Vocabulary Quiz - VocabForce

1. portent

decorate or add beauty to

suitable for growing crops; farmland

shriveled with age

a sign of future events; warning

2. prurient

having or showing excessive interest in sex

walkway between rows

difficult to manage

rudely brief

3. truncate

faulty or blameworthy

lengthen by cutting off the end

add or incorporate territory

scold or rebuke

4. congenial

rude or disrespectful

agreeable and friendly

common remark; banal statement

making unclear or unintelligible

5. luminous

public speech or address

emitting light

shriveled with age

self-denial or renunciation

6. defer

postpone or delay; yield respectfully

perfect example or embodiment

perceive or recognize clearly

reveal secrets or private information

7. venerate

regard with deep respect

highest point; peak

shining brightly; radiant

treacherous or unfaithful

8. allege

claim or assert without proof

insult or offend openly

faithfulness or loyalty

peaceable or friendly

9. rebuke

existing in name only

restrain or hinder

express sharp disapproval or criticism

merciful or tolerant

10. lurid

excessively generous or elaborate

loud, harsh, and disorderly noise

causing shock or horror

filled with or marked by

11. venerable

impossible to disentangle

respected due to age or wisdom

restoring to former state; compensation

to confuse or puzzle someone

12. renunciation

outdated or obsolete

formal rejection or abandonment

abundant; giving freely; lush

social outcast or despised person

13. avarice

eager to fight or argue

extreme greed for wealth

drinkable; suitable for drinking

sincerely friendly

14. placid

clear and transparent

peaceful, undisturbed, calm

reveal or make known publicly

difficult to understand

15. insurgent

rebel or revolutionary

enthusiastic approval or praise

official right to invention; obvious

second to last in sequence

16. expedient

appropriate and advantageous

voluntarily refrain from something

excessively sentimental

prevent success of; contrasting force

17. commodious

make sacred or holy

distant emotionally or physically

beginner or inexperienced person

spacious or roomy

18. gratuitous

insult or offend openly

often repeated; unoriginal

given freely; uncalled for

naive belief or trust

19. excavate

using up or eating

dig out from the ground

tolerate or stay; follow rules

self-satisfaction weakness

20. engender

scold or rebuke

appearing everywhere

cause or produce

diligent and ethical

Vocabulary Quiz:

1. portent

2. prurient

3. truncate

4. congenial

5. luminous

6. defer

7. venerate

8. allege

9. rebuke

10. lurid

11. venerable

12. renunciation

13. avarice

14. placid

15. insurgent

16. expedient

17. commodious

18. gratuitous

19. excavate

20. engender

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Vocabulary Quiz:

1. portent

2. prurient

3. truncate

4. congenial

5. luminous

6. defer

7. venerate

8. allege

9. rebuke

10. lurid

11. venerable

12. renunciation

13. avarice

14. placid

15. insurgent

16. expedient

17. commodious

18. gratuitous

19. excavate

20. engender

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