This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Barrons > Barrons Vocab – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Barrons Vocab Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Annals A) Historical records. B) Of outstanding reputation. C) Dull, difficult work. D) Unending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical records. 2. Adulterate A) Very bad. B) Pretentious; phony. C) To caution or reprimand. D) To corrupt or make impure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To corrupt or make impure. 3. Affinity A) Growth in size or increase in amount. B) Fondness; liking; similarity. C) Relating to beauty or the arts. D) Growth in size or increase in amount. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fondness; liking; similarity. 4. Tinge A) Desiring huge amount. B) Of outstanding reputation. C) Carelessly chosen. D) Small amount of. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Small amount of. 5. Accrue A) Something added, attached, or joined. B) To corrupt or make impure. C) To corrupt or make impure. D) To accumulate; grow by additions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To accumulate; grow by additions. 6. Technology A) Related to science of engineering. B) Machine that behaves like a person. C) To add to. D) Someone's special field. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Related to science of engineering. 7. Paradox A) Of outstanding reputation. B) Seemingly self-contradictory situation. C) To be completely soaked in something. D) Unending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seemingly self-contradictory situation. 8. Adamant A) To accumulate; grow by additions. B) Very bad. C) Uncompromising; unyielding. D) To accumulate; grow by additions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uncompromising; unyielding. 9. Display A) To show or exhibit. B) A problem, disadvantage. C) To provide with something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show or exhibit. 10. What does the word 'cast' mean in the context of transportation? Let's say Maya is on a train journey and she hears the word 'cast'. What could it mean? A) A method or type. B) To show or exhibit. C) The engine of a train. D) To throw light on something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The engine of a train. 11. A problem, disadvantage A) Drawback. B) Disaster. C) Advantage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drawback. 12. Matron A) A mature woman. B) Machine that behaves like a person. C) Related to science of enginerring. D) Historical records. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A mature woman. 13. An object that produces light A) Illuminator. B) Illuminator. C) Illuminator. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illuminator. 14. Adjunct A) Uncompromising; unyielding. B) Relating to beauty or the arts. C) Something added, attached, or joined. D) Uncompromising; unyielding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something added, attached, or joined. 15. Indiscriminate A) Carelessly chosen. B) Seemingly self-contradictory situation. C) To be able to predict the future. D) Completely filled with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carelessly chosen. 16. Release A) V. to let something out. B) V. to compete with. C) V. to stop. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) V. to let something out. 17. Automaton A) Related to science of engineering. B) A mature woman. C) Machine that behaves like a person. D) Historical records. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Machine that behaves like a person. 18. Stopping the usual course of activity (adj) A) Disruptive. B) Intrinsic. C) Pedestrian. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disruptive. 19. Hey there! Can you tell me what 'utilize' means in the transportation passage? A) To compete with. B) To use. C) Central office for a military commander. D) Something that serves as protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To use. 20. Hey there! Can you tell me what 'sprawl' means in the transportation world? A) Something that serves as protection. B) An area of spreading growth. C) Central office for a military commander. D) To compete with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An area of spreading growth. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesBarrons Vocab Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books