Definitions: Crossword Puzzle
Definitions: Quiz
You answered 100% of the questions correctly!You answered 20 / 20 correctly on the first try. | Name: |
| Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 10 - Reverse Definitions - Completed: July 4, 12:07:57 PM CST | User: SethGourley |
| Word | Definition | Correct* | Incorrect* | Your Answer |
| ACQUIESCE | (v.) To agree or accept something without protest; To submit to one's demands | 81% | 19% | Right! |
| ALLURE | (v.) To attract with something desirable; (n.) The power to entice or attract through personal charm | 94% | 6% | Right! |
| ASKEW | (adj.) Twisted or turned to one side, crooked; (adv.) To one side, in a crooked position | 93% | 7% | Right! |
| BLITHE | (adj.) Carefree and lighthearted; Casual and unconcerned | 84% | 16% | Right! |
| CONTENTIOUS | (adj.) Quarrelsome; Inclined to disagree or argue | 80% | 20% | Right! |
| COVET | (v.) To desire or wish for something that belongs to someone else | 88% | 12% | Right! |
| CRESTFALLEN | (adj.) Dispirited and depressed; Discouraged; Feeling low in spirit | 90% | 10% | Right! |
| DISHEVELED | (adj.) Being in disarray; Messy, as hair or clothing | 91% | 9% | Right! |
| EXPONENT | (n.) One that speaks for, represents, or explains an idea; (adj.) Serving or intended to explain, explanatory | 88% | 12% | Right! |
| GARRULOUS | (adj.) Inclined to give lengthy and rambling talks; Wordy and rambling; Extremely chatty | 85% | 15% | Right! |
| INSUPERABLE | (adj.) Impossible to overcome; Unbeatable | 93% | 7% | Right! |
| LAMENTABLE | (adj.) Deserving regret or pity; Pathetic; Mournful | 81% | 19% | Right! |
| MISNOMER | (n.) A name wrongly or mistakenly applied | 93% | 7% | Right! |
| PROFESS | (v.) To declare openly; To affirm or claim | 93% | 7% | Right! |
| RESPITE | (n.) A short interval of rest or relief; A pause | 85% | 15% | Right! |
| RETRIBUTION | (n.) Something demanded in repayment; A payback of sorts | 93% | 7% | Right! |
| SINUOUS | (adj.) Having many curves or turns; Winding | 82% | 18% | Right! |
| SONOROUS | (adj.) Having or producing a full, deep or rich sound | 88% | 12% | Right! |
| VANGUARD | (n.) The foremost or leading position in a trend or movement; The front position in an advancing army | 91% | 9% | Right! |
| WASTREL | (n.) One who spends resources self-indulgently | 87% | 13% | Right! |
| * the percentage of students who answered this correctly or incorrectly |
You answered 100% of the questions correctly!You answered 20 / 20 correctly on the first try. | Name: |
| Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 10 - Sentences - Completed: July 4, 12:37:20 PM CST | User: SethGourley |
| Word | Sentence | Correct* | Incorrect* | Your Answer |
| ACQUIESCE | Most criminals who get caught during a bank robbery will try to get the police to ACQUIESCE to a helicopter and a plane ride out of the country but they are lucky if they don't get shot. | 82% | 18% | Right! |
| ALLURE | She hoped to ALLURE strangers into her gingerbread house by promising them a cell phone plan with unlimited minutes. | 95% | 5% | Right! |
| ASKEW | I thought the teenager looked silly when he wore his hat all ASKEW, but I later learned that it was a gang symbol to walk around wearing crooked head gear. | 94% | 6% | Right! |
| BLITHE | Although her BLITHE attitude toward life was mostly refreshing, such a carefree and cheery demeanor was inappropriate at the funeral. | 89% | 11% | Right! |
| CONTENTIOUS | Don't listen to him because he's just a(n) CONTENTIOUS man who likes to argue with everybody. | 88% | 12% | Right! |
| COVET | I tried hard not to COVET his new car, but I really wish I could afford one myself! | 94% | 6% | Right! |
| CRESTFALLEN | Once she got her college rejection letter, she was so CRESTFALLEN that she wouldn't get out of bed for a week. | 94% | 6% | Right! |
| DISHEVELED | After my week-long bout with depression, I finally left my bed and saw in the mirror exactly how DISHEVELED I look when I don't shower or comb my hair for a week. | 94% | 6% | Right! |
| EXPONENT | I was surprised to learn that she was not a(n) EXPONENT of women's suffrage, but in all fairness, she was only two-years-old. | 86% | 14% | Right! |
| GARRULOUS | Our waiter was so GARRULOUS that I hardly got a word in edgewise. | 92% | 8% | Right! |
| INSUPERABLE | The hobo fought against INSUPERABLE odds to eventually rise up to CEO of a Fortune 500 company, something almost impossible to do. | 91% | 9% | Right! |
| LAMENTABLE | After losing both his legs and arms in a wheat thresher, the clown suffered the LAMENTABLE loss of his large red nose as well, so he frowned. | 83% | 17% | Right! |
| MISNOMER | I believe the self-appointed title of 'Bikini Inspector' on your shirt is quite the MISNOMER since you obviously have never been to Bikini Inspection School. | 93% | 7% | Right! |
| PROFESS | I felt the need to PROFESS my satisfaction with the meal by blogging about how delicious it was. | 93% | 7% | Right! |
| RESPITE | The teacher decided we needed a(n) RESPITE because most of the class couldn't pay attention, so we went outside and walked around the building before we began to work again. | 89% | 11% | Right! |
| RETRIBUTION | My name is Inigo Montoya, and since you have killed my father I request RETRIBUTION in the form of your death, so prepare to die. | 95% | 5% | Right! |
| SINUOUS | Lombard Street in San Francisco is such a(n) SINUOUS road that you have to drive slowly or else your car won't be able to handle all the turns. Look it up. | 89% | 11% | Right! |
