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Teflvoc01

D.Education

Vocabularies are very important. Please repeat the quiz as many times as
 you can, in order to learn them well.

Please choose the correct answer a,b,c or d.

 

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question 1

delineate

A to ruin; to decay; to destroy
B to speak out against; to condemn; to accuse; to censure
C to purify of offensive material; to censor
D to outline; to describe; to sketch; to draw


question 2

fiasco

A setting forth facts; public exhibition; show; clarification
B party slogan
C ludicrous and complete failure; disaster
D faithfulness; loyalty


question 3

paraphrase

A to attack with words; to question the truthfulness or integrity; to challenge
B to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time; to avoid an answer
C to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one's country; to expel
D to restate the meaning of a passage in other words


question 4

exploit

A to deprive or leave desolate by loss; to suffer loss
B to laugh at; to utter with scorn; to jeer; to taunt mock
C to push away; to repel; to reject
D to use for one's selfish purpose


question 5

sanctimonious

A contemptible; degrading; humiliating; ignoble; contempt; base; mean
B wise; prudent; sensible; discreet
C pretending to be religious; self-righteous
D inclined to believe anything; easily imposed upon; naive; gullible; deceivable


question 6

amiable

A friendly; genial; pleasant
B pertaining or relating to a church
C unconquerable; unbeatable; invulnerable; indisputable
D understood but not plainly stated; without doubt; indirectly suggested; implied; unconditional; contained within


question 7

craven

A person who abandons something, as a religion, cause or movement; traitor
B mass departure; emigration
C esteem or influence accorded for recognized achievements or reputation
D coward; abject person


question 8

captious

A having the power to influence or convince; persuasive; influential
B disposed to find fault; picky; narrow-minded
C equivalent to; equal to
D thoughtful; contemplative; meditative; musing


question 9

misnomer

A similarity; correlation; parallelism; comparability
B name or term that describes wrongly
C regret for wrongdoing; remorse; uneasiness of conscience
D principle accepted as authoritative; belief


question 10

myriad

A party slogan
B similarity; correlation; parallelism; comparability
C large number; a lot; innumerable; endless; infinitive; multiple
D offender; person who is guilty of an offense


question 11

diverting

A getting to the heart of things; to the point
B entertaining; distracting; deflecting; amusing
C indifferent; submissive; nonchalant; self-satisfied; at ease
D free from local prejudices; worldly


question 12

corpulent

A with abusive condemnation; with harsh denunciation
B of various colors; of mixed ingredients; of great variety
C fat; obese; fleshy
D sorrowful; mournful; painful


question 13

antithetical

A having to do with shepherds or the country; rural
B opposed; contrary
C full of enthusiasm or eagerness; passionate; excited
D hot and moist; sensuous; stifling


question 14

anonymous

A nameless; unidentified
B reverent; sincere; pious; earnest; religious
C attacking; offensive; hostile; forceful; bold
D despotic; dictatorial


question 15

condign

A pleasure-loving; hedonistic
B understood but not plainly stated; without doubt; indirectly suggested; implied; unconditional; contained within
C well-deserved (applied chiefly to punishment); proper; fitting
D worldly; as opposed to spiritual; existing for a time only


question 16

commodious

A frightened; quivering
B wise; prudent; sensible; discreet
C spacious and convenient; roomy; ample; comfortable
D indifferent; submissive; nonchalant; self-satisfied; at ease


question 17

protuberant

A omnipresent; present everywhere
B sick; having a sickly yellow coloring
C developed or matured earlier than usual
D bulging; swelling out; jutting out


question 18

obdurate

A of beauty; pertaining to taste in art and beauty
B stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing; stiff-necked
C contemptible; degrading; humiliating; ignoble; contempt; base; mean
D pertaining to a tailor or clothes


question 19

extinct

A often of mistakes; extremely and noticeably bad; flagrant; rude
B living loosely; unrestrained in conduct or morals; depraved; licentious; corrupt
C dead; vanished; gone
D traveling about; wandering


question 20

obsolete

A spontaneous; impromptu; improvised
B pertaining to or occurring in the night
C out of date; outdated; archaic; extinct; antiquated
D unmoved or indifferent; composed; casual; indifferent