English 101 Vocabulary Quiz - 3

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1.

What is a 10 letter word meaning "uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear"?
- A.
  
  Domination
- B.
  
  Aggrandize
- C.
  
  Solicitude
- D.
  
  Propitious
Correct Answer
C. Solicitude
2.

What is a 7 letter word meaning "a false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive"?
- A.
  
  Audible
- B.
  
  Adjunct
- C.
  
  Elusion
- D.
  
  Sophism
Correct Answer
D. Sophism
3.

What is an 11 letter word meaning "fallacious"?
- A.
  
  Orthopedist
- B.
  
  Necromancer
- C.
  
  Misdemeanor
- D.
  
  Sophistical
Correct Answer
D. Sophistical
4.

What is a 9 letter word meaning "reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive"?
- A.
  
  Sophistry
- B.
  
  Neolithic
- C.
  
  Callosity
- D.
  
  Laudation
Correct Answer
A. Sophistry
5.

What is a 6 letter word meaning "discriminating"?
- A.
  
  Subtle
- B.
  
  Impugn
- C.
  
  Carnal
- D.
  
  Enjoin
Correct Answer
A. Subtle
6.

What is a 13 letter word meaning "superfluous"?
- A.
  
  Heteromorphic
- B.
  
  Supplementary
- C.
  
  Comprehensive
- D.
  
  Supernumerary
Correct Answer
D. Supernumerary
7.

What is an 11 letter word meaning "to give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to"?
- A.
  
  Pretentious
- B.
  
  Aristocracy
- C.
  
  Transfigure
- D.
  
  Superintend
Correct Answer
C. Transfigure
8.

What is a 9 letter word meaning "having the character or the spirit of a savage"?
- A.
  
  Desiccant
- B.
  
  Assonance
- C.
  
  Truculent
- D.
  
  Immutable
Correct Answer
C. Truculent
9.

What is a 9 letter word meaning "the office of a guardian"?
- A.
  
  Overpower
- B.
  
  Tutorship
- C.
  
  Reprobate
- D.
  
  Archangel
Correct Answer
B. Tutorship
10.

What is a 4 letter word meaning "one slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession"?
- A.
  
  Floe
- B.
  
  Seer
- C.
  
  Tyro
- D.
  
  Akin
Correct Answer
C. Tyro
11.

What is a 10 letter word meaning "sincere"?
- A.
  
  Controller
- B.
  
  Unaffected
- C.
  
  Scrupulous
- D.
  
  Intramural
Correct Answer
B. Unaffected
12.

What is a 3 letter word meaning "deviating from that which is proper or right"?
- A.
  
  Vie
- B.
  
  Wry
- C.
  
  Doe
- D.
  
  Nil
Correct Answer
B. Wry
13.

What is a 7 letter word meaning "angular compass direction expressed in degrees"?
- A.
  
  Bearing
- B.
  
  Geodesy
- C.
  
  Azimuth
- D.
  
  Equator
Correct Answer
A. Bearing
14.

What is an 8 letter word meaning "line which joins points of equal value"?
- A.
  
  Isopleth
- B.
  
  Isotherm
- C.
  
  Gradient
- D.
  
  Boundary
Correct Answer
A. Isopleth
15.

What is a 7 letter word meaning "horizontal direction reckoned clockwise from the meridian plane"?
- A.
  
  Erosion
- B.
  
  Equator
- C.
  
  Azimuth
- D.
  
  Alidade
Correct Answer
C. Azimuth

English 101 Vocabulary Quiz - 3

What is a 10 letter word meaning "uneasiness of mind occasioned by desire, anxiety, or fear"?

What is a 7 letter word meaning "a false argument understood to be such by the reasoner himself and intentionally used to deceive"?

What is an 11 letter word meaning "fallacious"?

What is a 9 letter word meaning "reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive"?

What is a 6 letter word meaning "discriminating"?

What is a 13 letter word meaning "superfluous"?

What is an 11 letter word meaning "to give an exalted meaning or glorified appearance to"?

What is a 9 letter word meaning "having the character or the spirit of a savage"?

What is a 9 letter word meaning "the office of a guardian"?

What is a 4 letter word meaning "one slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession"?

What is a 10 letter word meaning "sincere"?

What is a 3 letter word meaning "deviating from that which is proper or right"?

What is a 7 letter word meaning "angular compass direction expressed in degrees"?

What is an 8 letter word meaning "line which joins points of equal value"?

What is a 7 letter word meaning "horizontal direction reckoned clockwise from the meridian plane"?