Have you retained all your vocabulary, or has it slowly disappeared? See if you can pick the right definition for these 12 English vocabulary words.
Question 1/12
skill-guru.com
AUTODIDACT
a self taught person
a pompous person
Question 2/12
poetsandquants.com
DOTARD
a weak old person
a crazy person
Question 3/12
stanford.edu
PERUSE
to read carefully, scrutinize
to read casually, skim
Question 4/12
minnpost.com
STEVEDORE
a liar
a dockworker
Question 5/12
blackenterprise.com
PENULTIMATE
amazing, fantastic
second-to-last
Question 6/12
hubspot.net
JAUNDICED
bitter, resentful
immature, young
Question 7/12
newrepublic.com
SYBARITIC
extravagant, self-indulgent
mysterious, unknown
Question 8/12
huffpost.com
MUNIFICENT
astounding, incredible
generous, philanthropic
Question 9/12
sungardk12.com
LUGUBRIOUS
gloomy, melancholy
sticky, viscous
Question 10/12
muftah.org
GUILELESS
naive, innocent
deceitful, mendacious
Question 11/12
foxnews.com
RAZE
raise, lift
destroy, demolish
Question 12/12
wordpress.com
DELETERIOUS
harmful, damaging
lascivious, lustful
You no know lots of words.
C+, Community College
alamy.com
Right!
Nice going! Okay, you got a few wrong, but who uses those words anyway?
B+, Ivy Leaguer
brown.edu
Right!
Wow! You've got an impressive vocabulary, getting all or most of these words right. You're obviously not at a loss for words.
A+, Harvard Bound
blogspot.com
Right!
1
AUTODIDACT
a self taught person
a pompous person
2
DOTARD
a weak old person
a crazy person
3
PERUSE
to read carefully, scrutinize
to read casually, skim
4
STEVEDORE
a liar
a dockworker
5
PENULTIMATE
amazing, fantastic
second-to-last
6
JAUNDICED
bitter, resentful
immature, young
7
SYBARITIC
extravagant, self-indulgent
mysterious, unknown
8
MUNIFICENT
astounding, incredible
generous, philanthropic
9
LUGUBRIOUS
gloomy, melancholy
sticky, viscous
10
GUILELESS
naive, innocent
deceitful, mendacious
11
RAZE
raise, lift
destroy, demolish
12
DELETERIOUS
harmful, damaging
lascivious, lustful
