Vocabulary 1
1. This adjective describes something extremely dirty and unpleasant.
A) Florid
B) Squalid
C) Vivid
D) Genial
B) Squalid
6. Which verb means to destroy completely?
A) Avert
B) Manifest
C) Ruminate
D) Annihilate
D) Annihilate
11. Which adjective describes someone friendly and warm?
A) Genial
B) Abject
C) Contemptuous
D) Florid
A) Genial
16. Which noun describes a statement that seems self-contradictory but may contain truth?
A) Heredity
B) Paradox
C) Asceticism
D) Stupor
B) Paradox
21. Which adjective means extremely bright?
A) Florid
B) Incandescent
C) Plaintive
D) Abject
B) Incandescent
26. If a tumor is surgically removed, it has been ______.
A) Proliferated
B) Excised
C) Evoked
D) Annihilated
B) Excised
1. The suffix -ful means:
A) One who does
B) Full of
C) Not
D) Before
B) Full of
6. The prefix sub- means:
A) Again
B) Below
C) Not
D) Around
B) Below
11. Which prefix means “not”?
A) non-
B) bene-
C) aud-
D) circum-
A) non-
16. The root aud means:
A) To say
B) To hear
C) To lead
D) Against
B) To hear
21. If something is wooden, the suffix -en means:
A) Full of
B) Made of
C) Not
D) Again
A) Full of
26. A circumference measures the distance ______ something.
A) Across
B) Around
C) Against
D) Inside
B) Around
2. This adjective means thick or sticky.
A) Viscous
B) Incandescent
C) Simian
D) Abject
A) Viscous
7. Which verb means to prevent something bad from happening?
A) Evoke
B) Avert
C) Burgeon
D) Excise
B) Avert
12. Which adjective means not intending to cause harm?
A) Simian
B) Unmalicious
C) Plaintive
D) Viscous
B) Unmalicious
17. Which noun means learning while asleep?
A) Hypnopedia
B) Heredity
C) Paradox
D) Manifest
A) Hypnopedia
22. Which adjective describes a clear and powerful image in your mind?
A) Vivid
B) Simian
C) Squalid
D) Genial
A) Vivid
27. If rumors spread quickly through a school, they begin to ______.
A) Ruminate
B) Proliferate
C) Avert
D) Manifest
B) Proliferate
2. The suffix -er or -or means:
A) One who does
B) Full of
C) Process
D) Across
A) One who does
7. The prefix mis- means:
A) Good
B) Across
C) Wrong or bad
D) Both
C) Wrong or bad
12. The word illegal uses il- to mean:
A) Again
B) Both
C) Not
D) Around
C) Not
17. The root bene means:
A) Good
B) Not
C) Around
D) Both
A) Good
22. If someone is ambidextrous, the prefix ambi- means:
A) Around
B) Both
C) Not
D) Against
B) Both
27. If someone misconducts themselves, they behave:
A) Well
B) Again
C) Wrongly
D) Before
C) Wrongly
3. This adjective means showing extreme joy or enthusiasm.
A) Emphatic
B) Rapturous
C) Contemptuous
D) Plaintive
B) Rapturous
8. Which verb means to think deeply for a long time?
A) Ruminate
B) Proliferate
C) Manifest
D) Predestine
A) Ruminate
13. Which adjective describes someone showing strong dislike or disrespect?
A) Rapturous
B) Emphatic
C) Contemptuous
D) Vivid
C) Contemptuous
18. Which noun refers to genetic traits passed from parents to children?
A) Viviparous
B) Heredity
C) Asceticism
D) Ruminate
B) Heredity
23. Which adjective describes writing that is overly flowery?
A) Florid
B) Emphatic
C) Indefatigable
D) Viscous
A) Florid
28. A person unable to think clearly due to exhaustion may be in a state of ______.
A) Paradox
B) Stupor
C) Heredity
D) Asceticism
B) Stupor
3. The suffix -ion means:
A) Not
B) Again
C) Act or process
D) Made of
C) Act or process
8. The prefix fore- means:
A) Before
B) Not
C) Remove
D) Around
A) Before
13. Which word uses a prefix meaning “not”?
A) Benefactor
B) Dislike
C) Audience
D) Ambidextrous
B) Dislike
18. The root circum means:
A) Against
B) Around
C) Not
D) To say
B) Around
23. If you decriminalize something, the prefix de- means:
A) Remove or make opposite
B) Around
C) Good
D) Both
A) Remove or make opposite
28. A submarine travels:
A) Above water
B) Across land
C) Below water
D) Around land
C) Below water
4. This adjective describes someone who never gives up and is always energetic.
A) Genial
B) Unmalicious
C) Indefatigable
D) Florid
C) Indefatigable
9. Which verb means to grow or develop quickly?
A) Avert
B) Burgeon
C) Excise
D) Evoke
B) Burgeon
14. Which adjective means extremely miserable or unfortunate?
A) Abject
B) Incandescent
C) Genial
D) Squalid
A) Abject
19. Which word means determined beforehand?
A) Predestine
B) Evoke
C) Proliferate
D) Deftly
A) Predestine
24. Which adjective describes something that sounds slightly sad?
A) Rapturous
B) Plaintive
C) Unmalicious
D) Incandescent
Plaintive
29. If someone has monkey-like features, they could be described as ______.
A) Simian
B) Genial
C) Emphatic
D) Florid
A) Simian
4. The suffix -ous means:
A) Possessing qualities of
B) Made of
C) Around
D) Against
A) Possessing qualities of
9. The prefix trans- means:
A) Opposite
B) Across
C) Inside
D) Around
B) Across
14. The prefix un- means:
A) Not
B) Good
C) Before
D) Around
A) Not
19. The root dict means:
A) To lead
B) To say
C) To hear
D) Both
B) To say
24. A benefactor is someone who:
A) Says something
B) Leads others
C) Does good
D) Hears something
C) Does good
29. If someone is indecisive, the prefix in- means:
A) Both
B) Not
C) Around
D) Good
B) Not
5. This noun means living a simple life without physical pleasures, often for religious reasons.
A) Heredity
B) Paradox
C) Asceticism
D) Hypnopedia
C) Asceticism
10. Which verb means to show clearly through signs or actions?
A) Manifest
B) Annihilate
C) Ruminate
D) Simian
A) Manifest
15. Which word means skillfully or in a nimble manner?
A) Florid
B) Deftly
C) Viviparous
D) Hypnopedia
B) Deftly
20. Which adjective means bringing forth live young developed inside the parent?
A) Simian
B) Incandescent
C) Viviparous
D) Viscous
C) Viviparous
25. Which verb means to bring a feeling or memory into the mind?
A) Avert
B) Evoke
C) Excise
D) Manifest
B) Evoke
30. If someone speaks in a strong and unmistakable way, their tone is ______.
A) Contemptuous
B) Rapturous
C) Emphatic
D) Viscous
C) Emphatic
5. The suffix -ment means:
A) One who does
B) Action or process
C) Not
D) Both
B) Action or process
10. The prefix re- means:
A) Not
B) Again
C) Good
D) Into
B) Again
15. The prefix dis- can mean:
A) Remove or not
B) Both
C) To hear
D) Made of
A) Remove or not
20. The root duc/duct means:
A) To lead
B) To remove
C) To say
D) Around
A) To lead
25. If you transcribe something, you write it:
A) Again
B) Around
C) Across
D) Below
C) Across
30. A dictator is someone who:
A) Hears
B) Leads
C) Says or declares
D) Goes across
C) Says or declares