Vocabulary Quiz 1

This quiz consists of words taken from Vocabulary Lists Week 1 through Week 5. Note: Some questions will require you to choose the best word for the definition provided while other questions will require you to choose the correct definition for the given word.

published on August 30, 2011
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Clairvoyant

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) flippant, bold
(adj.) able to perceive things that normal people cannot
(adj.) marked off, bounded
2/20

(v.) to flood with abundance

Hint: 1 choice
Revel
Coerce
Inundate
3/20

(v.) to confuse or annoy

Hint: 1 choice
Vex
Elude
Carouse
4/20

(n.) a grossly inferior imitation

Hint: 1 choice
Travesty
Wrath
Adulation
5/20

Fickle

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) deeply affecting, moving
(adj.) fervent, filled with eagerness in pursuit of something
(adj.) shifting in character
6/20

Dispel

Hint: 1 choice
(v.) to drive away, scatter
(v.) to attack
(v.) to add details, enhance
7/20

Vehemently

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) demonstrating tolerance or gentleness
(adj.) marked by intense force or emotion
(adj.) in a state of sluggishness or apathy
8/20

(v.) to evade, escape

Hint: 1 choice
Revel
Elude
Wallow
9/20

Laceration

Hint: 1 choice
(n.) a cut, tear
(n.) extreme praise
(n.) the work in which someone is employed, profession
10/20

(v.) to spread throughout, saturate

Hint: 1 choice
Permeate
Fathom
Lavish
11/20

(adj.) believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven

Hint: 1 choice
Astute
Zealous
Agnostic
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(adj.) small in quantity

Hint: 1 choice
Paucity
Accommodating
Fervent
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(adj.) deeply affecting, moving

Hint: 1 choice
Vociferous
Zealous
Poignant
14/20

Ostentatious

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) very clever, crafty
(adj.) excessivley showy, glitzy
(adj.) doubtful, of uncertain quality
15/20

Deferential

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) burdensome
(adj.) necessary for completeness
(adj.) showing respect for another's authority
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(v.) to change or alter in form

Hint: 1 choice
Assail
Embellish
Transmute
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Myriad

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) consisting of a very great number
(adj.) helpful, obliging, polite
(adj.) able to perceive things that normal people cannot
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(v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat

Hint: 1 choice
Vex
Wrath
Coerce
19/20

Stagnate

Hint: 1 choice
(v.) to drive away, scatter
(v.) to become or remain inactive, not develope, not flow
(v.) to flood with abundance
20/20

Lenient

Hint: 1 choice
(adj.) demonstrating tolerance or gentleness
(adj.) villainous
(adj.) having a lying, false character