Vocabulary Quiz on Key Terms

Vocabulary Terms

• Abate: To weaken or decrease in intensity.

• Acknowledge:

  • To admit existence.
  • To recognize or express thanks.

• Agent:

  • A person who acts on behalf of another.
  • An entity that causes a result.

• Authority:

  • The right to make decisions or give orders.
  • A reliable source of expert information.

• Devastate: To completely ruin or destroy.

• Epidemic:

  • A rapid spread of disease affecting many people simultaneously.
  • Adjective form describes something spreading widely like a disease.

• Estimate: A careful guess represented by a non-exact number.

• Evict: To remove someone from property through legal means.

• Impartial: Fair and not favoring one side over another.

• Industrious: Hardworking and not lazy.

• Infuriate: To cause intense anger.

• Irrelevant: Having no connection to the subject at hand.

• Precise: Exact and accurate in description or measurement.

• Sham: Something that is fake or false.

• Trek: A long, slow, and difficult journey.

Additional Vocabulary

• Astute: Demonstrating clever or practical wisdom.

• Authentic: Genuine or true; not false.

• Delicacy:

  • A choice food item.
  • Consideration for the feelings of others.

• Derogatory: Expressing a low opinion intended to harm reputation.

• Devour:

  • To eat ravenously.
  • To consume eagerly, like through sight or sound.

• Figment: Imaginary; lacking real connection.

• Mythical: Not real; imaginary.

• Plumage: The feathers of a bird.

• Predatory: Describing animals that live by killing others or robbing.

• Prior:

  • Occurring earlier in time.
  • More important or ranked beforehand.

Further Definitions

• Scavenge: To search for usable items among waste or debris.

• Slaughter:

  • To kill for meat.
  • The mass killing of living beings.

• Solitude: The state of being alone or distanced from others.

• Ungainly: Awkward or clumsy in movement.

• Vulnerable: Open to physical or emotional injury.

• Admonish:

  • To gently warn.
  • To criticize in a mild manner.

• Aghast: Filled with shock or horror.

• Annihilate: To completely destroy or bring to ruin.

More Vocabulary Insights

• Benefactor: Someone who provides help, often financially.

• Bestow: To give as an honor or present.

• Devious: Characterized by twists and turns; also means deceitful.

• Devoid: Completely lacking or empty.

• Heed:

  • Verb meaning to pay attention.
  • Noun form refers to notice or attention.

• Mortal:

  • Refers to humans, in contrast to deities.
  • Can also describe something fatal or causing death.

• Muse: To think thoughtfully and quietly.

• Pioneer:

  • A trailblazer who leads the way for others.
  • The act of opening paths for others.

• Plague:

  • A deadly disease that spreads quickly.
  • Any source of suffering or destruction.

• Subside: To lower in level or intensity; to quiet down.

• Unwitting: Not done intentionally; accidental.

• Wrath: Intense, forceful anger.

Final Vocabulary Set

• Acquire: To gain ownership through effort.

• Antagonize: To stir up dislike or create animosity.

• Competent: Having necessary ability or skills for a task.

• Comprise:

  • To form or make up an entirety.
  • Includes or consists of components.

• Correspond:

  • To match or be equivalent.
  • Verb also means to exchange letters with someone.