English 101 Unit 1 Quiz

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  • What is a 6 letter word meaning "to charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error"?

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    • Accuse
    • Heresy
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English language quiz: basic knowledge related to technical subjects, including engineering.


Questions and Answers
  • 2. 

    What is an 8 letter word meaning "sourness, with bitterness and astringency"?

    • Acerbity

    • Minimize

    • Reassure

    • Pharmacy

    Correct Answer
    A. Acerbity
  • 3. 

    What is a 10 letter word meaning "colorless"?

    • Insurgence

    • Achromatic

    • Metropolis

    • Scriptural

    Correct Answer
    A. Achromatic
  • 4. 

    What is a 4 letter word meaning "a sour substance"?

    • Acid

    • Laud

    • Aver

    • Gibe

    Correct Answer
    A. Acid
  • 5. 

    What is an 8 letter word meaning "pertaining to the act or sense of hearing"?

    • Acoustic

    • Domineer

    • Vitalize

    • Imminent

    Correct Answer
    A. Acoustic
  • 6. 

    What is a 7 letter word meaning "to get as one's own"?

    • Acquire

    • Blatant

    • Palette

    • Retouch

    Correct Answer
    A. Acquire
  • 7. 

    What is an 11 letter word meaning "full of bitterness"?

    • Acrimonious

    • Permutation

    • Proficiency

    • Pretentious

    Correct Answer
    A. Acrimonious
  • 8. 

    What is an 11 letter word meaning "the branch of pneumatics that treats of the equilibrium, pressure, and mechanical properties"?

    • Intolerance

    • Treacherous

    • Transferrer

    • Aerostatics

    Correct Answer
    A. Aerostatics
  • 9. 

    What is an 8 letter word meaning "a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions"?

    • Readjust

    • Lustrous

    • Alderman

    • Pantheon

    Correct Answer
    A. Alderman
  • 10. 

    What is a 5 letter word meaning "one who owes allegiance to a foreign government"?

    • Banal

    • Siege

    • Alien

    • Avert

    Correct Answer
    A. Alien
  • 11. 

    What is an 8 letter word meaning "to cause to turn away"?

    • Radiance

    • Alienate

    • Overleap

    • Metaphor

    Correct Answer
    A. Alienate
  • 12. 

    What is a 6 letter word meaning "anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc"?

    • Sequel

    • Harass

    • Effuse

    • Alkali

    Correct Answer
    A. Alkali
  • 13. 

    What is a 5 letter word meaning "to calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate"?

    • Amity

    • Allay

    • Baize

    • Maxim

    Correct Answer
    A. Allay
  • 14. 

    What is a 6 letter word meaning "to assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court"?

    • Cajole

    • Repeal

    • Ramose

    • Allege

    Correct Answer
    A. Allege
  • 15. 

    What is an 8 letter word meaning "the setting forth of a subject under the guise of another subject of aptly suggestive likeness"?

    • Overtone

    • Kilowatt

    • Nominate

    • Allegory

    Correct Answer
    A. Allegory

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