Is Your Vocabulary As Good As You Think It Is?

By: David Copper

5 Min Quiz

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About This Quiz

Words are your life! You love learning new words to fluff up your vocabulary skills, but is your vocabulary really as good as you think it is? Find out!

Which of these words means 'a sense of morality'?

Conscience

Conscript
Conjecture

Conscious

What does the word 'averse' mean?

A section in the bible

Unfavorable
Opposed to

Who knows?

Have you done any reading today?

Does this quiz count?

I've read parts of a book.
A little

I've read several pages.

Which of these words means 'a misleading appearance'?

Isle

Illusion
Allusion

I don't know.

Which of these words means 'to avoid'?

Altar

I don't know.
Allude

Elude

Do you listen to audio books?

Occasionally

Never! I only read books!
Only when I don't have time to read.

What's an audio book?

Which of these words means 'the act of rising or climbing'?

Assent

Descent
Ascension

Decent

Which of these words means 'to receive'?

Except

Accent
Accept

They're all wrong!

Which of these people was a famous poet?

Robert Michum

Robert Frost
Rob Reiner

Robert Maplethorpe

Which of these words means 'a lesson from a story or fable'?

Morass

Morale
Moron

Moral

Did you do well in English class?

I got the best grades in the class!

I did okay.
I struggled.

I never went to class.

Which of these was a book by Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Hound

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A Tale of Two Cities

Vanity Fair

Which of these things means 'praise or flattery'?

Compliment

Complement
Competent

Component

Which of these words means 'to take a survey'?

Candy

Canvas
Canvass

Convoy

Which of these words means 'to give advice'?

Compas

Compact
Council

Counsel

Which of these means 'illegal or forbidden'?

Elicit

Illicit
Illustrative

Ill

Which of these words means 'about to happen'?

Inate

Eminent
inimatable

Imminent

Which of these means 'the absence of war'?

Pristene

Peace
Piece

Peas

What is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' about?

Hunting advice

Racial injustice
It's a cook book.

It's about an international spy.

Which of these words means 'to look furtively'?

Peak

Peek
Pique

What does 'furtively' mean?

Which of these people was a famous poet?

Laurence Olivier

Sylvia Plath
Howard Cosell

Orson Welles

Which of these words means 'to surround'?

Imbibe

Antelope
Envelope

Envelop

Which of these means 'standing still'?

Stationery

Stagnant
Staionary

Stiffled

Which of these words means 'to rule'?

Reign

Rain
Rein

Raw

Which of these words means 'compassionate'?

Humerous

Humorous
Humane

Human

Which of these people is an esteemed author?

Thomas Hardy

Tom Wolfe
Tom Jackson

Tommy Hilfiger

Which of these is a part of a flower?

Pedal

Petal
Portal

Peddle

Which of these means 'modest'?

Discreet

Dislocated
Distempered

Disreet

Which of these words means 'courage or spirit'?

Metal

Meddle
Middle

Mettle

Which of these things do you enjoy the most?

Working out

Dancing
Playing Scabble

Reading ancient philosphy

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