Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word "cringe" mean?

• To draw back, as with fear, pain, or embarrassment

• To move from one place to another by lifting

• To eat greedily

• To bring to mind

What is the meaning of "dismay"?

• To communicate beliefs or opinions

• To lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted

• To twist and compress

• To show pensive sadness

What does "evidence" refer to?

• Knowledge on which to base belief

• To pass gradually or leak

• To have and exert an effect

• To command against

What does "express" mean?

• To move from one place to another by lifting

• To communicate beliefs or opinions

• To eat greedily

• To feel sorry for

What is the definition of "hoist"?

• To cause to feel shame

• To move from one place to another by lifting

• To be of inferior size

• To twist and compress

What does "humiliate" mean?

• To cause to feel shame

• To show pensive sadness

• To eat greedily

• To bring to mind

What does "practical" mean?

• Concerned with actual use

• To lower someone’s spirits

• To twist and compress

• To command against

What is the meaning of "puny"?

• To pass gradually or leak

• Of inferior size

• To communicate beliefs

• To eat greedily

What does "seep" mean?

• To show pensive sadness

• To pass gradually or leak

• To have and exert an effect

• To draw back in fear

What is the definition of "wistful"?

• Showing pensive sadness

• To move from one place to another

• To be of inferior size

• To command against