Online Vocabulary Exam: Quiz!

1. It is not surprising to hear that Jim was given an award for participating in community service for many years; he is one of the most ___ characters around.

LENIENT – a lenient person is kind and not strict.

FRUGAL – a frugal person is thrifty and careful about money and possessions.

MAGNIFICENT – means “very great, grand, or impressive”

CHARITABLE – refers to the act of helping people who are sick or poor.

2. John often complains about people in a harsh way and is very ___ of everyone around him.

CRITICAL – a critical person likes to criticise or point out what is wrong about others.

TACTLESS – a tactless person says and does things without first thinking about the effects of his actions.

INDISCREET – to be indiscreet is to not be careful about keeping things secret.

INTERFERING – an interfering person is a busybody who likes to interfere or meddle with other people’s business.

3. His ___ sense of humour makes him a lively addition to any party.

WITTY – a witty person uses words in a clever way.

WILFUL – a wilful person is someone who insists on getting his own way, like a spoilt child.

WHINY – a whiny person likes to whine or complain in a high-pitched voice.

4. Although my grandmother lived through both World Wars and has suffered great hardship in her life, she remains steady and ___.

SYMPATHETIC – a sympathetic person is one who feels pity or concern for others when they are suffering.

PATRIOTIC – a patriotic person has strong feelings of love and support for his country.

OPTIMISTIC – an optimistic person looks on the bright side of things and is always positive and hopeful.

5. Sally is the peacemaker in this class; whenever there is a disagreement, she settles it in a(n) ___ way and keeps everyone happy in the process.

AMICABLE – to be amicable is to be friendly.

PRACTICAL – a practical person is very sensible and does what is necessary for the situation.

INSPIRATION – inspirational people inspire others to strive for better things or to become better people, like them.

AFFECTIONATE – an affectionate person shows his feelings and care for others openly.

6. Patsy likes to complain about small and unimportant things, which is why people find her very ___.

PETTY – to be petty is to be too concerned with things that are not important.

SPITEFUL – a spiteful person is a cruel or vicious person who hurts others on purpose.

BLUNT – a blunt person is frank and outspoken, and likes to say what he thinks.

QUIRKY – a quirky person is like an eccentric person.

7. Despite being under severe stress during the mathematics examination, Joe managed to stay cool and ___, finishing all the questions in the paper.

CONSIDERATE – to be considerate is to be thoughtful and mindful of other people’s feelings.

COLLECTED – to be collected is to be composed and calm.

CAUTIOUS – to be cautious is to be careful.

COURAGEOUS – to be courageous is to be brave, when facing danger.

8. The ___ ruler did not give the people in his country the freedom to read books or go to school.

AGGRESSIVE – an aggressive person is very ready to fight or attach others.

EXCESSIVE – means “too much”.

OPPRESSIVE – if someone is oppressive, it means he subjects his people to very harsh and unfair treatment.

POSSESSIVE – a possessive person is someone who does not like to share his belongings with others.

9. Her ___ personality has a positive effect on her friends; everyone feels good whenever she is around!

FORCEFUL – a forceful person has strong opinions and is able to persuade other to agree with him.

STIMULATING – if something is stimulating, it makes things come alive or become active.

EXUBERANT – means “very lively” and “energetic”.

EXCITABLE - if a person is excitable, it means that he is easily excited.

10. As a child, he was always obedient and never ___; but when he became a teenager, he rebelled against his parents all the time.

RUTHLESS – a ruthless person is very cruel.

DEFIANT – a defiant person defies or rebels against authority.

ALOOF – an aloof person keeps away from others and may be unfriendly.

POMPOUS – a pompous person is proud and thinks highly or himself.

11. Although Bernard volunteered to be the group leader, he did not get selected because his group members found him very demeaning and ___.

DARING – a daring person is a brave person.

OVERBEARING – an overbearing person is unpleasant, proud, bossy, and domineering.

CHALLENGING – is used to describe situations that are tough or difficult.

OBLIGING – an obliging person is someone who is helpful and willing to do what people ask.

12. You cannot tell that she comes from an extremely rich and powerful family because she is so ___ and humble.

OUTSPOKEN – an outspoken person is frank and honest when she giver her idea.

UNASSUMING – an unassuming person is modest and not proud.

INFLUENTIAL – an influential person has a lot of influence or power.

COMPETENT – means “able to do something well”.

13. I admire Sharon for being comfortable and ___ about sharing her feelings openly with everyone.

UNSUSPECTING – if someone is unsuspecting, he is not aware of the risk or danger he is in.

