Vocabulary: Test Your Basics! Quiz

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  • 1. 
    We were taken aback at the fulsome praise heaped upon his former enemy.
    • A. 

      Elaborated

    • B. 

      Extravagant

    • C. 

      Excessive

    • D. 

      Exorbitant

    • E. 

      None of these

  • 2. 
    You may think at first that it is queer to talk of having too much paper money and that money is so nice and useful that you cannot have too much of it.
    • A. 

      Ridiculous

    • B. 

      Absurd

    • C. 

      Anomalous

    • D. 

      Odd

    • E. 

      None of these

  • 3. 
    The Government is under no obligation to offer contracts to companies that choose to flout guidelines.
    • A. 

      Condemn

    • B. 

      Ignore

    • C. 

      Defy

    • D. 

      Neglect

    • E. 

      None of these

  • 4. 
    Soon he felt uncomfortable, for the coach was now moving over a rugged road.
    • A. 

      Rough

    • B. 

      Narrow

    • C. 

      Dusty

    • D. 

      Sturdy

    • E. 

      None of these

  • 5. 
    Indians exhibited remarkable solidarity at the time of war.
    • A. 

      Coalition

    • B. 

      Cooperation

    • C. 

      Unification

    • D. 

      Unity

    • E. 

      None of these

  • 6. 
    A great statesman is actuated by love of his country.
    • A. 

      Compelled

    • B. 

      Induced

    • C. 

      Impelled

    • D. 

      Persuaded

    • E. 

      None of these

  • 7. 
    The cutting curved sharply, and in the darkness the black entrance to the tunnel loomed up menacingly.
    • A. 

      Harmfully

    • B. 

      Imminently

    • C. 

      Dangerously

    • D. 

      Threateningly

    • E. 

      None of these

  • 8. 
    Had he delivered his speech without a long and winding preamble, people would have understood him better.
    • A. 

      Digression

    • B. 

      Introduction

    • C. 

      Explanation

    • D. 

      Background

    • E. 

      None of these

  • 9. 
    His impeccable style caught the attention of all critics.
    • A. 

      Faultless

    • B. 

      Inoffensive

    • C. 

      Upright

    • D. 

      Harmless

    • E. 

      None of these

  • 10. 
    We should not look down on people who are not educated.
    • A. 

      Dislike

    • B. 

      Despise

    • C. 

      Disown

    • D. 

      Denounce

    • E. 

      None of the above

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