Upgrade Your Vocabulary: Trivia Quiz

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    An ongoing fear is?

    • Shrill
    • Phobia
    • Rational
    • Myth
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  • 2. 

    Very important; needing immediate attention.

    • Staid

    • Refuse

    • Urgent

    • Myth

    Correct Answer
    A. Urgent
  • 3. 

    Choose a synonym for the underlined word.  Mrs. Bucko let out a shrill scream when she the mouse run rampantly around her classroom.

    • High-pitched

    • Random

    • Quiet

    • Perfect

    Correct Answer
    A. High-pitched
  • 4. 

    To take on the culture of a group; to absorb into a group; to make similar.

    • Assimilate

    • Shrill

    • Staid

    • Finance

    Correct Answer
    A. Assimilate
  • 5. 

    An exclusive group is

    • Staid

    • Phobia

    • Clique

    • Finance

    Correct Answer
    A. Clique
  • 6. 

    Sensible; reasonable; sane

    • Rational

    • Assimilate

    • Phobia

    • Refuse

    Correct Answer
    A. Rational
  • 7. 

    A fictional story written to explain a natural event; a legend.

    • Phobia

    • Urgent

    • Finance

    • Myth

    Correct Answer
    A. Myth
  • 8. 

    Trash; waste: to decline or be unwilling to do something

    • Shrill

    • Refuse

    • Staid

    • Myth

    Correct Answer
    A. Refuse
  • 9. 

    To give money; the study, science, or industry dealing with money

    • Finance

    • Clique

    • Myth

    • Refuse

    Correct Answer
    A. Finance
  • 10. 

    Harsh; high-pitched; loud.

    • Refuse

    • Staid

    • Myth

    • Shrill

    Correct Answer
    A. Shrill
  • 11. 

    Poised; dignified; calm

    • Finance

    • Urgent

    • Rational

    • Staid

    Correct Answer
    A. Staid
  • 12. 

    The root "simil" means

    • Safe

    • Same

    • Rejected

    • Forbidden

    Correct Answer
    A. Same
  • 13. 

    The root "ratio" means

    • Hot

    • Cold

    • Reason

    • Worried

    Correct Answer
    A. Reason
  • 14. 

    The prefix "in" means

    • Not

    • Fun

    • Strong

    • Sorry

    Correct Answer
    A. Not
  • 15. 

    Choose a synonym for the underlined word.  The boy asked his mother to make a rational decision when deciding upon his punishment for his horrific report card.

    • Sane

    • Crazy

    • Optional

    • Ridiculous

    Correct Answer
    A. Sane
  • 16. 

    The prefix "dis" means

    • Not

    • Wrong

    • Same

    • Reason

    Correct Answer
    A. Not
  • 17. 

    Choose an antonym for the underlined word, phobia.

    • Casual

    • Confidence

    • High-pitched

    • Random

    Correct Answer
    A. Confidence
  • 18. 

    Click and clique are examples of a homograph.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. False
  • 19. 

    Finance is a homograph.

    • True

    • False

    Correct Answer
    A. True
  • 20. 

    The suffix for "having the characteristics of" is

    • Simil

    • Tion

    • Al

    • Tial

    Correct Answer
    A. Al
  • 21. 

    Provide and antonym for the word urgent.

    • Slow

    • Fast

    • Casual

    • Ironic

    Correct Answer
    A. Casual

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