Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "arrogate" mean?

• to claim or take without right

• hackneyed, trite, commonplace

• to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

• a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

Which word means "hackneyed, trite, commonplace"?

• coherent

• banal

• germane

• intransigent

What is the definition of "coherent"?

• to stall or act evasively in order to gain time

• a survey made for military purposes

• holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

• to establish by evidence, prove

What does "emulate" mean?

• to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

• to claim or take without right

• relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

• refusing to compromise, irreconcilable

Which word is defined as "a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute"?

• reconnaissance

• encomium

• substantiate

• temporize

What does the word "germane" mean?

• relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

• to claim or take without right

• to stall or act evasively in order to gain time

• a survey made for military purposes

Which word means "refusing to compromise, irreconcilable"?

• coherent

• banal

• intransigent

• substantiate

What is the definition of "reconnaissance"?

• a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

• to establish by evidence, prove

• to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

• to claim or take without right

What does "substantiate" mean?

• to stall or act evasively in order to gain time

• to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

• a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

• relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

Which word means "to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise"?

• temporize

• substantiate

• emulate

• reconnaissance