Vocab Quiz

5 Written Questions

1. (adj) inconsistant with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected
2. (n) deep personal humiliation and disgrace
3. (adj) having high and often capricious standards, difficult to please
4. (adj) repulsive
5. (n) the quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; stuborness

5 Matching Questions

1. Paltry
2. uncouth
3. Cognizance
4. Mirth
5. countenance

1. a (n) knowledge, awareness
2. b (adj) inferior, trashy; trivial
3. c (n) gladness or gaiety as shown or accompanied with laughter
4. d (n) face; visage; especially face as an indication of mood, emotion, or character
5. e (adj) lacking in polish and grace: rugged

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. (n) turned away from what is right or good
   1. Gossamer
   2. Perverseness
   3. spurn
   4. Paltry
2. (adj) light, delicate, or insubstantial
   1. spurn
   2. odious
   3. Abash
   4. Gossamer
3. (v) to destroy self-confidence/self possession of
   1. spurn
   2. Abash
   3. Mirth
   4. Paltry
4. (adj) incapable of being avoided, ignored, or denied
   1. uncouth
   2. iniquity
   3. ineludible
   4. Lurid
5. (n) a court or forum of justice
   1. iniquity
   2. Equivocal
   3. odious
   4. tribunal

5 True/False Questions

1. iniquity → (n) deep personal humiliation and disgrace

   True        False

2. melancholy → (n) a depression of spirits

   True        False

3. Equivocal → (n) a court or forum of justice

   True        False

4. Lurid → (adj) causing horror or revulsion; gruesome

   True        False

5. spurn → (adj) causing horror or revulsion; gruesome

   True        False