This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 30 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The quality of being clear and easy to understand A) Clarity. B) Credibility. C) Confidence. D) Complexity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clarity. 2. They have 2 ..... this through research. A) Deduced. B) Attained. C) Anticipated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduced. 3. Boycott A) To spread rumors. B) To vandalize a shop or business. C) A sleeping space for young men. D) Refusal to buy certain goods or products. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refusal to buy certain goods or products. 4. What is a repeated pattern of sound? A) Rhythm. B) Poet. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 5. This is when a speaker/ writer addresses an opposing view or speaker and criticizes their argument or character.This definition applies to which term? A) Jargon. B) Attacks. C) Harsh Critique. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attacks. 6. The following phrases express contradiction, except ..... A) On the other hand. B) Notwithstanding. C) Conversely. D) Unlikely. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unlikely. 7. To alter something already written or printed in order to make corrections, improvements, or updates. A) Revise. B) Contributions. C) Draft. D) Precise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revise. 8. The belief of a person; not proven to be true A) Fact. B) Opinion. C) Theme. D) Entertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opinion. 9. A text that gives both sides of an argument A) Article. B) Claim. C) One-sided. D) Overview. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Overview. 10. If a pizza party will precede a movie, which of these is true? A) Most kids will be hungry during the movie. B) The party will take place after the movie. C) Kids will have pizza during the movie. D) Kids will have pizza before the movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kids will have pizza before the movie. 11. What does 'contribute' mean in the context of a group project? A) To take a backseat and let others do the work. B) To only provide feedback without participating. C) To avoid any involvement in the project. D) To actively participate and share efforts in achieving the project's goals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To actively participate and share efforts in achieving the project's goals. 12. Break something down methodically into its parts (a) A) A. Analyze. B) Report. C) Organize. D) FormTags6.2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Analyze. 13. Which sentence uses the most appropriate academic tone for a formal science report? A) We saw the plants get bigger when we gave them more light. B) It was crazy how much the plants grew with extra light. C) The results totally prove that light makes plants grow. D) The data indicates a positive correlation between light exposure and plant growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The data indicates a positive correlation between light exposure and plant growth. 14. To "memorize" something means ..... A) (v.) to commit it to memory. B) (adj.) to commit it to memory. C) (n.) mastery of it. D) (v.) to practice it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (v.) to commit it to memory. 15. Choose a synonym for the word "uncertain" A) Skeptical. B) Persistence. C) Manufactured. D) Incorporated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeptical. 16. What is alliteration? A) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words. B) Repeating vowel sounds in words that are close together. C) A phrase with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning. D) A large section of a play containing the main action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words. 17. What means the same as REPLICATION? A) Make a copy. B) Create the opposite. C) Have a difference. D) The original. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make a copy. 18. The SYNONYM of absorbed is: A) Insight. B) Wandered. C) Curious. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curious. 19. Explicitly A) Clearly stated. B) Correct. C) Directly. D) To examine parts to see how they work together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directly. 20. To look at the difference between two things A) Compare. B) Contrast. C) Locate. D) Plagiarism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 21. What does it mean to 'deduce' something? A) To ignore all evidence. B) To avoid making any conclusions. C) To derive a conclusion from something known. D) To guess randomly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To derive a conclusion from something known. 22. In which sentence is bias not used correctly? A) Most people have a bias towards their own community. B) Students may have a bias against other schools. C) Teachers often have a bias towards their own subject. D) Pets have a bias that allows them to be like everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pets have a bias that allows them to be like everyone. 23. To make a judgment A) Compare. B) Evaluate. C) Identify. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaluate. 24. This is when an idea is presented as fact without full explanation or evidence; it is used to assert authority & make claims sound factual.This definition applies to which term? A) Assertion. B) Claim. C) Attacks. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assertion. 25. Resolution A) The story comes to a reasonable ending. B) The author wants to give information. C) The author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing. D) The author wants to tell you how to do something or how something works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The story comes to a reasonable ending. 26. A baseball heads for a window and you foresee the window breaking. What does that mean? A) You plan to break the window. B) You know that window will break before it happens. C) You wish the window would break. D) You saw a broken window and guessed what happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You know that window will break before it happens. 27. What does the word STARVING mean? A) To go looking for and study new stars. B) To start to do something new. C) To suffer or die because of a lack of food. D) To help someone else. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To suffer or die because of a lack of food. 28. Organizational structure A) The feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for a reader. B) The beginning of a story or paper. C) The middle of a story or paper. D) The order in which an author presents the ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The order in which an author presents the ideas. 29. Most individuals 10 ..... global warming will have a huge effect on wildlife in the future. A) Crucial. B) Anticipate. C) Attain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anticipate. 30. To speculate involves all of the following except ..... A) Eating. B) Thinking. C) Evaluating. D) Examining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAcademic Vocabulary Quiz 1Academic Vocabulary Quiz 2Academic Vocabulary Quiz 3Academic Vocabulary Quiz 4Academic Vocabulary Quiz 5Academic Vocabulary Quiz 6Academic Vocabulary Quiz 7Academic Vocabulary Quiz 8Academic Vocabulary Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books