Vocabulary Quiz - VocabForce

1. shun

bright green precious stone

lure or enticement used to trap

conforming to accepted beliefs or traditions

deliberately avoid or stay away from

2. delusion

pleasure, satisfaction from achievement

enjoy greatly; taste or savor

feeling or showing love or romance

false belief or impression

3. ambiguous

awkward or clumsy

to pronounce clearly

strict or severe

unclear or having multiple meanings

4. vacate

lacking skill or competence

to treat sacredly with disrespect

fully developed or grown; grown-up

leave or give up possession

5. tangle

person who takes care of horses; clean and maintain

overly concerned with trivial details

twisted or complicated mass

become less intense or widespread

6. entice

to lure or tempt

to calm or soothe

poor; lacking basic needs

relating to farewell speaking

7. chicanery

harmful or damaging

fair or unbiased

deception or trickery

selling in large quantities at lower prices

8. flask

no longer fresh

minor wrongful act or offense

formal written work on a topic

a narrow-necked bottle or container

9. tarry

calm; peacefulness

diplomatic mission representing a country

delay or linger unnecessarily

a customer or patron

10. provenance

origin or source of something

small in amount; meager

to throw or cast suddenly

a bulky mass; to gather or grow together

11. stabilize

able to burn or corrode, sarcastically biting

to pronounce clearly

to illegally obtain money

make stable or steady

12. knit

state of uncertainty or confusion

move aimlessly without destination

to make fabric with yarn

to worry or be anxious

13. turf

steering equipment for a ship; to lead or control

added to complete or enhance

surface of earth or grass; territory or domain

unplanned or unpredictable

14. shortcut

extreme fierceness or brutality

horrifying, terrible, ghostly

small line on skin due to aging

quick route shorter than the usual path

15. salvage

to dry out or dehydrate

rigid bar used to lift or move heavy objects

strict or severe

rescue from loss or ruin

16. presage

to calm or soothe

extremely funny and amusing

experienced; flavored

sign or warning of future event

17. convey

to communicate or transport

long narrow strip of fabric or material

dirty or gloomy in appearance

majestic or inspiring reverence

18. hyperbole

skilled public speaker

wicked or cruel person

exaggerated statement for emphasis

state of full development or readiness

19. indiscriminate

joyfully or cheerfully

lacking selectiveness; random

self-operating machine or robot

crush into a flat mass

20. obstinate

action designed to grab attention

strategy or plan to achieve a goal

stubbornly refusing to change; stubborn

plain or unattractive in appearance

Vocabulary Quiz:

1. shun

2. delusion

3. ambiguous

4. vacate

5. tangle

6. entice

7. chicanery

8. flask

9. tarry

10. provenance

11. stabilize

12. knit

13. turf

14. shortcut

15. salvage

16. presage

17. convey

18. hyperbole

19. indiscriminate

20. obstinate

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Vocabulary Quiz:

1. shun

2. delusion

3. ambiguous

4. vacate

5. tangle

6. entice

7. chicanery

8. flask

9. tarry

10. provenance

11. stabilize

12. knit

13. turf

14. shortcut

15. salvage

16. presage

17. convey

18. hyperbole

19. indiscriminate

20. obstinate

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