Vocabulary Quiz: Understanding Key Terms

Accountable

• Accountable means being responsible for something and answering for what you do
• Sam is held accountable for washing his dog

Advise

• Advise means to give one's opinion or to inform
• When advising someone, you help by sharing your thoughts or ideas
• A coach can advise you on how to improve your swimming

Desperately

• Desperately means when someone really needs or wants something and is trying very hard to get it
• Often, this is because they feel worried or afraid
• The woman was desperately trying to remember where she had left her keys

Hesitated

• Hesitated means to stop or pause for a moment before doing something
• This is usually because someone is unsure or needs to think
• The dog hesitated before jumping up to grab the food off the counter

Humiliated

• Humiliated means feeling very embarrassed or ashamed
• This is because something made you look bad in front of others
• Sarah felt humiliated when she forgot her lines

Inspiration

• Inspiration is when something makes you feel excited or encouraged to do something good or creative
• The girl found inspiration for her drawing in nature

Self-esteem

• Self-esteem means how you feel about yourself
• If you have good self-esteem, you feel proud and confident about who you are
• If your self-esteem is low, you might feel unsure or not good about yourself
• Winning the soccer championship helped improve Billy's confidence and self-esteem

Uncomfortably

• Uncomfortably means feeling uneasy or not at ease
• Sonya's throat felt uncomfortably sore

Test your understanding of important vocabulary words including 'accountable', 'advise', and 'desperately'. This quiz will help reinforce your grasp of these terms through definitions and example sentences. Perfect for students looking to enhance their language skills.