This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 51 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is the will to achieve a difficult task. A) Independence. B) Determination. C) Specialized. D) Confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Determination. 2. Which of the following means the same as UNDERGO? A) Oppose. B) Experience. C) Refuse. D) Reject. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Experience. 3. What does it mean to CONCLUDE something? A) To come to a decision based on information presented. B) To break down into parts and examine closely. C) To point out facts or details about sometihng. D) To make something easier to understand by giving more details. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To come to a decision based on information presented. 4. Her sickness is not ..... the doctors can cure her easily. A) Significant. B) Severe. C) Exposed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Severe. 5. My mother enjoys watching thought ..... documentaries. * A) Provoking. B) Striking. C) Ingenious. D) Controversy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provoking. 6. The media leaves out one side of the story, or one aspect of the story A) Bias by selection of sources. B) Bias. C) Bias by placement. D) Bias through omission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bias through omission. 7. To use your background knowledge and clues in the text or picture to figure out what is happening A) Summarize. B) Elaborate. C) Infer. D) Describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infer. 8. A television is a machine that uses signals sent from far away to make pictures and sound people can watch. The root tele means far away. What does the root vis mean? A) Own or self. B) See or look at. C) Rock or earth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) See or look at. 9. GENERAL SPACE is a ..... that means ..... A) Noun. The area within a boundary in which a person can move. B) Adjective. Describes the amount of area used or needed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noun. The area within a boundary in which a person can move. 10. What is a folktale? A) A story with animals as characters conveying a moral. B) A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth. C) A story involving supernatural beings or events. D) A story that may sound true but features lots of exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth. 11. This definition applies to which term?These are descriptive words used to add emphasis and to create an emotional response. A) Evidence. B) Adjectives. C) Loaded Words. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjectives. 12. Support hold or bear; to keep going A) Fluctuate. B) Sustain. C) Amend. D) Comprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustain. 13. An idea that appears many times in a text that the author wants to share A) Annotate. B) Central idea. C) Evidence. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central idea. 14. What is the term for the central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work? A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 15. Which word means to list the steps in order? A) Explain. B) Trace. C) Infer. D) Justify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trace. 16. Any information collected from an original source that is used to support a response/thesis or prove an argument. A) Context clue. B) Text evidence. C) Annotate. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text evidence. 17. A statement that can be proven true. A) Opinion. B) Dialogue. C) Excerpt. D) Fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fact. 18. In science, what is the term for the process of a liquid turning into a gas? A) Evaporation. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) Freezing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaporation. 19. Answer A) To ask something to gain information. B) To know, comprehend. C) The story/passage. D) Response to a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Response to a question. 20. What is it called when the ending sound of a word corresponds to another word? A) Rhythm. B) Stanza. C) Rhyme. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 21. What does the vocabulary word appeals mean? A) A word that means the opposite of another word. B) To get the reader's attention. C) An author's viewpoint. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To get the reader's attention. 22. Tell what will happen next A) Predict. B) Summarize. C) Contrast. D) Compare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predict. 23. To closely examine something and see if all of the parts fit together in a way that makes sense. A) Differentiate. B) Compile. C) Analyze. D) Validity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyze. 24. A figure of speech in which a person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if present A) Apostrophe. B) Antecedent. C) Abstract. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 25. What is the topic? A) The big idea, the subject. B) Fiction. C) The lesson of the story. D) Non-fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The big idea, the subject. ← 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