VOCAB QUIZ

1.    AFFLUENT

(1) Prosperous      (2) Poor

(3) Talkative          (4) Close

2.    LIMP

(1) Kneel               (2) Bend

(3) Falter               (4) Stoop

3.    INFREQUENT

(1) Never               (2) Usual

(3) Rare                 (4) Sometimes

4.    MASSACRE

(1) Stab                 (2) Slaughter

(3) Murder             (4) Assassinate

5.    BELITTLE

(1) Diminish           (2) Mock

(3) Disparage        (4) Scoff

6.    REVISE

(1) Edit                  (2) Alter

(3) Correct                        (4) Reconsider

7.    DISTINGUISH

(1) Darken             (2) Abolish

(3) Differentiate     (4) Confuse

8.    ACCUSE

(1) Absolve            (2) Exonerate

(3) Vindicate          (4) Impeach

9.    RECOVER

(1) Recoup            (2) Revive

(3) Heal                 (4) Return

10.  ADMONISH

(1) Threaten          (2) Praise

(3) Appeal             (4) Support

Answers with Explanations:

1. (1)

Meaning:  If you are affluent, you have a lot of money .

Example: Cigarette smoking used to be commoner among affluent people.

2. (3):

Meaning: If you say that something such as an organization, process, or vehicle limps along, you mean that it continues slowly or with difficulty, for example because it has been weakened or damaged.

Example: In recent years the newspaper had been limping along on limited resources

3. (4)

Meaning: If something is infrequent, it does not happen often.

Example: John’s infrequent visits to London.

4. (2)

Meaning: A massacre is the killing of a large number of people at the same time in a violent and cruel way.

Example: Maria lost her 62 – year old mother in the massacre.

5. (3)

Meaning: If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.

Example: We mustn’t belittle her outstanding achievement.

6.(2)

Meaning: If you revise a price, amount, or estimate, you change it ot make it more fair, realistic, or accurate.

Example: They realised that some of their prices were higher than their competitors’ and revised prices accordingly.

7. (3)

Meaning: If you can distinguish one thing from another or distinguish between two things, you can see or understand how they are different.

Example: It is necessary to distinguish the policies of two successive governments.

8.  (4):

Meaning: If you are accused of a crime, a witness or someone in authority states or claims that you did it, and you may be formally charged with it and put on trial.

Example: The accused men have been given relatively light sentences.

9. (1):

Meaning: If you recover money that you have spent, invested, or lent to someone, you get the same amount back.

Example: Legal action is being taken to try to recover the money.

10. (1)

Meaning: If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.

Example: They admonished me for taking risks with my health.