Vocabulary Quiz 2 – Book Quizzes Online

1. What best defines the word ‘alacrity’?

 Bitterness

 Zeal

 Weariness

 

2. What does ‘atrophy’ mean?

 Wasting away

 Winning by all means

 Wishing in vain

 

3. What is ‘attrition’?

 A condition caused by poor diet

 A fear of strangers

 A gradual wearing away

 

4. What does the word ‘dichotomy’ mean?

 Amputation of male member

 Removal of same sex lustings

 Two contradictory opinions

 

5. What does ‘risible’ mean?

 Edgy

 Laughable

 Confused

 

6. Which of the following best defines the word ‘ennui’?

 Confusion due to lack of sleep

 Maturing late

 Weariness due to boredom

 

7. What best defines the word ‘consanguinity’?

 A close affinity

 With cheerful optimism

 A deepish red color

 

8. What best defines the word ‘demur’?

 Climb out of a river

 Object out of principle

 A Madagascan monkey

 

9. Which of the following best defines the word ‘ebullient’?

 Avoiding problems

 Teasing mercilessly

 Overflowing with enthusiasm

 

10. Which of the following means ‘an urgent situation’?

 Existential

 Exigency

 Exinanition

 

 

Answers:

1. Zeal 2. Wasting away 3. A gradual wearing away 4. Two contradictory opinions 5. Laughable 6. Weariness due to boredom 7. A close affinity 8. Object out of principle 9. Overflowing with enthusiasm 10. Exigency