Vocabulary Quiz - VocabForce

1. perusal

highest point or final stage

peaceful and calm

suitable for growing crops; farmland

reading carefully or thoroughly

2. relish

friendly or cheerful

fundamentally different or diverse

modest, reserved, or shy

enjoy greatly; pleasure or appreciation

3. discretion

disagreement with authority or majority

skilled craftsperson or manual worker

pompous or pretentious speech

cautious judgment or tact

4. harangue

prevent success of; contrasting force

to persuade or influence

long, critical speech or scolding

recklessly extravagant; wasteful

5. gratuitous

independent-minded person

attractive or appealing

given freely; uncalled for

having a stale or offensive smell

6. profligate

recklessly extravagant; wasteful

unlucky; unfortunate

keen; forceful; incisive

introduce new ideas or methods

7. nominal

understand deeply

extremely poor; parsimonious

channel for conveying fluid

existing in name only

8. insidious

able to be heard

causing harm or damage

ease severity or reduce

deceptively harmful

9. arcane

understood by few; mysterious or secret

song or poem lamenting the dead

fulfill or complete

adopt or support

10. chaos

expressing praise

having shame or disgrace

gutsy or reckless boldness

total disorder or confusion

11. bombastic

pompous or overblown in speech

comfort in grief

humorously vulgar or indecent

enjoy oneself happily or freely

12. egregious

wicked or criminal

remarkably bad or shocking

assign to a lower rank or position

experienced through someone else

13. oblique

indirect or slanting

apparently true or reasonable

understand or arrest someone

skillful deception or magic

14. mutable

having knowledge of future events

changeable or variable

often repeated; unoriginal

courageous; fearless

15. stagnate

complaining or irritable

gathering of people

cease to flow or develop; become inactive

general agreement

16. depravity

charmingly old-fashioned or unusual

moral corruption or wickedness

rhythmic flow or pattern

horrible or detestable

17. emend

completes or enhances

sympathy for loss

correct or revise a text

forgiveness of sins or errors

18. derelict

lacking intelligence or sense

criticize sharply; scold

overwhelm with abundance

abandoned or neglectful; homeless person

19. potable

sudden, impatient irritation

highest point; peak

drinkable; suitable for drinking

satisfy fully or to excess

20. apocryphal

sullen or gloomy

still in existence

of uncertain authenticity

self-denial or renunciation

Vocabulary Quiz:

1. perusal

2. relish

3. discretion

4. harangue

5. gratuitous

6. profligate

7. nominal

8. insidious

9. arcane

10. chaos

11. bombastic

12. egregious

13. oblique

14. mutable

15. stagnate

16. depravity

17. emend

18. derelict

19. potable

20. apocryphal

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Vocabulary Quiz:

1. perusal

2. relish

3. discretion

4. harangue

5. gratuitous

6. profligate

7. nominal

8. insidious

9. arcane

10. chaos

11. bombastic

12. egregious

13. oblique

14. mutable

15. stagnate

16. depravity

17. emend

18. derelict

19. potable

20. apocryphal

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