Vocabulary Quiz: Language Variations

Vocabulary

• Jargon: specialized language used in a particular profession or subject that is difficult for others to understand.
• Estuary English: a way of speaking English common in London and the southeast of England.
• Lingua franca: a language used as a common means of communication for people with different native languages.
• Dialect: a particular form of a language specific to a region or social group.
• Slang: very informal language often used by young people.
• Burr: strong pronunciation of 'r' sounds, often rolling it, common in accents like Scottish and Somerset.

Forming Words from Given Bases

• Undeniably: used to emphasize that something is definitely true.
• Misleading: giving a false or incorrect impression.
• Inaccessible: difficult to reach or get to.
• Inaccuracies: mistakes or incorrect information.
• Illiteracy: the inability to read or write.

Matching Idioms with Definitions

• Rack one's brains: to think very hard.
• Off the top of one's head: from the knowledge you have in your memory.
• Not give/budge/move an inch: to not change your opinion.
• More fool you: indicating that what someone plans to do is silly.
• Child's play: a task that is easily accomplished.
• Laughing stock: someone or something that seems stupid or silly.
• Tough as nails: strong and very determined.

Definitions and Expressions

• A load/weight off your mind: when a problem stops or is dealt with.
• Be at your wits' end: so worried, confused, or annoyed that you do not know what to do next.
• Bang one's head against a (brick) wall: to attempt continuously and fruitlessly to accomplish a task.
• Give (sb) a piece of your mind: to speak angrily to someone about something they have done wrong.
• Lose face: be humiliated or come to be less highly respected.
• Have a half/good mind to do sth: to think that you might do something, often because something has annoyed you.
• Go to one's head: make someone feel more important than they really are.
• Keep your wits about you: to stay calm and rational, especially in times of stress.
• Have a mind of its own: be capable of independent opinion or action.
• The brains behind sth: the person responsible for inventing, developing, or organizing something.
• Come face to face with sth: to be forced to experience a problem or reality and deal with it.
• Save face: avoid humiliation.
• Put/set your mind to sth: to decide you are going to do something and put a lot of effort into it.
• Keep a straight face: to manage to stop yourself from smiling or laughing.

Vocabulary Matching

• Kudos: prestige
• Leaning: inclination
• Follow: follow
• Affinity: rapport
• Stack: pile up
• Deem: consider
• Ambience: atmosphere
• Tangible: obvious
• Relegate: downgrade
• Abound: proliferate

Prepositions

• Showing off to his classmates (at)
• Affinity with nature (with)
• The odds are heavily against him (against)
• She was then relegated to the role of assistant (to)
• The lakes abound in fish (in)
• My leanings have always been towards comedy (towards)

Reading Comprehension

• Shrouded: covered or hidden
• Put forward: proposed
• Wholly: completely
• Craze: a trend or fad
• Whereas: while
• Slipped: gradually disappeared
• Resilient: able to recover or adapt
• Constant: continuous