english vocab quiz

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vocabulary for an upcoming test in multiple choice
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Question 1

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what does cursory mean?
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  • to reconcile or to pacify
  • absolute hatred
  • superficial, casual, hastily done

Question 2

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what does garrulous mean
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  • talkative, rambling
  • state of being forgotten
  • lacking in seriousness or importance

Question 3

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what does perjury mean?
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  • bright, distinct, and clear
  • bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity
  • false testimony under oath

Question 4

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arable means.....
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  • fit for plowing
  • secret
  • to waste away or wither

Question 5

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the meaning secret goes to the word......
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  • clandestine
  • ascendancy
  • impetuous

Question 6

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antiquated means...
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  • absolete, out of fashion, no longer usable
  • having a bad reputation of the worst kind
  • excessive frivolity, flippancy

Question 7

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ascendancy means....
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  • something that appears false, but is actually true
  • violent, hasty, rash, impulsive
  • growing power

Question 8

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atrophy means...
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  • to waste away to wither
  • scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
  • to free, to disentangle

Question 9

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conciliate means....
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  • skillfully busy or occupied
  • to reconcile or to pacify
  • patience, leniance

Question 10

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derision means .....
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  • a self-serving flatterer, brown noser
  • scoffing at, mockery, ridicule
  • changing, fluctuating

Question 11

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enmity means
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  • insulting or contemptuous behavior
  • lacking of seriousness or importance
  • absolute hatred

Question 12

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extricate means....
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  • to disentangle, to free
  • patience, leniance
  • false testimony under oath

Question 13

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patience, lenience is the definition of the word...
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  • forbearance
  • frivolous
  • impetuous

Question 14

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lacking of seriousness or importance is the definition of the word...
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  • frivolous
  • oblivion
  • levity

Question 15

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violent, hasty, rash, impulsive is the definition of the word...
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  • impetuous
  • vancillating
  • sycophant

Question 16

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industrious means...
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  • bright, distinct, and clear
  • changing, fluctuating
  • skillfully busy, occupied

Question 17

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infamous means...
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  • having a bad reputation of the worst kind
  • absolute hatred
  • state of being forgotten

Question 18

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insolence means...
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  • something that appears to be false, but is actually correct
  • insulting or contemptuous behavior
  • none of the above

Question 19

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oblivion means...
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  • bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity
  • state of being forgotten

Question 20

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something that appears to be false, but is actually correct is the definition of the word....
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  • perjury
  • paradoxical
  • levity

Question 21

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a self-serving flatterer, brown noser
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  • rancor
  • sycophant
  • vivid

Question 22

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bitter deep- seated ill will, enmity
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  • rancor
  • vivid
  • vancillating

Question 23

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changing, fluctuating
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  • vivid
  • vancillating
  • rancor

Question 24

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bright, distinct, and clear
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  • forbearence
  • vivid
  • cladestine
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