Vocabulary Quiz – Book Quizzes Online
1. Which of the following means ‘a heated discussion’?
Argy-bargy
Willy-nilly
Hurdy-gurdy
2. Which of the following means to feel ‘indignation’?
Piqued
Puqed
Punqed
3. Which of these phrases best defines the word ‘dullard’?
A male duck
A fatless margarine
A stupid person
4. Which of the following means difficulty in word recognition?
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
5. Which of the following best defines the word ‘pernicious’?
Very very boring
Very very harmful
Very very drunk
6. What is ‘hubris’?
Arrogance
Compost
Humility
7. Which of the following words means ‘foresight’?
Prescience
Parboiled
Pastiche
8. What is closest to ‘perfidious’ in meaning?
Boring
Treacherous
Perfect
9. If you called a spade a spade how might you best be described?
Inane
Risible
Prosaic
10. Which of the following best defines the word ‘parsimonious’?
Confusing
Religious
Stingy
Answers:
1.Argy-bargy 2. Piqued 3. A stupid person 4. Dyslexia 5. Very very harmful 6. Arrogance 7. Prescience 8. Treacherous 9. Prosaic 10. Stingy