Vocabulary Quiz

The town was ______________ by the earthquake.

• annihilated

• omnipotent

• overt

• vaunted

A porcupine’s defense becomes ________ when it raises its quills.

• omnipotent

• omnipresent

• omnivorous

• overt

The flooding of the banks of the Mississippi River ________ the Delta Queen’s docking on schedule.

• annihilated

• cloistered

• precluded

• vaunted

Having been abandoned on her wedding day, Miss Havisham, a character in Great Expectations, lived alone as a(n) ________ for the rest of her life.

• nihilist

• omnivore

• recluse

• renegade

During Alice’s stay in Wonderland, her ________ conversation with the nonsensical Mad Hatter and drowsy Dormouse becomes tiresome.

• catholic

• incipient

• omnipotent

• vacuous

Which person believes in nothing?

• nihilist

• recluse

• renegade

• totalitarian

Which word can describe a part of a building?

• cloister

• holocaust

• inception

• pandemonium

Which word is derived from words meaning both "whole" and "burned"?

• aperture

• catholic

• holocaust

• panacea

Which word does not refer to emptiness or nothingness?

• aperture

• negation

• omnipotence

• vacuity

Which word represents a cure?

• inception

• panacea

• pancreas

• pandemonium