Vocabulary Quiz

My mom is putting restrictions on my phone use. I can only be on it for one hour a day.

What is the best meaning of the word "restrictions"?

• Rules that are based on logic and reason

• Limits or controls on what you can do

• Actions that imply the opposite of another thing

• The right to do something that you get little by little

There seems to be a contradiction. You say you hate ice-cream, but you ate the whole tub.

What does the word "contradiction" mean?

• Being used to doing or having something

• When something isn't the same all the time

• The part of government that makes the laws

• Something that implies the opposite of another thing

I am accustomed to being treated respectfully, so when the cashier was rude to me, I was surprised.

If you are "accustomed to" something, what does it mean?

• When something happens, even though the opposite should have happened

• When you pretend to have high standards but don't hold yourself to them

• When you're used to doing or having something

• A norm or rule that is based on something that happened in the past

My parents are being really inconsistent. First, they said I could go to the soccer game, but now they say I can’t.

What does "inconsistent" mean?

• Limits or controls on what you can do

• When something isn't the same all the time

• The right to do something that you get little by little

• Something that implies the opposite of another thing

The people in the legislature should really make a law so teenagers don’t have to start school until 10 am.

What is the definition of "legislature"?

• Rules that are based on logic and reason

• Being used to doing or having something

• The part of government that makes the laws

• Actions that imply the opposite of another thing

She really set a precedent when she wrote that ten-page paper. Now we all have to do that!

What does the word "precedent" mean?

• When something happens, even though the opposite should have happened

• When you pretend to have high standards but don't hold yourself to them

• A norm or rule that is based on something that happened in the past

• The right to do something that you get little by little

My teacher’s homework assignments seem arbitrary. I don’t see how they relate to what we’re learning in school.

If something is "arbitrary," what does it mean?

• Limits or controls on what you can do

• When something isn't the same all the time

• Something that is based on random things and not on logic

• Actions that imply the opposite of another thing

I got an A, despite the fact that I did not study one bit.

What is the meaning of the word "despite"?

• Rules that are based on logic and reason

• Being used to doing or having something

• Without being affected by

• The part of government that makes the laws

The hypocrisy of the car industry is incredible. They say they want to make the air cleaner, but they keep making gas guzzling cars.

What does "hypocrisy" mean?

• When something happens, even though the opposite should have happened

• When you pretend to have high standards but don't hold yourself to them

• A norm or rule that is based on something that happened in the past

• The right to do something that you get little by little

10. In California, to drive, you have to go through an accrual of privileges before you get your full legal rights to drive.  

 What is the definition of "accrual of privileges"?

• Limits or controls on what you can do

• When something isn't the same all the time

• Actions that imply the opposite of another thing

• The right to do something that you get little by little