The following quiz is designed to test your vocabulary. Each word has four choices with one choice closely matching its meaning. Answers are given at the end of the quiz. Enjoy wordabbling.
1. Askance
a) With suspicion or mistrust
b) Questioning look
c) Disparaging look
d) None of the above
2. Bob up
a) To swim
b) To prop
c) To emerge unexpectedly
d) None of the above
3. Delirium
a) A state of fever or excitement
b) A state of nervous breakdown
c) Both a & b
d) None of the above
4. Delimit
a) To set free
b) To demarcate
c) Conveying away
d) None of the above
5. Gauntlet
a) Challenge
b) A kind of a medieval glove
c) A laser mirror
d) Both a & b
6. Immotile
a) Not able to run
b) Note able to stand up
c) Not able to move
d) None of the above
7. Macabre
a) Devilishly shiny
b) Gruesome
c) Hideous
d) Both b & c
8. Pisciculture
a) Artificial means of rearing of fishes
b) Artificial means of rearing aquatic creatures
c) Artificial means of breeding animals
d) None of the above
9. Rendezvous
a) A meeting
b) Meeting of secret cult
c) Meeting of two or more spacecraft in the space
d) Both a & c
10. Yank
a) To remove suddenly
b) To snap shut
c) A kind of mechanical instrument
d) Both a & c
Answers:
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5 (d) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8 (a) 9. (d) 10 (a)
Your Score:
8-10 Excellent
5-7 Good
1-4 Need improvement
