Vocabulary Test - The Battle

Which of these phrases makes the most sense?

• a PANG of sadness
• a PANG of sugar
• a PANG from my friend
• a PANG a day keeps the doctor away

If you have a GLUT of something....

• you need more
• you have plenty
• you have a pound of it
• you don't really have it at all

A DURABLE house is

• built for only the richest of the rich
• a house that has gone wrong
• built to last
• complex

A PITHY speech is one that

• is strange
• is complex and hard to understand
• is full of holes
• is short and to the point

A DISGRUNTLED employee is

• fed up with her job
• better than all the others
• someone who is doing her job first
• skilled at her job

There is often BANTER at dinner parties. There is often...

• smooth music
• drinks
• arguments
• light talk

An EXOTIC character entered the room. He was...

• my cousin
• from a strange land
• better than everyone else
• clearly unhappy

If a rock is POROUS, it...

• has holes in it
• can float
• sinks
• is hard to break

A PIONEER is someone who...

• eats more than his share
• thinks carefully about a problem
• first settles an area of land
• has power in a certain area

Which of the following sentences best demonstrates the meaning of the word PROFICIENT?

• Lena was the first woman ever to play pro hockey.
• Lena suddenly felt very hungry.
• Lena was a good painter.
• Lena had the power to fire people.