English vocabulary exercise

1. In which of the following sets, all the words ignore the existence of God?

a) Pantheism, Agnosticism, Atheism

b) Atheism, Agnosticism, Secularism

c) Deism, Secularism, Agnosticism

d) Atheism, Deism, Secularism

2. Which sets of words are only nouns?

a) pauper, diligence, secularism, thesis

b) pompous, ridiculous, equanimity, philately

c) penance, science, porous, poignant

d) poisonous, pauper, analysis, ignorance

3. Which sets of words are only adjectives?

a) ridiculous, native, anonymous

b) protestant, spheroid, oratory

c) astronomy, sympathy, privacy

d) nation, action, privacy

4. Choose the idiom from the options, which means: ‘to be modest about one’s achievements’

a) to hide one’s light under a bushel

b) to take to the bush

c) to hide behind the bush

d) to beat about the bush

5. ‘Brave men lived before Agamemnon.’ Choose the option that has the closest meaning to the proverb.

a) Heroes need writers to glorify them if they are to achieve eternal fame.

b) Fame and obscurity are all linked in some way.

c) Agamemnon won the Trojan War because he had the support of several brave men.

d) All are correct.

6. In which of the following sets of discourse markers, all words convey the idea of cause / effect?

a) accordingly, in the same way, lastly

b) accordingly, as a result, consequently

c) eventually, finally, lastly

d) for example, accordingly, moreover

Answers

1. b) Atheism, Agnosticism, Secularism

2. a) pauper, diligence, secularism, thesis

3. a) ridiculous, native, anonymous

4. a) to hide one’s light under a bushel

5. a) Heroes need writers to glorify them if they are to achieve eternal fame.

6. b) accordingly, as a result, consequently