Definitions: Crossword Puzzle
Definitions: Quiz
Your VocabTest.com Test ResultsYou answered 90% of the questions correctly!You answered 18 / 20 correctly on the first try. | Name: |
| Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 9 - Reverse Definitions - Completed: June 11, 10:51:24 AM CST | User: SethGourley |
| Word | Definition | Correct* | Incorrect* | Your Answer |
| ALLOCATE | (v.) To set apart for a special purpose; To distribute | 89% | 11% | Wrong |
| ARDENT | (adj.) Burning with passion | 79% | 21% | Right! |
| ASSIDUOUS | (adj.) Marked by care and persistent effort | 74% | 26% | Right! |
| BRASH | (adj.) Lacking in sensitivity or tact | 78% | 22% | Right! |
| CAPRICIOUS | (adj.) Characterized by or subject to whim; Impulsive and unpredictable | 75% | 25% | Wrong |
| CHASTISE | (v.) To punish, as by beating | 89% | 11% | Right! |
| COPIOUS | (adj.) Plentiful, abundant | 86% | 14% | Right! |
| DEVIATE | (n.) A person whose behavior is different from what is acceptable; (v.) To take a different course; (adj.) Markedly different from acceptable behavior | 83% | 17% | Right! |
| EMACIATED | (adj.) Extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation | 88% | 12% | Right! |
| EXULT | (v.) To rejoice greatly; To be jubilant or triumphant | 88% | 12% | Right! |
| GNARLED | (adj.) Knotty and misshapen, usually from age or work | 94% | 6% | Right! |
| INDEMNITY | (n.) Compensation for damage, loss, or injury suffered | 81% | 19% | Right! |
| INKLING | (n.) A hint, vague notion | 92% | 8% | Right! |
| LIMPID | (adj.) Easily intelligible; clear | 81% | 19% | Right! |
| OMNIPOTENT | (adj.) Possessed of unlimited and universal power | 90% | 10% | Right! |
| PALATABLE | (adj.) Acceptable to the taste; Sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten | 90% | 10% | Right! |
| POIGNANT | (adj.) Deeply and emotionally affecting, very touching | 80% | 20% | Right! |
| RANCOR | (n.) Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will | 85% | 15% | Right! |
| SOPHOMORIC | (adj.) Exhibiting great immaturity and lack of judgment | 91% | 9% | Right! |
| SPONTANEOUS | (adj.) Not planned in advance; Impulsive | 93% | 7% | Right! |
| * the percentage of students who answered this correctly or incorrectly |
Completing the Sentence
Your VocabTest.com Test ResultsYou answered 75% of the questions correctly!You answered 15 / 20 correctly on the first try. | Name: |
| Unit 9: Completing the Sentence - Reverse Definitions - Completed: June 12, 11:06:52 AM CST | Unique ID: 2038583022 |
| Word | Definition | Correct* | Incorrect* | Your Answer |
| allocate | The teacher decided to ____ a corner of the classroom for an exhibition of student science projects. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| ardent | When he told me that he was reading Huckleberry Finn for the ninth time, I realized that he was indeed a(n) _________ admire of the novel. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| assiduous | If you were as _______ in studying foreign affairs as you are in memorizing battling averages, you would have known how to reply to her comments on the situation of the middle east. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| brash | Wasn't it rather ______ of you to offer the soccer coach advice on your every first day as a candidate for the team? | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| capricious | Far from being ______, the director's casting choices were based on a solid appreciation of each actor's abilities and limitations. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| chastise | The bible tells us that the Lord will ______ the wicked, but our student dead is trying very hard to help him out. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| copious | Friends and relatives can be counted on to give _______ amounts of advice on child rearing to the parents of a new baby. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| deviate | If you wish to recover quickly, you must not _____ in the slightest from the doctor's instructions. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| emaciated | Remembering my old friend as a robust 200-pounder, I was shocked to see how _____ he had become during his long illness. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| exult | General Grant accepted Lee's surrender with quiet dignity, refusing to ______ over the defeat of a worthy foe. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| gnarled | We were fascinated to see the consummate grace and skill with which the ________ hands of the old carpenter manipulated his tools. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| indemnity | There can be no ______ for the pain and suffering that your carelessness has caused me! | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| inkling | As the speaker's voice droned on endlessly in the hot, crowed room, I suddenly realized that I hadn't the slightest _______ of hat he was saying. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| limpid | Somewhere in a(n) _____ pool in the Canadian Rockies in the large trout that will someday grace the wall of my den. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| omnipotent | Under the American system of separation of powers, no government official or agency can ever become ________. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| palatable | My travels have shown me that many exotic foods I once considered disgusting are really quite ______. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| poignant | Nothing can arouse ______ memories of long ago and far away like an old, well-loved song! | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| rancor | ________ is never so bitter as when it arises among people who were once close friends. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| sophomoric | Some of my friends are mentally rather mature for their age; others are of a decidedly ______ turn of mind. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| spontaneous | How can you say that the audience's reaction was _________ when the director held up a sign reading "Applause"? | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| * the percentage of students who answered this correctly or incorrectly |
