Vocabulary Quiz

Match each word with its definition.


1.   _____Whittling             a.  to push or thrust outward

2.   _____Futile                  b.  shallow

3.   _____Bewitching          c.  ridiculous speech

4.   _____Doggedly            d.  morally deprived

5.   _____Hitchhiking          e.  muscular and husky

6.   _____Protruded            f.  no useful results

7.   _____Tranquility            g.  shabby; wretched

8.   _____Hogwash              h.  fascinating

9.   _____Brokerage            i.  lack of emotion or feeling

10. _____Mangy                  j.  stubborn

11. _____Consummate         k.  the business of a broker

12. _____Robust                  l.  to cut small bits from wood

13. _____Superficial             m.  full of health and strength

14. _____Primitive                n.  to make filthy

15. _____Idle                       o.  lacking a foundation in fact

16. _____Churning               p.  to bring to completion

17. _____Defiled                  q.  to move with agitation

18. _____Burly                     r.  to get free rides along the road

19. _____Apathy                  s.  serenity

20. _____Depraved              t.  unsophisticated