The Amazing Quiz On English 101
Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences.
- 1.
What is a 9 letter word meaning "one who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited"?
- A.
Alabaster
- B.
Depositor
- C.
Transfuse
- D.
Deference
Correct Answer
B. Depositor -
- 2.
What is a 12 letter word meaning "a lowering in value or an underrating in worth"?
- A.
Olive-Branch
- B.
Magnificence
- C.
Depreciation
- D.
Inadmissible
Correct Answer
C. Depreciation -
- 3.
What is a 7 letter word meaning "to press down"?
- A.
Control
- B.
Tribune
- C.
Depress
- D.
Eatable
Correct Answer
C. Depress -
- 4.
What is an 8 letter word meaning "neglectful of obligation"?
- A.
Insomnia
- B.
Polygamy
- C.
Renovate
- D.
Derelict
Correct Answer
D. Derelict -
- 5.
What is a 6 letter word meaning "to deduce, as from a premise"?
- A.
Relish
- B.
Ramose
- C.
Derive
- D.
Convoy
Correct Answer
C. Derive -
- 6.
What is a 7 letter word meaning "an apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights"?
- A.
Derrick
- B.
Mongrel
- C.
Connote
- D.
Forgery
Correct Answer
A. Derrick -
- 7.
What is a 10 letter word meaning "one who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc"?
- A.
Descendant
- B.
Illuminate
- C.
Illuminant
- D.
Malefactor
Correct Answer
A. Descendant -
- 8.
What is a 7 letter word meaning "the act of moving or going downward"?
- A.
Neutral
- B.
Stipend
- C.
Descent
- D.
Technic
Correct Answer
C. Descent -
- 9.
What is a 6 letter word meaning "to discern"?
- A.
Inland
- B.
Flimsy
- C.
Descry
- D.
Annals
Correct Answer
C. Descry -
- 10.
What is a 9 letter word meaning "to select or appoint, as by authority"?
- A.
Designate
- B.
Officiate
- C.
Memorable
- D.
Municipal
Correct Answer
A. Designate -
- 11.
What is a 6 letter word meaning "to cease from action"?
- A.
Desist
- B.
Candid
- C.
Morbid
- D.
Consul
Correct Answer
A. Desist -
- 12.
What is a 7 letter word meaning "utter hopelessness and despondency"?
- A.
Tyranny
- B.
Pension
- C.
Disrobe
- D.
Despair
Correct Answer
D. Despair -
- 13.
What is a 9 letter word meaning "resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair"?
- A.
Ingenuous
- B.
Sentience
- C.
Abominate
- D.
Desperate
Correct Answer
D. Desperate -
- 14.
What is a 10 letter word meaning "contemptible"?
- A.
Despicable
- B.
Depression
- C.
Precocious
- D.
Depreciate
Correct Answer
A. Despicable -
- 15.
What is a 10 letter word meaning "disheartened"?
- A.
Accelerate
- B.
Despondent
- C.
Auriferous
- D.
Hypodermic
Correct Answer
B. Despondent -
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