Question 1

Which word means to implore or beg earnestly?

Accepted Answer

beseech

Answer

fervid

Answer

eloquence

Answer

stern

Question 2

Which word means intense or passionate?

Accepted Answer

fervid

Answer

tumult

Answer

beseech

Answer

stern

Question 3

Which word means fluent or persuasive speaking or writing?

Accepted Answer

eloquence

Answer

benignant

Answer

invocation

Answer

tumult

Question 4

Which word means strict or severe?

Accepted Answer

stern

Answer

unavailing

Answer

ghastly

Answer

commission

Question 5

Which word means a loud, confused noise?

Accepted Answer

tumult

Answer

beset

Answer

travail

Answer

desolate

Question 6

Which word means a prayer or request for help?

Accepted Answer

invocation

Answer

beseech

Answer

fervid

Answer

stern

Question 7

Which word means kind or gracious?

Accepted Answer

benignant

Answer

unavailing

Answer

commission

Answer

ghastly

Question 8

Which word means causing great horror or fear?

Accepted Answer

ghastly

Answer

contrite

Answer

beset

Answer

tumult

Question 9

Which word means the act of committing or entrusting a task to someone?

Accepted Answer

commission

Answer

travail

Answer

benignant

Answer

desolate

Question 10

Which word means ineffective or useless?

Accepted Answer

unavailing

Answer

contrite

Answer

tumult

Answer

invocation

Question 11

Which word means barren or uninhabited?

Accepted Answer

desolate

Answer

fervid

Answer

beseech

Answer

stern

Question 12

Which word means to be troubled by something or someone constantly?

Accepted Answer

beset

Answer

unavailing

Answer

ghastly

Answer

commission

Question 13

Which word means feeling remorseful or repentant?

Accepted Answer

contrite

Answer

tumult

Answer

invocation

Answer

benignant

Question 14

The speaker's _________ was evident in the passionate delivery of their speech.

Accepted Answer

eloquence

Answer

stern

Answer

tumult

Answer

contrite

Question 15

The soldiers were given a _________ to retrieve the stolen artifact.

Accepted Answer

commission

Answer

desolate

Answer

ghastly

Answer

benignant

Question 16

The _________ expression on his face made it clear he was not happy with the outcome.

Accepted Answer

stern

Answer

contrite

Answer

tumult

Answer

eloquence

Question 17

The _________ caused by the stampeding crowd was overwhelming.

Accepted Answer

tumult

Answer

ghastly

Answer

contrite

Answer

beseech

Question 18

The priest offered a/an _________ to the gods for a bountiful harvest.

Accepted Answer

invocation

Answer

benignant

Answer

fervid

Answer

desolate

Question 19

The _________ landscape was a result of years of neglect and indifference.

Accepted Answer

desolate

Answer

travail

Answer

beset

Answer

stern

Question 20

Despite their best efforts, their attempts were _________ in solving the problem.

Accepted Answer

unavailing

Answer

tumult

Answer

fervid

Answer

contrite

Question 21

The small village was _________ by a swarm of locusts, destroying their crops and livelihood.

Accepted Answer

beset

Answer

ghastly

Answer

eloquence

Answer

desolate

Question 22

What is an antonym for 'stern'?

Accepted Answer

kind

Answer

strict

Answer

harsh

Answer

severe

Question 23

What is an antonym for 'ghastly'?

Accepted Answer

pleasant

Answer

appalling

Answer

terrible

Answer

horrifying

Question 24

What is an antonym for 'travail'?

Accepted Answer

ease

Answer

exertion

Answer

toil

Answer

struggle

Question 25

Beseech is to request as fervid is to:

Accepted Answer

passionate

Answer

indifferent

Answer

calm

Answer

confused

Question 26

Eloquence is to speech as stern is to:

Accepted Answer

attitude

Answer

taste

Answer

color

Answer

smell

Question 27

Desolate is to barren as travail is to:

Accepted Answer

pain

Answer

peace

Answer

joy

Answer

relief

Question 28

Eloquence is to articulate as benignant is to:

Accepted Answer

kind

Answer

selfish

Answer

cruel

Answer

mean

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