English Vocab

Question 1

Dawdle

Answer 1

Waste time; be slow

Question 2

Havoc

Answer 2

Widespread destruction; great confusing or disorder

Question 3

Diligence

Answer 3

Careful and persistent work or effort

Question 4

Reticent

Answer 4

Not revealing one’s thoughts or feeling readily

Question 5

Idolatrous

Answer 5

Worshiping idols; treating someone or something as an idol

Question 6

Polygot

Answer 6

Knowing or using several languages; having the text translated into languages

Question 7

Oleander

Answer 7

A poisonous evergreen Old World shrub that is widely grown in warm countries

Question 8

Abreast

Answer 8

Side by side and facing the same way

Question 9

Gable

Answer 9

The part of a wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof

Question 10

Serpentine

Answer 10

Of or like a serpent or snake; complex, cunning, or teacherous

Question 11

Goitre

Answer 11

A swelling of the neck resulting from enlargement of the thyroid gland

Question 12

Bestrew

Answer 12

Cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects

Question 13

Caleche

Answer 13

A light low-wheeled carriage with a removable folding hood

Question 14

Alacrity

Answer 14

Brisk and cheerful readiness

Question 15

Prodigious

Answer 15

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

Question 16

Aphorism

Answer 16

A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation

Question 17

Analogy

Answer 17

A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

Question 18

Anaphora

Answer 18

Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences

Question 19

Anecdote

Answer 19

A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature

Question 20

Antithesis

Answer 20

opposition; contrast; the direct opposite

Question 21

R

Waste time; be slow

Answer 21

Dawdle

Question 22

R

Widespread destruction; great confusing or disorder

Answer 22

Havoc

Question 23

R

Careful and persistent work or effort

Answer 23

Diligence

Question 24

R

Not revealing one’s thoughts or feeling readily

Answer 24

Reticent

Question 25

# R Worshiping idols; treating someone or something as an idol

Answer 25

Idolatrous

Question 26

# R Knowing or using several languages; having the text translated into languages

Answer 26

Polygot

Question 27

# R A poisonous evergreen Old World shrub that is widely grown in warm countries

Answer 27

Oleander

Question 28

# R Side by side and facing the same way

Answer 28

Abreast

Question 29

# R The part of a wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof

Answer 29

Gable

Question 30

# R Of or like a serpent or snake; complex, cunning, or teacherous

Answer 30

Serpentine

Question 31

# R A swelling of the neck resulting from enlargement of the thyroid gland

Answer 31

Goitre

Question 32

# R Cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects

Answer 32

Bestrew

Question 33

# R A light low-wheeled carriage with a removable folding hood

Answer 33

Caleche

Question 34

# R Brisk and cheerful readiness

Answer 34

Alacrity

Question 35

# R Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

Answer 35

Prodigious

Question 36

# R A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation

Answer 36

Aphorism

Question 37

# R A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

Answer 37

Analogy

Question 38

# R Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences

Answer 38

Anaphora

Question 39

# R A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature

Answer 39

Anecdote

Question 40

# R opposition; contrast; the direct opposite

Answer 40

Antithesis