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Expand your vocabulary

by damith
September 22, 2024 1:00 am 0 comment 543 views

Circle A, B, C, or D that most accurately fits the meaning and check your answers with the key.

1. Diva

A. sudden fall
B. long narrow road
C. famous female singer
D. lawyer

2. Phase

A. group of Jews
B. stage of change
C. small bottle
D. yellowish substance

3. Faze

A. to feel upset
B. to make someone angry
C. to look at something carefully
D. to promote a product

4. Oral

A. hidden
B. laughable
C. compulsory
D. spoken

5. Aural

A. happening repeatedly
B. small and round
C. relating to hearing
D. secret

6. Cello

A. musical instrument
B. room
C. scale of temperature
D. cellular phone

7. Elusive

A . longer than normal
B . making you feel ashamed
C. able to learn
D. tending to slip away

8. Acclamation

A. room in hospital
B. loud expression of approval
C. soft piece of flesh
D. something added

9. Acclimation

A. background music
B. adaptation
C. important quality
D. feeling of satisfaction

10. Cue

A. preparation
B. delay
C. prize
D. hint

11. Queue

A. line of people
B. style of cooking
C. cultivable land
D. intelligence

12. Complacent

A. having enough skill
B. incomplete
C. pleased with a situation
D. belonging to a particular society

13. Discrete

A. careful
B. clearly separate
C. not continuous
D. obeying rules

14. Discreet

A. tactful
B. disrespectful
C. obedient
D. insane

15. Illicit

A. unhappy
B. permanent
C. careless
D. unlawful

16. tactful

A. to hide
B. to draw out
C.to postpone
D. to cultivate

17. Assent

A. unhappiness
B. protest
C. consent
D .strike

18. Assent

A. act of ascending
B. right of reply
C. sudden change
D. set of beliefs

19. Exhume

A. to remove dead body from grave
B. to persuade
C.to search
D. to defame

20. Preposterous

A. wasting money
B. palm-sized
C. very firm
D. completely unreasonable

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Key

1. C

2. B

3. A

4. D

5. C

6. A

7. D

8. B

9. B

10. D

11. A

12. C

13. B

14. A

15. D

16. B

17. C

18. A

19. A

20. D

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Ratings

10 – 14 Correct: Good

15 – 17 Correct: Excellent

158– 20 Correct: Exceptional

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