CSS English chapter 5: Vocabulary · Words MCQs with answers

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60 exam-style questions on Vocabulary · Words, each with the answer and a short explanation. Ten of them are below to try. The chapter test draws ten fresh questions each time and is marked the moment you finish, with your score by topic.

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Ten Vocabulary · Words questions with answers

Try each one, then open the answer. These ten stay the same; the test draws new ones every time.

1. The ____ child believed every story that he was told.

  1. A
    ingenious
  2. B
    ingenuous
  3. C
    indigenous
  4. D
    ingenuity
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Answer: B. Ingenuous means innocent and trusting. Ingenious means clever and inventive.

2. Choose the correctly spelt word.

  1. A
    consciencious
  2. B
    conscientous
  3. C
    concientious
  4. D
    conscientious
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Answer: D. The spelling follows conscience + -tious, as in conscientious.

3. Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to HUMILITY.

  1. A
    arrogance
  2. B
    shyness
  3. C
    honesty
  4. D
    poverty
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Answer: A. Humility is modesty about one's own importance; arrogance is an exaggerated sense of it. Shyness is a different trait.

4. The treaty was contentious and led to months of angry argument in parliament.
As used in the text, contentious most nearly means

  1. A
    controversial
  2. B
    forgotten
  3. C
    friendly
  4. D
    unwritten
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Answer: A. A contentious issue causes disagreement; months of angry argument shows this.

5. The ambulance remained ____ in the traffic jam for twenty minutes.

  1. A
    stationery
  2. B
    stationarity
  3. C
    stationing
  4. D
    stationary
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Answer: D. Stationary means not moving; stationery means writing materials such as paper and pens.

6. The city ____ approved the budget for the new park.

  1. A
    counsel
  2. B
    consul
  3. C
    council
  4. D
    conceal
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Answer: C. A council is an elected body that governs. Counsel means advice, and a consul is a diplomat.

7. Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to GENEROUS.

  1. A
    poor
  2. B
    stingy
  3. C
    careless
  4. D
    wealthy
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Answer: B. Generous means giving freely; stingy means unwilling to give. Wealth or poverty has no bearing on generosity.

8. The two issues are quite ____ and must be handled separately.

  1. A
    discreet
  2. B
    discrepant
  3. C
    discretion
  4. D
    discrete
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Answer: D. Discrete means separate and distinct. Discreet means careful not to attract attention or reveal secrets.

9. Choose the word closest in meaning to PERFUNCTORY.

  1. A
    thorough
  2. B
    enthusiastic
  3. C
    cursory
  4. D
    elaborate
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Answer: C. A perfunctory act is done as a duty with little care or interest, so it is superficial: cursory.

10. Choose the word closest in meaning to ABATE.

  1. A
    intensify
  2. B
    interrupt
  3. C
    postpone
  4. D
    subside
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Answer: D. To abate is to become less intense, as a storm or pain does: subside. Intensify is the opposite.

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60, each with the answer and a short explanation, across 4 topics: Synonyms, Antonyms, Pairs of words (commonly confused), One-word substitutes and spelling. Every chapter test draws ten of them, so you can take it many times.

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