Vocabulary Test #1

Do you know what these tough vocabulary words mean?


Question 1: Definition of Abhorrence:
A skin condition
Deja-Vu Feeling
A feeling of loathing
Extreme joy
A desire to kill

Question 2: To have Aplomb, means you have
Poise
Agility
Humor
Wisdom
Balance

Question 3: An Apropos time, is what kind of time?
Unspecified
Misappropriate
Late
Appropriate
Early

Question 4: To be Bawdy is to be
Kind
Pacifistic
Rude
Respectful
Quiet

Question 5: To Beguile an opponent is to:
Confuse them
Lose to them
Catch up to them
Defeat them
Delude them

Question 6: A Burgeoning plant is:
Growing
Producing seeds
Dying
Healing an injury
Sprouting

Question 7: A river with a Cadence flow is:
Dependent on the season
Rough
Rhythmic
Calm
Unpredictable

Question 8: If you're having a Caterwaul, you having this:
An informative meeting
A friendly chit-chat
A noisy argument
A social gathering
A protest

Question 9: What is Chagrin?
A feeling of repugnance or loathing
The highest point of achievement
A keen feeling of metal unease
A usually skylighted central area
The purging of emotional tensions

Question 10: If someone complements your Coiffures, what are they talking about?
Your dress/suit
Your hairstyle
Your purse/handbag
Your shoes
Your antique jewelry

Question 11: What is Derision?
To scold mildly so as to correct or improve
Sexual union between a male and a female
To grow and flourish
Bitter hostility or open enmity
Contemptuous or jeering laughter; ridicule

Question 12: If you Duress someone, you:
Constrain them by threat
Throw them a party in secret
Talk behind their back
Spread rumors about them
Offend them

Question 13: If you are experiencing an Euphoria, you are having:
A momentous occasion
A party
Regrets
Feelings of joy
A baby

Question 14: If you are Genteel, you are:
Well Balanced
Refined
Always angry
Upset
Gentile

Question 15: Hedonism is the pursuit of or devotion to:
Religion
Wealth
Pleasure
Monogamy
Happiness

Question 16: If you give someone an Innuendo, you've just given them:
A cool, refreshing beverage
A partner
A type of beer of German origin
A male demon
A derogatory implication

Question 17: If a pie is Insipid, it lacks:
Crust
Moistness
Sweetness
Filling
Flavor

Question 18: A Misanthrope is someone who:
Mistrusts governments
Mistrusts police officers
Mistrusts children
Mistrusts humankind
Mistrusts high authority officials

Question 19: A synomyn for Mogul is:
Incubus
Magnate
Lager
Misanthrope
Patrician

Question 20: A Pillock is a person whom is:
Exceptionally bright
Never thinking of others
Always sleeping
Always working
Not very bright

Question 21: A Progeny is a:
Product
Beer
Ignorant Person
Smart Person
Slag name for a foreigner

Question 22: If you are Prude, you are concerned with appearing:
Modest
Beautiful
Polite
Like Yourself
Like Others

Question 23: A Saccharine candy is:
Lacking in taste
Not sweet
Lacking in appearance
Deformed
Overly sweet

Question 24: If you are Taciturn during a conversation, you are:
Silent
Not present
Not paying attention
Talkative
Insulting

Question 25: A synonym for Temerity is:
Extreme sadness
Boldness
Happiness
Properness
Silence

Question 26: Something's Timbre is it's:
Size
Clarity
Quality
Quantity
Workmanship

Question 27: Which of these words is the name of a Japanese dish of vegetables and shrimp or other seafood dipped in batter and fried in deep fat>
Virtuoso
Tempura
Tirade
Visceral
Virile

Question 28: Which of these words means The scene or setting in which something takes place?
Verbatim
Venue
Tempura
Taboo
Wayward

Question 29: Verbatim means:
Immoral or unchaste
Being truly so called, real
Having deep sensibility
Word for word
Taking one's own way

Question 30: What is a Phantasmagoria?
An experience with a ghost
A sequence of associative imagery
Modern artwork
A dream world
A vision