Let's play with words!

Vocabulary Quiz for Fun!

Learning and teaching a foreign/ second language are a lifelong journey that can make you feel exhausted at times. However, doesn’t it sound exciting if the navigation goes on throughout your lifetime?

Day in and day out, let us delight in exploring the world of English!  

 

Try to fill in the following blanks in the given sentences (using the hints/clues provided) to make them sense.

 

    1.   A: How did your audition for the role go?

B: Well, the director said I had a great big smile, which was easy on the ___________ (*meaning “physically attractive”) but not on the ears. My voice wasn’t loud enough to reach the back row of the theatre.

  

    2.  The nasty scheme and deceiving behaviors of prosecutors along with the corrupted Chief Justice of Supreme Court could not earn ______________ points (*meaning praise or credit earned for doing something good or commendable) at all with most of the Korean people.

 

    3.   Watch out for anybody who constantly gives you unsolicited information that sounds way too good to be true in stock market. In quite a few cases, they are ________flams. (*meaning  a criminal who steals money from people by tricking them)

 

    4.   Every time I see birdies on the branch, I wonder how they can li_____________ (*meaning to remain balanced/ poised) even while sleeping. I wish I had their tendon-locking system with my feet!

 

    5.   I can tell this is your favorite book. Most of the pages are dog-eared and the white-hued margins have become xan________  (*meaning yellowish) over the years.

 

    6.   I am not much of a big fan of trendy clothing, because I easily get tired of the fashion statement that will soon be out of style. Classic and basic fashion items like blazers in dark navy or black hues always beda_________ (*meaning to enchant or fascinate someone) me.

 

    7.   Moona looked so beautiful and graceful like a goddess at her wedding, wearing an ________dem (*meaning a wreath/ garland) made of her favorite flowers ‘baby’s breath’.

 

    8.   Mom said to herself “Tempus f_________!” (*meaning “Time flies!” in Latin) while flipping through the old family photo albums.

 

    9.   The impeached president of South Korea thought that he had the right to lay down the _________ (*meaning to make a strong statement about what someone is or is not allowed to do) to his political opponents by declaring Martial Law out of the blue.

 

    10. Just as depicted in most of the soap operas or movies, family reunions are oftentimes the quinte_____________ (*meaning perfectly typical or representative of a particular kind of person or thing) gatherings full of jokes, laughter, booze, and arguments.

 

Answer Keys

    1.  easy on the eyes

    2.  brownie points

    3.  flimflams

    4.  librate

    5.  xanthic

    6.  bedazzle

    7.  anadem

    8.  Tempus fugit    

    9.  lay down the law

    10. quintessential