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Vocabulary Quiz
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Looking for a challenge? This hard-level vocabulary quiz will put you to the test. Match the vocabulary word
with the correct definition.
Vocabulary Words
Definitions
_____ 1. arboreal
A.
excessive pride
_____ 2. byzantine
B.
loud, clashing sounds
_____ 3. cacophony
C.
a powerful person
_____ 4. chicanery
D.
a destructive fire
_____ 5. conflagration
E.
the use of trickery to deceive
_____ 6. didactic
F.
deadliness
_____ 7. dilatory
G.
a self-serving person who uses flattery to win favor
_____ 8. doctrinaire
H.
extensive education
_____ 9. erudition
I.
a false argument
_____ 10. garrulous
J.
dishonor and humiliation
_____ 11. hubris
K.
stubbornly insistent on a theory, despite its impracticality
_____ 12. ignominy
L.
intended to delay
_____ 13. invidious
M.
likely to cause ill-will
_____ 14. obsequious
N.
intended to teach
_____ 15. perniciousness
O.
causing sleep
_____ 16. perspicacious
P.
characterized by excessive flattery
_____ 17. potentate
Q.
highly involved; intricate
_____ 18. sophistry
R.
wise
_____ 19. soporific
S.
relating to trees
_____ 20. sycophant
T.
extremely talkative
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Answers:
1. S, 2. Q, 3. B, 4. E, 5. D, 6. N, 7. L, 8. K, 9. H, 10. T, 11. A, 12. J, 13. M, 14. P, 15. F, 16. R, 17. C, 18. I, 19. O, 20. G