How Strong Is Your English Vocabulary? Take This Quiz!
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A vocabulary, also known as a wordstock or word-stock, is a set of familiar words within a person's language. A vocabulary, usually developed with age, serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. How strong is your english vocabulary? Take this quiz!
- 1.Hayden woke up from a ___ 4 days after being seriously injured in a car accident.
- A.
Trance
- B.
Hypnosis
- C.
Coma
- D.
Hallucination
- 2.The rubbing of the chains on the convict’s leg had caused his skin to ___ easily although there was no serious damage done.
- A.
Chafe
- B.
Fester
- C.
Fetid
- D.
Dilapidated
- 3.The ___ were looked down upon by the upper classes in society as they belonged to the middle classes.
- A.
Serfs
- B.
Nouveau riche
- C.
Bourgeoisie
- D.
Peasants
- 4.It was the burglar’s ___ movements that drew the guard’s attention for he had indeed appeared really suspicious.
- A.
Fervent
- B.
Furtive
- C.
Insidious
- D.
Minute
- 5.The speaker was ___ away so quickly and indistinctly that I really could not catch a word of what he said.
- A.
Gallivanting
- B.
Gabbling
- C.
Jibbing
- D.
Gazumping
- 6.The referee’s sudden decision to show a red card had caused ___ among the players.
- A.
Diplomacy
- B.
Dissent
- C.
Disillusion
- D.
Disarray
- 7.The lady who drove her car over a cliff managed to crawl from the ___ to safety.
- A.
Wreckage
- B.
Carnage
- C.
Rampage
- D.
Outrage
- 8.While trying to avoid running over the puppy, the new driver ___ crashed her car into a tree instead.
- A.
Incidentally
- B.
Tenuously
- C.
Inadvertently
- D.
Tentatively
- 9.Which one do you like?
- A.
Option 1
- B.
Option 2
- C.
Option 3
- D.
Option 4
- 10.The country is indeed unlucky to have such a / an ___ leader who indulges in cruel acts.
- A.
Sanguinary
- B.
Sanguine
- C.
Officious
- D.
Voracious
- 11.A famous image of pain endurance is a ___ lying on a bed of nails.
- A.
Samurai
- B.
Sumo
- C.
Maestro
- D.
Yogi
- 12.The magician survived being ___ in a freezing lake with his hands and feet securely tied up.
- A.
Submerged
- B.
Doused
- C.
Immersed
- D.
Marinated
- 13.___ notions of children from broken families often failing in life have always been proven wrong.
- A.
Mundane
- B.
Naïve
- C.
Banal
- D.
Stereotypical
- 14.The cat ___ in a corner whenever the huge bulldog appears.
- A.
Grovels
- B.
Basks
- C.
Cowers
- D.
Detracts
- 15.The ___ goal of the new president was to achieve a better standard of living for all his people.
- A.
Lattermost
- B.
Ultimate
- C.
Hindmost
- D.
Terminal
- 16.The country had imposed heavy fines and other forms of punishments in an effort to ___ the litter-bug problem.
- A.
Laminate
- B.
Magnify
- C.
Eradicate
- D.
Distinguish
- 17.You had insulted your best friend badly and wounded his pride. It was no wonder he stormed off in a state of ___.
- A.
Annoyance
- B.
Melancholy
- C.
Provocation
- D.
Pique
- 18.The collapse of the old bridge only serves to ___ the urgent need for the authorities to repair all old structures and buildings in the city.
- A.
Accentuate
- B.
Underrate
- C.
Penetrate
- D.
Underscore
- 19.It is all the years of ___ that have turned the tycoon’s daughter into such a spoilt child.
- A.
Mollycoddling
- B.
Fondling
- C.
Pacifying
- D.
Chastising
- 20.The organiser’s switchboard was ___ by irate phone calls when the international awards show was cancelled abruptly.
- A.
Deprecated
- B.
Deluged
- C.
Squandered
- D.
Logged
- 21.The ___ player proved to everyone that being short is not an obstacle for playing top level basketball.
- A.
Demure
- B.
Diminutive
- C.
Petite
- D.
Miniature
- 22.Olivia’s friends are quite afraid of her ___ character. One moment, she can be happy but the next, she becomes angry.
- A.
Volatile
- B.
Erratic
- C.
Acidic
- D.
Fluid
- 23.In order to give his family a better life, Mr Jones ___ his income by taking up a second job as a security guard.
- A.
Assimilated
- B.
Enhanced
- C.
Inflated
- D.
Augmented
- 24.Store shelves were empty as families were ___ butter, meat, and gasoline during the war.
- A.
Dispensed
- B.
Hoarded
- C.
Rationed
- D.
Auctioned
- 25.Tsunamis are large ___ sea waves generated by sudden movements of the sea floor during an earthquake.
- A.
Oceanic
- B.
Cosmic
- C.
Thermal
- D.
Seismic
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