Learning Definitions: Crossword Puzzle
Learning Definitions: Quiz
You answered 90% of the questions correctly!You answered 18 / 20 correctly on the first try. | Name: |
| Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 12 - Definitions - Completed: July 11, 11:59:22 AM CST | User: SethGourley |
| Word | Definition | Correct* | Incorrect* | Your Answer |
| ABJURE | (v.) To renounce or reject; To avoid or shun | 86% | 14% | Right! |
| ACRID | (adj.) Sharp or harsh to the taste or smell; Extremely stinging or bitter in manner | 89% | 11% | Right! |
| AUGUST | (adj.) Inspiring awe or admiration; Majestic | 90% | 10% | Wrong |
| CALLOUS | (adj.) Emotionally hardened; Unfeeling, insensitive, unsympathetic | 90% | 10% | Right! |
| CLANDESTINE | (adj.) Done in secret; Subversive or deceptive in secrecy or in private | 83% | 17% | Right! |
| COMPUNCTION | (n.) Regret or remorse due to a wrongdoing | 76% | 24% | Right! |
| CONFLAGRATION | (n.) A large, destructive and usually extensive fire | 91% | 9% | Right! |
| ELATED | (adj.) Very proud or happy, or in high spirits | 90% | 10% | Right! |
| INDELIBLE | (adj.) Not able to be removed or erased | 86% | 14% | Right! |
| INDULGENT | (adj.) Characterized by the giving in to the wishes of someone | 84% | 16% | Right! |
| INVETERATE | (adj.) A settled, long-standing habit; Firmly established | 75% | 25% | Right! |
| IRRELEVANT | (adj.) Not relevant or applicable | 97% | 3% | Right! |
| NOCTURNAL | (adj.) Part of or happening in the night | 97% | 3% | Right! |
| PLATITUDE | (n.) A trite, common or flat remark, said as if profound | 80% | 20% | Wrong |
| QUELL | (v.) To suppress or subdue by putting an end to | 82% | 18% | Right! |
| QUIESCENT | (adj.) At rest; Still | 82% | 18% | Right! |
| RUMINATE | (v.) To ponder or meditate on; To chew the cud | 89% | 11% | Right! |
| TACIT | (adj.) Understood or implied without being expressed | 74% | 26% | Right! |
| TANGIBLE | (adj.) Perceived by touch or capable of being touched | 92% | 8% | Right! |
| TRENCHANT | (adj.) Clear-cut and defined; Cutting deeply and quickly | 81% | 19% | Right! |
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Your VocabTest.com Test ResultsYou answered 65% of the questions correctly!You answered 13 / 20 correctly on the first try. | Name: |
| Unit 12: Completing the Sentence - Reverse Definitions - Completed: July 12, 12:48:53 PM CST | User: SethGourley |
| Word | Definition | Correct* | Incorrect* | Your Answer |
| Abjure | Abraham Lincoln's plan for reconstruction simply had the former rebels _____- allegiance to the confederacy and vow to support the union. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Acrid | The fumes released by the volcano were so ______ that they caused great discomfort among people in the nearby villages. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Callous | Some people are so completely wrapped up in their own concerns that they often seem to be ___ about the feelings of others. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Compunction | Their behavior was so rude and offensive that i had no _____ about telling them to leave to leave the house. . ous about the house | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Conflagration | According to legend, Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over an oil lamp and started the __________ that consumed four square miles of chicago. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Indulgent | I have no patience with an ________ parent who gives in to every whim and demand of an undisciplined child. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Inveterate | How can we possibly accept the testimony of someone who is known to be a ________ liar? | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Irrelevant | Your statement may be correct, but since it has no bearing on the point now under discussion, I must reject it as _________. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Platitudes | The audience seemed to be stirred by the speaker's remarks, but in my opinion they were no more than a series of _______. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Quell | I tried to __________ my feeling of panic by assuring myself that there is simply no such thing as a ghost. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| Quiescent | Although the disease had been ______ for several years, the doctors warned her that its symptoms could appear again at any time. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| Ruminate | I stretched out under the old maple tree in the backyard and began to ______ on the strange events of that remarkable day. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| Trenchant | The debate was decide in our favor when Carole's _______ rebuttal tore the other side's argument to piece. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| august | In the presence of such an _______ assemblage of religious leaders representing all the major faiths, I felt very humble. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| clandestine | The document showed that, years before, the companies had made a ________ agreement to divide the market among them. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| elated | Who wouldn't be ______ at winning a huge prize on a television quiz show? | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| indelible | The years of close aocciation with outstanding teachers had left an _______ mark on the students characters. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| nocturnal | The streets seemed safe and familiar during the day, but now we had to face unknown _________ dangers. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| tacit | Through we were angry with each other, we had a _____ agreement to act politely in front of our parents. | 0% | 100% | Wrong |
| tangible | There was no _________ evidence of his incerity, but somehow we were confident that he would do all he could help us. | 100% | 0% | Right! |
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You answered 95% of the questions correctly!You answered 19 / 20 correctly on the first try. | Name: |
| Unit 12: Synonyms and Antonyms - Reverse Definitions - Completed: July 12, 12:58:42 PM CST | User: SethGourley |
| Word | Definition | Correct* | Incorrect* | Your Answer |
| abjure | willingly RECANTED their old beliefs (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| acrid | an extremely CAUSTIC denunciation (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| august | in the emperor's STATELY presence (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| callous | a reputation for being TENDERHEARTED (ant) | 50% | 50% | Right! |
| clandestine | the SECRET world of intelligence agents (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| compunction | lacking any sense of REMORSE (syn) | 50% | 50% | Right! |
| conflagration | a WILDFIRE that destroyed thousands of acres (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| elated | OVERJOYED by the day's events (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| indelible | saw the actor's MEMORABLE performance (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| indulgent | INFLEXIBLE in matters of discipline (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| inveterate | an OCCASIONAL reader of mysteries (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| irrelevant | evidence ruled IMMATERIAL to that case (syn) | 50% | 50% | Right! |
| nocturnal | the city's DAYTIME noises (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| platitude | just one BROMIDE after another (syn) | 50% | 50% | Right! |
| quell | tried to SUPPRESS their fears (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| quiescent | when nature is at its most DORMANT (syn) | 50% | 50% | Wrong |
| ruminate | REFLECTED on the consequences of their actions (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| tacit | ignored the EXPLICIT warning (ant) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| tangible | PALPABLE signs of long neglect (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
| trenchant | the lawyer's INCISIVE summation to the jury (syn) | 100% | 0% | Right! |
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