Vocabulary Quiz #1

Question 1

What does aberration mean?

Answer 1

something that differs from the norm

Question 2

What is the part of speech for abhor

Answer 2

verb

Question 3

The singer’s _____ performance disgusted the crowd.

Answer 3

bombastic

Question 4

What does bourgeois mean?

Answer 4

a middle-class person, capitalist

Question 5

What is the part of speech for cacophony?

Answer 5

noun

Question 6

The mechanic _____ the car’s transmission to make the motor run most efficiently.

Answer 6

calibrated

Question 7

What is the definition of debacle?

Answer 7

a disastrous failure, disruption

Question 8

What is the part of speech for deface?

Answer 8

verb

Question 9

She became _____ upon receiving an acceptance letter from her first-choice college.

Answer 9

ebullient

Question 10

What does eclectic mean?

Answer 10

consisting of a diverse variety of elements

Question 11

What is the part of speech for façade?

Answer 11

noun

Question 12

The _____ tree bore enough apples to last us through the entire season.

Answer 12

fecund

Question 13

What does garrulous mean?

Answer 13

talkative, wordy

Question 14

What is the part of speech for goad?

Answer 14

verb

Question 15

My poor, _____ family never seems to pick a sunny week to go on vacation.

Answer 15

hapless

Question 16

What does hardy mean?

Answer 16

robust, capable of surviving through adverse conditions

Question 17

What is the part of speech for Idiosyncratic?

Answer 17

adjective

Question 18

If your grades were as _____ as your sister’s, then you too would receive a car for a graduation present.

Answer 18

impeccable

Question 19

What does laceration mean?

Answer 19

a cut, tear

Question 20

What is the part of speech for languid?

Answer 20

adjective