Vocabulary Quiz-3(March 05,2016)

1. Chicanery means :

The use of tricks to deceive someone

Kindly endorsement and guidance

The act of arranging in a graduated series

Acting according to certain accepted standards

2. propagate means to:

Gall

Lull

Spread

Taper

3. Which of the following would most likely be frenetic?

Someone learning yoga

Someone dying her hair

Someone having a panic attack

Someone taking the subway

4. lush:

Alternating

Functioning

Luxuriant

Disconsolate

5. proliferation means :

An automaton that resembles a human being

A specially long, formal letter

Growth by the rapid multiplication of parts

A purging medicine

6. Which of the following would most likely sully someone's reputation?

A scandalous rumor

A mispronunciation

A google search

7. Which of the following would be typical behavior for a pettifogger?

To stand up for the rights of the oppressed

To work for an extremely low wage

To quarrel about the amount of a waiter's tip

To inspire someone to create art

8. elate means to:

Push out

Keep down

Eat into

Lift up

9. copse means :

A dense growth of trees, shrubs, or bushes

An association of companies for some definite purpose

A temporary police force

A collection of works that an artist or company can perform

10. metier means :

Eon

Ethnicity

Pugnacity

Specialty