Echo Vocab Quix

Which of the following is a synonym for peculiar?

• normal

• odd

• simple

• loud

Which sentence uses nonchalant correctly?

• The announcer was nonchalant as he tried to make the crowd cheer louder.

• After I stubbed my toe, I was very nonchalant as I cried.

• Not wanting to draw attention to myself during the test, I walked over to the pencil sharpener trying to be nonchalant.

• Mike's face turned red, and he was nonchalant as the store owner accused him of stealing.

Which of the following is an antonym for laden?

• light

• heavy

• high

• upright

Use jovial in a sentence.

Give the correct definition for bristle as used in the following sentence.

The teacher seemed to bristle after only three students cleaned their desk.

• covered in short hairs to clean or scrub

• to complain loudly

• to be angry

• to whistle while breathing

Give an example of something that would be fortuitous.

Give an example of somebody or something that would want to be inconspicuous.

Which of the following would most likely be done impromptu?

• singing karaoke

• taking your daily meds

• planning a disney vacation

• completing an assigned project

Does the following sentence use the word ruse correctly or incorrectly.

I planned to ruse the students into thinking they had all failed the test.

• correct

• incorrect

The pre- in premonition affects the definition by

• indicating it involves a scary thought

• indicating it involves motion

• it doesn't affect the definition

• indicating it happens before