UNBECOMING – “unbecoming” is used to describe manners, behaviour, or clothes that are not suitable of a person.

UNCRITICAL – an uncritical person is someone who does not criticise of say negative things.

UNINHIBITED – to be uninhibited is to be unafraid of doing or expressing something freely.

14. Sam is easy-going and ___ in all his ways, which is why everyone likes him.

INDIVIDUALISTIC – an individualistic person does things without caring what others will think.

ASSERTIVE – to be assertive is to be very confident in giving one’s opinion.

GUILELESS – means “cunning and deceitful intelligence of behaviour”.

DECISIVE – to be decisive is to be quick, firm, and steady when making plans and decisions.

15. I ___ it will probably rain tomorrow, s let's just postpone our outing.

RECKON – to reckon is to think or believe.

CONCUR – to concur is to agree.

CALCULATE – to calculate is to count the number or amount of something.

ESTIMATE – to estimate is to guess the number or value of something.

16. We truly ___ all your hard work and sacrifice.

ACQUIESCE – to acquiesce is to agree to something even though you don’t want to.

CONFIRM – to confirm is to show or agree that something is true.

APPRECIATE – to appreciate is to value and respect.

CONDONE – to condone is to approve of something that most other people think is wrong.

17. He enjoys watching very violent movies and has a(n) ___ sense of humor which I find very disturbing.

ECCENTRIC – means “strange and unusual”.

INFERIOR – if something is inferior, it is of low quality.

MORBID – if something is morbid, it is concerned with death and disease.

SARCASTIC – a sarcastic person uses words to insult or hurt others in an indirect way.

18. People of ___ character cannot be trusted, simply because they will cheat anyone, even their families and friends.

UNRULY – an unruly person is difficult to control.

ETHICAL – an ethical person has high moral standards and does what is right and good.

UNSCRUPULOUS – an unscrupulous person has no scruples or morals.

CONCEITED – a conceited person is proud or arrogant.

19. Nobody likes her because she likes to boast about her family in a proud and ___ way.

PRETENTIOUS – if someone is pretentious, he makes himself look more important or successful than he really is.

SELF-CONSCIOUS – if someone is self-conscious, he is very aware of others looking at him and his actions.

SUPERSTITIOUS – a superstitious person believes that certain actions or things bring good or bad luck.

20. As far as I'm ___, the new school is very nice.

BOTHERED – to be bothered is to be troubled or upset.

RESPECTED – to be respected is to be highly admired or regarded.

DISTURBED – it means to be troubled or upset.

CONCERNED – used to show the opinion of the person we are talking about.

21. You were ___ right about the mistake; our original calculation was short by $100!

CONVINCINGLY – to speak convincingly is to speak persuasively to make other people think in the same way.

TEMPORARILY – if something is temporary, it is there only for a short time, or a temporary period.

ABSOLUTELY – absolutely means “totally” or “completely”.

EXTREMELY – extremely means “very”.

22. No one really knows why hardened criminals have such ___ characters, causing them to commit serious and evil crimes repeatedly.

OFFENSIVE – if something is offensive, it is rude and makes others angry and hurt.

GRUESOME – if something is gruesome, it is very unpleasant and makes one feel a sense of horror.

GROTESQUE – means “very ugly”

MALICIOUS – to be malicious is to be filled with malice or hatred and the desire to harm others.

23. If your job required you to meet and communicate with many people, it is helpful to have a ___ personality.

RELIABLE – a reliable person is responsible and can be trusted or relied on to do something.

LIBERAL – a liberal person is someone who freely accepts all kinds of ideas and is very open-minded.

LOGICAL – a logical person is someone who always uses a lot of logic or reason in his thinking.

CHARISMATIC - a charismatic person has a natural charm that makes him or her very attractive to others.

24. He became very ___ in his thinking after he went abroad and got involved with the terrorist organisation.

RESENTFUL – a resentful person is full of hatred.

CALCULATIVE – a calculative person will count everything carefully before making a decision.

SHALLOW – a shallow person does not think deeply or seriously about an issue.

EXTREMIST – if a person has extremist ideas, he has ideas which are very different from most people.

25. I am afraid I ___ in opinion from all of you.

COINCIDE – if two people’s views coincide, it means they agree.

DIFFER – differ is the very form of “different”

CONFLICT – conflict means “disagreement”

DIVIDE – we do not disagree by saying that we “divide in opinion” from someone.