English 101 Vocabulary Quiz - 3
English language quiz: basic knowledge related to technical subjects, including engineering.
- 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 -
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