Vocabulary Quiz: Can You Choose The Correct Words?

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Want to test your vocabulary? Try out this vocabulary quiz today if you can easily choose the correct words that fit best with their definition. Hurry up! This is a fun way to check how rich your vocabulary is. Here, we will provide you with a definition for each question, and you have to choose the correct word that best fits the definition. Do you think the quiz will be an easy game for you? Try it out and assess yourself.


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​Though hurt by his ____________ language, I had to admit some of his points were valid. 
    • A. 

      Intrinsic

    • B. 

      Vitriolic

    • C. 

      Unctuous

    • D. 

      Meritorious

  • 2. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below.  excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression or earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily, pliable 
    • A. 

      Elicit

    • B. 

      Unctuous

    • C. 

      Stringent

    • D. 

      Seditious

  • 3. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance 
    • A. 

      Ingratiate

    • B. 

      Intercede

    • C. 

      Jaded

    • D. 

      Tenuous

  • 4. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​David _______ his little sister to not drive so quickly because it's dangerous and she could get a speeding ticket.
    • A. 

      Exhorts

    • B. 

      Inveighs

    • C. 

      Ascribes

    • D. 

      Intercedes

  • 5. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below.  the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another
    • A. 

      Drivel

    • B. 

      Provincial

    • C. 

      Acculturation

    • D. 

      Lassitude

  • 6. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench 
    • A. 

      Infringe

    • B. 

      Inveigh

    • C. 

      Expedite

    • D. 

      Assuage

  • 7. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality 
    • A. 

      Epitome

    • B. 

      Lassitude

    • C. 

      Ferment

    • D. 

      Umbrage

  • 8. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of  
    • A. 

      Simulate

    • B. 

      Expostulate

    • C. 

      Ameliorate

    • D. 

      Exhort

  • 9. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​The crowd was so eager to see the band perform that they resented the opening singer as a(n) _____________. 
    • A. 

      Drivel

    • B. 

      Interloper

    • C. 

      Lassitude

    • D. 

      Approbation

  • 10. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas 
    • A. 

      Petulant

    • B. 

      Lurid

    • C. 

      Bombastic

    • D. 

      Hackneyed

  • 11. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​I attempted to ___________ the information out of her but I was met with an angry attitude 
    • A. 

      Intercede

    • B. 

      Elicit

    • C. 

      Peculate

    • D. 

      Expiate

  • 12. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​Dictators usually begin their reigns by searching out and silencing ____________ opinions. 
    • A. 

      Intrinsic

    • B. 

      Circuitous

    • C. 

      Vitriolic

    • D. 

      Seditious

  • 13. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​It was ________________ that I randomly ran into my childhood best friend at the mall yesterday. 
    • A. 

      Adventitious

    • B. 

      Ex officio

    • C. 

      Hackneyed

    • D. 

      Stringent

  • 14. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. composure or coolness, especially in trying circumstances 
    • A. 

      Adventitious

    • B. 

      Sangfroid

    • C. 

      Lassitude

    • D. 

      Decadence

  • 15. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
    • A. 

      Hiatus

    • B. 

      Coalition

    • C. 

      Drivel

    • D. 

      Proclivity

  • 16. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers 
    • A. 

      Umbrage

    • B. 

      Petulant

    • C. 

      Callow

    • D. 

      Tenuous

  • 17. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​Curious, patient, and fond of long walks outdoors, she soon displayed a _____________ for nature study.
    • A. 

      Aplomb

    • B. 

      Millennium

    • C. 

      Proclivity

    • D. 

      Umbrage

  • 18. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. to rise above or beyond, exceed
    • A. 

      Transcend

    • B. 

      Simulate

    • C. 

      Peculate

    • D. 

      Abominate

  • 19. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​She seemed to feel that a snooze at her desk was not an annoying habit but the _________________ of a veteran employee. 
    • A. 

      Prerogative

    • B. 

      Interloper

    • C. 

      Ferment

    • D. 

      Sangfroid

  • 20. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. to direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit 
    • A. 

      Enjoin

    • B. 

      Intercede

    • C. 

      Precipitate

    • D. 

      Occult

  • 21. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​The hidden cabinet was _________ from sight, which made it a good place to hide valuables. 
    • A. 

      Inveighed

    • B. 

      Infringed

    • C. 

      Occulted

    • D. 

      Interceded

  • 22. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute 
    • A. 

      Occult

    • B. 

      Enjoin

    • C. 

      Transcend

    • D. 

      Ascribe

  • 23. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​Many years of ___________________ service could not dissuade him from feeling that he had not chosen work that he liked and enjoyed. 
    • A. 

      Inadvertent

    • B. 

      Meritorious

    • C. 

      Provincial

    • D. 

      Ex officio

  • 24. 
    Choose the word that BEST fits the definition below. decline decay, deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence 
    • A. 

      Decadence

    • B. 

      Approbation

    • C. 

      Interloper

    • D. 

      Proclivity

  • 25. 
    Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence below. ​After finding out that she was not the one spreading the rumors about me, I decided to __________ our friendship as best I could. 
    • A. 

      Surmise

    • B. 

      Commiserate

    • C. 

      Expiate

    • D. 

      Trascend

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