Synonyms and Antonyms
Your VocabTest.com Test ResultsYou answered 65% of the questions correctly!You answered 13 / 20 correctly on the first try. | Name: |
| Unit 9: Synonyms and Antonyms - Reverse Definitions - Completed: June 12, 11:24:57 AM CST | Unique ID: 1256307312 |
| Word | Definition | Correct* | Incorrect* | Your Answer |
| inkling | had no CLUE that a storm was approaching (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| allocated | APPORTIONED supplies to each member of the group (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| ardent | ZEALOUS supporters of liberty (syn) | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| assiduous | known to be a LACKADAISICAL student (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| brash | asked IMPERTINENT questions (syn) | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| capricious | STEADFAST in one's affections (ant) | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| chastised | REWARDED for their behavior (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| copious | AMPLE proof of the defendant's innocence (syn) | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| deviate | ABIDE BY the rules of the game (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| emaciated | the survivors' GAUNT faces (syn) | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| exulted | REJOICED in the news from the front (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| gnarled | MISSHAPEN and weather-beaten fingers (syn) | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| indemnity | COMPENSATION equal to our loss (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| limpid | a LUCID explanation of the issues (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| omnipotent | ruled by FEEBLE monarchs (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| palatable | could find nothing APPETIZING on the menu (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| poignant | a BITTERSWEET tale of love and loss (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| rancor | a history of ANIMOSITY between the two countries (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| sophomoric | a PRETENTIOUS literary style (syn) | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| spontaneous | an IMPROMPTU celebration (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| * the percentage of students who answered this correctly or incorrectly |
Choosing the Right Word
- The lecturer explained that the UN is not (PALATABLE, OMNIPOTENT) and that it can do only what the member states allow it to do.
- The tastes of the TV audience are so (GNARLED, CAPRICIOUS) that no one can predict in advance which programs will be successful.
- What she lacks in skill, she makes up for in (ASSIDUOUS, SPONTANEOUS) attention to every last detail and requirement of the job.
- George Gershwin's early songs gave only a dim (INKLING, DEVIATION) of the genius that was to express itself in Porgy and Bess.
- Your (ARDENT, BRASH) interest in ecology shows that you care deeply about the welfare of this planet.
- The entire student body (EXULTED, ALLOCATED) when our team finally won the citywide basketball championship after years of losing to our bitter rivals.
- Tennyson speaks of "sorrow's crown of sorrow," by which he means the (COPIOUS, POIGNANT) experience of remembering happier times.
- In the concentration camps, the liberating troops found thousands of victims horribly (ARDENT, EMACIATED) as the result of starvation diets.
- Perhaps you have been treated unfairly, but what good will it do to allow your sense of (INDEMNITY, RANCOR) to control your mood and behavior?
- Our meeting last week was marred by a heated debate over how to (ALLOCATE, CHASTISE) the funds in this year's budget
- Far from being effortless, her simple, (LIMPID, CAPRICIOUS) writing style is the result of the most painstaking effort.
- He tries hard to sound well-informed, but his superficial answers only betray his (POIGNANT, SOPHOMORIC) knowledge of world affairs.
- We must show understanding and acceptance of those who (DEVIATE, EXULT) somewhat from our own standards of what is appropriate.
- She was (ASSIDUOUS, BRASH) enough to tell her mother she was going to the dance in spite of the doctor's orders.
- During the depression of the 1930s, the entire nation seemed to take new strength from Roosevelt's (POIGNANT, COPIOUS) energy and enthusiasm.
- He seems to feel that it is his mission in life to (EXULT, CHASTISE) all those who fail to live up to his standards.
- Since their loud talk and crude manners were anything but (PALATABLE, LIMPID) to me, I politely declined their invitation to dine with them.
- The destruction wrought by a nuclear war would be so vast that any form of (INKLING, INDEMNITY) to the injured would be impossible.
- I spent the better part of an hour trying to untangle my badly (GNARLED, ASSIDUOUS) telephone cord.
- Your simple, (SPONTANEOUS, CAPRICIOUS) expression of appreciation meant more to me than all the elaborate, carefully phrased tributes I received.
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