Vocabulary Quiz (End of Year)

Question 1

Imbue

Answer 1

Inspire a feeling or quality

Question 2

Juggernaut

Answer 2

Overwhelming force

Question 3

Misconstrue

Answer 3

Wrongly interpret something

Question 4

Opulent

Answer 4

Rich, luxurious, lavish

Question 5

Pernicious

Answer 5

Having a gradually harmful effect

Question 6

Tacit

Answer 6

Understood or implied without being stated

Question 7

Stoic

Answer 7

Showing no emotion

Question 8

Moratorium

Answer 8

Tempororary prohibiton of an activity

Question 9

Interloper

Answer 9

A person involved in a situation where they are not wanted

Question 10

Feign

Answer 10

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)

Question 11

Complicity

Answer 11

Being involved in wrong doing

Question 12

Exacerbate

Answer 12

Make something worse

Question 13

Germane

Answer 13

Relevant to a subject under consideration

Question 14

Maelstorm

Answer 14

A powerful whirlpool

Question 15

Unrequited

Answer 15

A feeling that is not returned

Question 16

Alacrity

Answer 16

Brisk and cheerful readiness

Question 17

Egregious

Answer 17

Outstandingly bad

Question 18

Reticent

Answer 18

Not revealing one’s thoughts readily

Question 19

Serendipity

Answer 19

The occurence of events beneficially

Question 20

Vestige

Answer 20

A trace of something that is no longer existing

Question 21

Caustic

Answer 21

Able to chemically corrode

Question 22

Impetuous

Answer 22

Acting without care

Question 23

Pedagogy

Answer 23

The method of teaching

Question 24

Repugnance

Answer 24

Intense disgust

Question 25

Subservient

Answer 25

Prepared to obey

Question 26

Crestfallen

Answer 26

Disappointed

Question 27

Endemic

Answer 27

Disease in a local area

Question 28

Impunity

Answer 28

Exemption or immunity from punishment

Question 29

Recluse

Answer 29

A person who lives a solitary life

Question 30

Talisman

Answer 30

An object like a ring or stone that is believed to bring good luck

Question 31

Addle

Answer 31

Make someone confused

Question 32

Ennui

Answer 32

Feeling of boredom or not showing emotion

Question 33

Evanescent

Answer 33

Forgettable

Question 34

Precipitous

Answer 34

Steep hill or incline

Question 35

Trite

Answer 35

Overused, lacks originality