Vocabulary Quiz - VocabForce

1. spurn

great happiness or celebration

delaying speech to obstruct legislation

reject disdainfully or scornfully

cautious and sensible

2. transient

lasting only a short time

most important or supreme

unintentional, accidental, careless

deliberately avoid or abstain from

3. futile

placed below or lesser

incapable of producing any result

powerful tropical storm in the pacific

briefly expressed

4. affliction

raise doubts or objections

cause of pain or suffering

unmarried woman beyond typical marriage age

use of symbols to represent ideas

5. maelstrom

protection or support

violent whirlpool; turbulent situation.

busy street or road

impossible to overcome or surpass

6. dwindle

gradually become smaller, diminish, or decline

deceptive trick or strategem

exaggerated statement

leader or indicator of trends

7. presumption

specify as a condition

assumption without proof

aromatic, scent, to incense, to infuriate

restoration or improvement of wasteland

8. hinterland

preferring to be apart from society

person who commits perjury

emotionally insensitive or cruel

remote inland area

9. tactician

understand deeply

brief love affair or flirtation

skilled strategist or planner

doubts or worries.

10. plethora

capture complete attention or interest

behavior or outward manner

group of lines in a poem

an excess or abundance

11. desolation

widespread destruction or loneliness

tremble or shake with rapid motion

person afraid of foreigners

defeat thoroughly in battle

12. emaciated

angry, upset at injustice

abnormally thin or weak, especially from illness

solemn urging or command

a sudden and total failure

13. connive

person appointed to administer a state

briefness or succinctness

to secretly cooperate in wrongdoing

support for existence

14. stamina

saving or shining brightly.

never dying; everlasting

something out of proper time

endurance capacity for prolonged effort

15. vagary

unpredictable change or action

tendency, preference, leaning

disprove honestly or logically

lack of basic necessities

16. tangential

peripheral or barely relevant

small group ruling a country or organization

wildly impulsive; reckless.

priority in importance or order

17. vandalism

wilful destruction of property

courteous, stylish, and charming

a person involved in a lawsuit.

teaching, instruction with bias

18. gravitas

skillful handling or delicacy

incorrectness, improper conduct

expert in languages or linguistics

seriousness or weightiness

19. annum

year; annually

indecision or fluctuations

final resolution of story

arrival or coming into being

20. minutiae

use of symbols to represent ideas

playful or fantastical quality

fair; unbiased; neutral

tiny, precise details.

Vocabulary Quiz:

1. spurn

2. transient

3. futile

4. affliction

5. maelstrom

6. dwindle

7. presumption

8. hinterland

9. tactician

10. plethora

11. desolation

12. emaciated

13. connive

14. stamina

15. vagary

16. tangential

17. vandalism

18. gravitas

19. annum

20. minutiae

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Vocabulary Quiz:

1. spurn

2. transient

3. futile

4. affliction

5. maelstrom

6. dwindle

7. presumption

8. hinterland

9. tactician

10. plethora

11. desolation

12. emaciated

13. connive

14. stamina

15. vagary

16. tangential

17. vandalism

18. gravitas

19. annum

20. minutiae

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