This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 50 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the vocabulary word selection mean? A) A written or spoken text or story. B) Repeating patterns of sound. C) Digital resource. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A written or spoken text or story. 2. To decide by reasoning / to reach a conclusion after a discussion A) Interpret. B) Conclude. C) Derive. D) Seek. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conclude. 3. The artist used many ..... colors to complete his painting. A) Provoking. B) Striking. C) Ingenious. D) Controversy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Striking. 4. When the findings of your empirical investigation are different from a certain study, it means that your results ..... the previous research. A) Complement. B) Are highly correlated with. C) Are contrary to. D) Echo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are contrary to. 5. A book or written work A) Describe. B) Analyze. C) Evaluate. D) Text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Text. 6. To look at something carefully by attention to its parts A) Analyze. B) Defend. C) Evidence. D) Materials List. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analyze. 7. The verbal interaction between two or more characters in a dramatic or narrative work A) Dialogue. B) Evidence. C) Characterization. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 8. I support the ..... that health care should be free for all members of society. A) LABOUR. B) SOURCE. C) PRINCIPLE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PRINCIPLE. 9. To express the opposite of something A) Compare. B) Contrast. C) Summarize. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 10. To introduce A) To bring up something NEW. B) To talk about something. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To bring up something NEW. 11. Not related to the concrete properties of an object; pertaining to ideas, concepts, qualities instead of physical attributes. A) Aphorism. B) Abstract. C) Alliteration. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abstract. 12. What is the definition of lesson? A) Instruction. B) A lesson to show right from wrong. C) Tell in detail. D) To tell again. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Instruction. 13. What is it called when an author gives human like qualities to everyday objects? A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. Having or providing as much as is needed:enough A) Sufficient. B) Objective. C) Isolate. D) Subjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sufficient. 15. Recognize what makes (someone or something) different. A) Evaluate. B) Isolate. C) Differentiate. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Differentiate. 16. No one has lived in the vacant house on the hill for about 15 years. A) Not lived in. B) Old and dusty. C) Broken down. D) Haunted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not lived in. 17. Which word or phrase is a synonym for anticipate? A) Expect. B) Move ahead. C) Give up. D) Give back. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expect. 18. Clues in a text that help you figure out the meaning of an unknown word A) Context Clues. B) Text Features. C) Text Structure. D) Infer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context Clues. 19. To make sense of and assign meaning to the data A) Divisor. B) Interpret. C) Strategies. D) Identity property of multiplication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interpret. 20. Words that have opposite meanings A) Connotation. B) Antonyms. C) Definition. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonyms. 21. At the end of the meeting there were still a number of unresolved ..... A) ISSUES. B) CONCEPTS. C) STRUCTURE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ISSUES. 22. Analyze A) How a story is revealed. B) When the problem in a story is solved. C) Free of any opinions, personal beliefs, or judgments. D) To examine parts to see how they work together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To examine parts to see how they work together. 23. Which of these is true of a bell preceding a fire drill? A) The bell signals that a fire drill will follow. B) The bell rings several hours before the fire drill. C) The bell signals that the fire drill is over. D) There is no warning before the fire drill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bell signals that a fire drill will follow. 24. What is the term for a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word? A) Antonym. B) Synonym. C) Homonym. D) Acronym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonym. 25. Which term means to look at something closely and figure out its parts or how it works? A) Analyze. B) Narrate. C) Cite. D) Compare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analyze. 26. To tell how two or more things are similar or alike A) Compare. B) Contrast. C) Infer. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare. 27. What does the word affect mean? A) All the answers. B) To influence. C) Make a difference to. D) Impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the answers. 28. Choose the correct definition of phrase A) A group of words. B) A group of things. C) A group of people. D) A group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of words. 29. What does it mean to INDICATE? A) To make clear by citing examples. B) To point out or show. C) To list the steps in order. D) To back up or justify your answer with evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To point out or show. 30. Which pronoun is used in second person narration? A) He. B) You. C) I. D) They. 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