| SONOROUS | James Earl Jones' voice is so SONOROUS that he is known as 'The Booming Brother.' | 92% | 8% | Right! |
| VANGUARD | Since she had been wearing 80's clothes for decades, she thought she was the VANGUARD of the new 'resurrect 1985' trend. | 86% | 14% | Right! |
| WASTREL | After winning the lottery, he became such a(n) WASTREL that the entire $12 Million was gone within a month. | 95% | 5% | Right! |
| * the percentage of students who answered this correctly or incorrectly |
Your VocabTest.com Test ResultsYou answered 100% of the questions correctly!You answered 20 / 20 correctly on the first try. | Name: |
| Unit 10: Synonyms and Antonyms - Reverse Definitions - Completed: July 5, 10:43:12 AM CST | User: SethGourley |
| Word | Definition | Correct* | Incorrect* | Your Answer |
| acquiesce to | failed to COMPLY WITH the UN resolution (syn) acquiesce | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| allure | calculated to TEMPT big spenders (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| askew | realized something had gone AWRY (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| blithe | a GLUM outlook on life (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| contentious | a very ARGUMENTATIVE meeting (syn | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| covets | one who SCORNS worldly possessions (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| crestfallen | DESPONDENT at the news of their misfortune (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| disheveled | the TIDY state of the room (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| exponent | a lifelong CHAMPION of higher education (Syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| garrulous | a LONG-WINDED talk show host (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| insuperable | faced INSURMOUNTABLE odds (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| lamentable | the company's PRAISEWORTHY financial condition (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| misnomer | Constitutes a bit of a MISLEADING NAME (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| profess | PROCLAIMED their allegiance to the new government (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| respite | a welcome RELIEF from pain (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| retribution | JUST DESERTS for a life of crime (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| sinuous | a STRAIGHT path through the forest (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| sonorous | the RESONANT quality of their voices (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| vanguard | the CUTTING EDGE of medical science (Syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| wastrel | proved to be something of a SPENDTHRIFT (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| * the percentage of students who answered this correctly or incorrectly |
Choosing the Right Word
1. The Intently longing gaze that he fixed upon my plate told me that Rover (professed, coveted) my lunch.
2.Since Ben was confident he could play varsity ball, he was extremely (blithe, crestfallen) when the coach cut him from the team.
3.After we had been playing our favorite CDs at top volume for several hours, Mother entered the room and begged for some (respite, allure).
4.Although we really don't agree with Mother's musical taste, we decided to (profess, acquiesce) to her appeal.
5.His willingness to experiment with interesting new ideas clearly put him in the (vanguard, retribution) of social reform in his time.
6.The poet Shelley, entranced by the joyous song of the skylark, addressed the bird as "(garrulous, blithe) spirit"
7.The wicked may seem to prosper, but I am convinced that sometime, somehow, in this life or the next, there will be (exponents, retribution).
8.He is so (contentious, sinuous) that if someone says "Nice day," he'll start a full-scale debate on the weather.
9.Wasteful use of energy at a time when there is a critical shortage of such resources is indeed (lamentable, sonorous).
10.It would be a (misnomer, respite) to label as biography a book that is clearly a work of fiction, even though its main character is historical.
11.Because it was the duty of town criers to deliver public proclamations, they were often chosen for their (sonorous, contentious) voices.
12.With her lipstick smeared, her hair disarranged, and her hat (askew, crestfallen), she certainly was a strange sight.
13.Anyone who spends hours, days, and weeks just hanging around is a (wastrel, vanguard) with the most precious thing we have -- time.
14.When we ended up in the lake, we realized that the skipper was not the expert boatman he (acquiesced, professed) to be.
15.With hair styles what they are these days, many men now seem to look somewhat (disheveled, garrulous) when they come fresh from the barber.
16.The (vanguard, allure) of "gold in them thar hills" brought many immigrants to California in 1849.
17.Marshall McLuhan, a leading (wastrel, exponent) of TV's importance in modern lift, coined the phrase "the medium is the message."
18.Walking out on the empty stage and speaking the opening lines of the play seemed a(n) (covetous, insuperable) difficulty to the young actors.
19.The taxi driver was so (lamentable, garrulous) during the long trip that it was a relief to return to my silent hotel room.
20.As I watched the gymnastic meet on TV, nothing impressed me more than the incredibly graceful and (askew, sinuous) movement of the athletes.
Comments
Post a Comment