Reading Vocab Quiz

Question 1

1. Too Difficult to understand 2. Apart from concrete, real things

Answer 1

abstract

Question 2

1. Movies or motion pictures 2. A movie theater

Answer 2

Cinema

Question 3

1. enormous; Huge; vast

Answer 3

colossal

Question 4

1. tending to find fault or judge harshly

Answer 4

critical

Question 5

1. To pretend 2. to give false appearance

Answer 5

feign

Question 6

having the power to invent or call to mind new images, pictures, or ideas

Answer 6

Imaginative

Question 7

without ability

Answer 7

Incapable

Question 8

a person, place, or thing that provokes thought or emotion or that aids creation

Answer 8

inspiration

Question 9

1. To speak or shout mockingly 2. To tease or laugh at

Answer 9

Jeer

Question 10

1. expressing feelings in strong, emotional words. 2. poetic

Answer 10

lyrical

Question 11

1. having a moderate vision of one’s value; humble 2. not extreme

Answer 11

modest

Question 12

choice or the right to choose

Answer 12

option

Question 13

more desirable

Answer 13

preferable

Question 14

1. a suggested plan or scheme 2. the act of suggesting something

Answer 14

proposal

Question 15

1. a piece of sports equipment with a handle and a round or an oval frame with tightly laced strings, used to hit a ball 2. a loud noise 3. an illegal business

Answer 15

racket

Question 16

to return someone to confidence

Answer 16

reassure

Question 17

1. to withdraw 2. to cancel

Answer 17

revoke

Question 18

1. stern, harsh, or strict 2. of an extreme, sharp, or violent nature

Answer 18

severe

Question 19

1. a place or container for sacred relics 2. a place dedicated to honor someone who has died

Answer 19

shrine

Question 20

the state of being anxious as a result of uncertainty 2, the state of mental uncertainty; indecision

Answer 20

suspense

Question 21

A medicine used to fight against infection

Answer 21

Antibiotic

Question 22

a substance used to work against poison

Answer 22

antidote

Question 23

a fluid used in an automobile to work against freezing

Answer 23

antifreeze

Question 24

to do something against

Answer 24

counteract

Question 25

to say the opposite of

Answer 25

counterbalance

Question 26

rotating to the left or the opposite way of a clock

Answer 26

counterclockwise