The English 101 Quiz - 3
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- 1.
What is a 13 letter word meaning "deviating from the normal form or standard type"?
- A.
Comprehensive
- B.
Heteromorphic
- C.
Reprehensible
- D.
Interpolation
Correct Answer
B. HeteromorpHic -
- 2.
What is a 6 letter word meaning "anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead"?
- A.
Bodily
- B.
Humbug
- C.
Impede
- D.
Canary
Correct Answer
B. Humbug -
- 3.
What is an 11 letter word meaning "shameful"?
- A.
Equilibrium
- B.
Reestablish
- C.
Ignominious
- D.
Degradation
Correct Answer
C. Ignominious -
- 4.
What is a 6 letter word meaning "to wet or moisten"?
- A.
Afresh
- B.
Deluge
- C.
Imbrue
- D.
Descry
Correct Answer
C. Imbrue -
- 5.
What is a 10 letter word meaning "separating, as oil and water"?
- A.
Immiscible
- B.
Ameliorate
- C.
Peccadillo
- D.
Dissension
Correct Answer
A. Immiscible -
- 6.
What is a 10 letter word meaning "want of power to apprehend, understand, and manage"?
- A.
Malcontent
- B.
Illiterate
- C.
Incapacity
- D.
Discipline
Correct Answer
C. Incapacity -
- 7.
What is a 7 letter word meaning "to hold back or in"?
- A.
Collide
- B.
Outlive
- C.
Inhibit
- D.
Repress
Correct Answer
C. Inhibit -
- 8.
What is a 9 letter word meaning "to render clear and intelligible"?
- A.
Versatile
- B.
Confluent
- C.
Irradiate
- D.
Consignor
Correct Answer
C. Irradiate -
- 9.
What is a 5 letter word meaning "a council or assembly that deliberates in secret upon the affairs of government"?
- A.
Aural
- B.
Cabal
- C.
Forby
- D.
Junta
Correct Answer
D. Junta -
- 10.
What is a 10 letter word meaning "untrue"?
- A.
Invalidate
- B.
Admissible
- C.
Impatience
- D.
Mendacious
Correct Answer
D. Mendacious -
- 11.
What is a 12 letter word meaning "alluring by false or gaudy show"?
- A.
Meretricious
- B.
Preponderant
- C.
Amphitheater
- D.
Pertinacious
Correct Answer
A. Meretricious -
- 12.
What is a 10 letter word meaning "having courage or spirit"?
- A.
Observance
- B.
Perversity
- C.
Iconoclast
- D.
Mettlesome
Correct Answer
D. Mettlesome -
- 13.
What is an 8 letter word meaning "to have weight or influence (in determining a question)"?
- A.
Felicity
- B.
Acquaint
- C.
Critique
- D.
Militate
Correct Answer
D. Militate -
- 14.
What is a 10-letter word meaning "of no practical value or effect, or can be safely ignored"?
- A.
Negligible
- B.
Desistance
- C.
Vulnerable
- D.
Lascivious
Correct Answer
A. Negligible -
- 15.
What is a 10 letter word meaning "the state of being scornfully reproached or accused of evil"?
- A.
Opprobrium
- B.
Dissension
- C.
Declension
- D.
Profession
Correct Answer
A. Opprobrium -
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