English 101 Unit 1 Quiz
English language quiz: basic knowledge related to technical subjects, including engineering.
- 1.
What is a 6 letter word meaning "to charge with wrong doing, misconduct, or error"?
- A.
Assent
- B.
Zephyr
- C.
Accuse
- D.
Heresy
Correct Answer
C. Accuse -
- 2.
What is an 8 letter word meaning "sourness, with bitterness and astringency"?
- A.
Acerbity
- B.
Minimize
- C.
Reassure
- D.
Pharmacy
Correct Answer
A. Acerbity -
- 3.
What is a 10 letter word meaning "colorless"?
- A.
Insurgence
- B.
Achromatic
- C.
Metropolis
- D.
Scriptural
Correct Answer
B. Achromatic -
- 4.
What is a 4 letter word meaning "a sour substance"?
- A.
Acid
- B.
Laud
- C.
Aver
- D.
Gibe
Correct Answer
A. Acid -
- 5.
What is an 8 letter word meaning "pertaining to the act or sense of hearing"?
- A.
Acoustic
- B.
Domineer
- C.
Vitalize
- D.
Imminent
Correct Answer
A. Acoustic -
- 6.
What is a 7 letter word meaning "to get as one's own"?
- A.
Acquire
- B.
Blatant
- C.
Palette
- D.
Retouch
Correct Answer
A. Acquire -
- 7.
What is an 11 letter word meaning "full of bitterness"?
- A.
Acrimonious
- B.
Permutation
- C.
Proficiency
- D.
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"?
- A.
Intolerance
- B.
Treacherous
- C.
Transferrer
- D.
Aerostatics
Correct Answer
D. Aerostatics -
- 9.
What is an 8 letter word meaning "a member of a municipal legislative body, who usually exercises also certain judicial functions"?
- A.
Readjust
- B.
Lustrous
- C.
Alderman
- D.
Pantheon
Correct Answer
C. Alderman -
- 10.
What is a 5 letter word meaning "one who owes allegiance to a foreign government"?
- A.
Banal
- B.
Siege
- C.
Alien
- D.
Avert
Correct Answer
C. Alien -
- 11.
What is an 8 letter word meaning "to cause to turn away"?
- A.
Radiance
- B.
Alienate
- C.
Overleap
- D.
Metaphor
Correct Answer
B. Alienate -
- 12.
What is a 6 letter word meaning "anything that will neutralize an acid, as lime, magnesia, etc"?
- A.
Sequel
- B.
Harass
- C.
Effuse
- D.
Alkali
Correct Answer
D. Alkali -
- 13.
What is a 5 letter word meaning "to calm the violence or reduce the intensity of; mitigate"?
- A.
Amity
- B.
Allay
- C.
Baize
- D.
Maxim
Correct Answer
B. Allay -
- 14.
What is a 6 letter word meaning "to assert to be true, especially in a formal manner, as in court"?
- A.
Cajole
- B.
Repeal
- C.
Ramose
- D.
Allege
Correct Answer
D. 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"?
- A.
Overtone
- B.
Kilowatt
- C.
Nominate
- D.
Allegory
Correct Answer
D. Allegory -
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