)

Ameliorate

c)

Discernment

d)

Paroxysm

13.

Which noun refers to the ability to judge well?

a)

Chimera

b)

Affable

c)

Dogmatic

d)

Discernment

14.

Which verb means to improve something bad by making it better?

a)

Injunct

b)

Ameliorate

c)

Meander

d)

Satiate

15.

Which noun means a distinctive feature of the face or appearance?

a)

Holm

b)

Lineament

c)

Paroxysm

d)

Pittance

16.

Which adjective describes someone friendly and good-natured?

a)

Inexorable

b)

Abstruse

c)

Dogmatic

d)

Affable

17.

Which adjective describes someone strongly opinionated and inflexible?

a)

Affable

b)

Dogmatic

c)

Suppliant

d)

Pulchritudinous

18.

Which verb means to satisfy fully, especially hunger or appetite?

a)

Discern

b)

Meander

c)

Ameliorate

d)

Satiate

19.

Which noun refers to a person making a humble plea to someone in power?

a)

Lineament

b)

Combe

c)

Kine

d)

Suppliant

20.

Which sentence uses “meander” correctly?

a)

The judge issued a meander to halt construction

b)

We meandered through alleys without any set route

c)

The artist sketched the meander of his cheekbones

d)

Her meander was impossible to stop or prevent