Words II – Axelsson Academy

Instructions

This vocabulary quiz is based on a text booklet from a previous English 7 national exam. Mark the best alternative: A, B, C, or D.

QUIZ

1. allocate A) a grant of financial aid awarded to a student B) the fact of finding pleasant or useful things by chance C) happening or being done at exactly the same time D) to give something to someone as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way

2. awe A) involving serious behaviour or serious attitudes B) done or experienced by someone who is alone C) to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster D) a feeling of great respect and liking for someone or something

3. charter A) a statement of the principles, duties, and purposes of an organization B) happening after something else C) to show something to be true, or to support a claim with facts D) not obvious, and therefore difficult to notice

4. compromising A) concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious B) more of something than is necessary C) likely to damage your good reputation D) real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced

5. emerge A) clear, definite, and without doubt B) extremely violent or extremely unkind/unpleasant C) to appear or come out from somewhere D) able to be done, or worth doing

6. enable A) to make someone able to do something, or to make something possible B) clever and willing to trick people in order to get what you want C) not completely accurate but close D) to make something smaller, thinner, or weaker

7. evolve A) insatiable greed B) to develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually C) filled with feelings of admiration or respect D) something that causes trouble or makes people unhappy

8. fabric A) a cold and unfriendly place that has no pleasant features B) mix together different elements C) happy and without worry D) the structure or parts of something

9. forgery A) a document, painting, or piece of paper money that has been copied illegally B) a visual representation of data C) to mention something as an example, explanation, or proof of something else D) to climb or move slowly somewhere, using your hands and feet because it is difficult or steep

10. fraudster A) someone who gets money by deceiving people B) to honour the memory of C) to organise and perform a particular activity D) permission to do something

11. gait A) a style of cooking B) permission to do something C) the way someone walks D) an area that is lower than surrounding areas

12. infancy A) the time when someone is a baby or a very young child B) a person in a law case who is accused of having done something illegal C) to mark or describe the limits of something D) a slow sad song often sung at a funeral

13. legislation A) sad and without hope; very bad B) to end an official organisation or a legal arrangement C) dishonest behaviour that is intended to trick someone D) a law or set of laws

14. myriad A) a very large number of something B) very energetic, positive, and happy C) to improve someone's mind or character by teaching them something D) the act or way of leaving a place

15. pedometer A) an instrument that measures how far you walk B) to cause a feeling or attitude to exist C) an effort or attempt to do something D) a separate unit that is complete and has its own character

16. proliferation A) a calm mental state when you deal with a difficult situation B) to avoid giving a clear or direct answer to a question C) a sudden increase in the amount or number of something D) former or in the past

17. regulated A) controlled by rules or laws B) needing immediate help or action C) to state officially that someone who has been blamed for something is not guilty D) spoken or done without any preparation or practice

18. revelation A) a surprising fact about someone or something that was previously secret and is now made known B) a small group within a larger group, consisting of people with different opinions from the rest C) very silly or stupid D) suitable or carefully chosen for a particular situation

19. rigorous A) having a strong bad smell B) something good that happens because of luck C) careful, thorough, and exact D) to prevent something from happening by saying or doing something before it can happen

20. staggering A) to leave someone for ever, especially when they need you B) extremely great or surprising C) easily upset or annoyed, and often complaining D) dishonest and illegal

21. subtle A) to criticise someone or something angrily B) to look at someone in an angry way C) using words that are too long and formal in order to sound important D) not easy to notice or understand unless you pay careful attention

22. supplant A) to complain angrily B) to smile widely C) an unpleasant and annoying sound D) to replace

23. unfettered A) not limited by rules or any other controlling influence B) unlucky and usually unhappy C) very old, gray or white as from old age D) to deceive or trick someone

24. weary A) an idea that attempts to explain something but has not yet been tested or proved to be correct B) someone who attacks established ideas and customs C) very tired or bored, especially because you have been doing something for a long time D) a situation in which progress is impossible, especially because the people involved cannot agree

25. ubiquitous A) seeming to be everywhere B) very beautiful C) extremely unpleasant or unacceptable D) relating to the countryside, or in the countryside