Grammar Quiz (31 May 2024)

Provoke - to cause a particular feeling or reaction

Arouse- to cause a particular reaction in people

Inhibit - to prevent something or make something happen more slowly

Slack- showing a lack of activity

Constrain- to limit somebody/something

Reveal - to make known or show something usually secret or hidden

Disclose- to tell something to somebody or to make something known publicly

Curb- to control the growth or expression of something

Veil- a thin covering that hides something

Darken- to become or to make something darker

Hesitant - slow to speak or act because you are uncertain

Reluctant- not wanting to do something because you are not sure it is the right thing to do

Diligent- showing care and effort in your work or duties

Remote- far away from where other people live

Eager- strongly wanting to do or have something.

Relapse- to become worse again after an improvement

Improve- to become or to make something better

Warrant- an official written statement that gives somebody permission to do something

Pine- to be very unhappy because somebody has died or gone away

Validate- to show that something is true

Sprightly- full of energy and life

Lethargic- having little energy

Enthusiastic- full of excitement and interest in something

Durable- likely to last for a long time without breaking

Spiteful- behaving in a cruel or unkind way in order to hurt or upset somebody

Assiduous - working very hard and taking great care that everything is done as well as it can be

Idle - not wanting to work hard

Anxious - worried and afraid

Destitute - without any money, food, or a home

Unique - not like anything else; being the only one of its type

Ebb - to flow away from the land, which happens twice a day

Flow - a steady, continuous movement of something/somebody

Ripe - ready to be picked and eaten

Moisture - water in small drops on a surface, in the air, etc.

Stiff - firm and difficult to bend or move

Aquarium (a glass container filled with water, in which fish and water animals are kept) is the correct spelling.

Vividly (In a way that produces powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind) is the correct spelling.

'Spearhead' is the correct spelling.