Fill in the blanks. This exercise tests your range of vocabulary.
1The ............... speech went on for over an hour and was full of pompous words.
Wrong!
"Grandiloquent" means using long, impressive-sounding language in a pompous way.
2The paintings show the ............... of the royal palace in 1900.
Wrong!
"Grandeur" means impressive beauty, size, or magnificence.
3The government will ............... land to anyone willing to farm it.
Wrong!
"Grant" means to give something officially.
4She is not ............... enough to be a good hostess.
Wrong!
"Gracious" means polite, kind, and welcoming.
5Helping the poor gives her tremendous ............... .
Wrong!
"Gratification" means pleasure or satisfaction from doing something.
6The wet leaves ............... toward the bottom of the pool.
Wrong!
"Gravitate" means to move naturally toward someone or something.
7The lawyer offered ............... help to families who could not pay.
Wrong!
"Gratuitous" means given freely or without payment.
8The candle made only a ............... in the vast room.
Wrong!
"Glimmer" means a faint or weak light.
9Good winners do not ............... over their victory.
Wrong!
"Gloat" means to show too much pleasure about your success or another person's failure.
10This bill contains a ............... error in the total.
Wrong!
"Glaring" means very obvious and bad.
11With some words missing and others misspelled, the message was pure ............... .
Wrong!
"Gibberish" means meaningless words or writing.
12The driver ............... for the police car to stop.
Wrong!
"Gesticulated" means made gestures, especially while speaking or signaling.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- The grandiloquent speech went on for over an hour and was full of pompous words.
- The paintings show the grandeur of the royal palace in 1900.
- The government will grant land to anyone willing to farm it.
- She is not gracious enough to be a good hostess.
- Helping the poor gives her tremendous gratification .
- The wet leaves gravitate toward the bottom of the pool.
- The lawyer offered gratuitous help to families who could not pay.
- The candle made only a glimmer in the vast room.
- Good winners do not gloat over their victory.
- This bill contains a glaring error in the total.
- With some words missing and others misspelled, the message was pure gibberish .
- The driver gesticulated for the police car to stop.
