Vocabulary Quiz (Before Thanksgiving Break)

Question 1

Annihilate

Answer 1

To destroy

Question 2

Boisterous

Answer 2

Noisy or energetic

Question 3

Conscientious

Answer 3

A person wishing to do what is right

Question 4

Dubious

Answer 4

Doubtful

Question 5

Prophetic

Answer 5

To predict the future

Question 6

Substantive

Answer 6

To have a firm basis in reality

Question 7

Pantheon

Answer 7

A group of famous or respected people

Question 8

Mercenary

Answer 8

A person focused on profiting at the expense of ethics

Question 9

Propensity

Answer 9

Tendency to behave in a certain way

Question 10

Exonerate

Answer 10

To free someone of blame

Question 11

Affirmation

Answer 11

Encouragement

Question 12

Audacious

Answer 12

Showing a willingness to take risks

Question 13

Aloof

Answer 13

Cool or distant

Question 14

Endemic

Answer 14

A disease in a certain area

Question 15

Imminent

Answer 15

About to happen

Question 16

Impinge

Answer 16

Have a negative effect

Question 17

Obsolescent

Answer 17

To become out-of-date

Question 18

Omnipresent

Answer 18

Common

Question 19

Poignant

Answer 19

Evoking a sense of sadness

Question 20

Quorum

Answer 20

A minimum number of people for a meeting to begin

Question 21

Anecdote

Answer 21

A short story about a real event or person

Question 22

Antiquated

Answer 22

Outdated

Question 23

Clandestine

Answer 23

Done in secret

Question 24

Corporeal

Answer 24

Relating to a person’s body

Question 25

Gregarious

Answer 25

To enjoy company

Question 26

Infallible

Answer 26

To be incapable of making mistakes

Question 27

Noxious

Answer 27

Harmful

Question 28

Pensive

Answer 28

To be in deep thought

Question 29

Strata

Answer 29

Layers of rock in the ground