English test

• What is an adjective?

  A word that describes a noun
• What is an adventure?

  An unusual, exciting or daring experience
• What does antiquated mean?

  Old-fashioned or outdated
• What does it mean to be apathetic?

  Showing or feeling no interest or enthusiasm
• What does it mean to be assimilated?

  Become absorbed and integrated into society
• What is an audience?

  The group of people to whom you are writing
• Who is a cartographer?

  A person who draws or produces maps
• What does desolation refer to?

  A state of complete emptiness, isolation and destruction
• What is a dilemma?

  A difficult situation or problem
• What does it mean to distinguish?

  To recognise or work something out
• What does it mean to emphasise?

  To stress or convey the importance of something
• What is endurance?

  The ability to go through a difficult process
• What is the equator?

  A line drawn in the middle of the globe
• What does it mean to evaluate?

  To make a judgement based on evidence
• What does it mean to explore?

  To travel through an unknown land
• What does format refer to in writing?

  The layout of your writing
• What does haul mean?

  To pull or drag
• What is a hemisphere?

  Half of a sphere
• What does indigenous mean?

  Originating or occurring naturally in one place
• What does parochial mean?

  Having a limited or narrow outlook
• What does perpendicularly mean?

  At a 90 degree angle to the surface
• What is the purpose of writing?

  The reason something is written
• What does scanning mean in reading?

  To quickly look at a text for key information
• What is scurvy?

  A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C,swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds
• What does superlative mean?

  A word that describes something as the very best
• What is tension?

  Mental or emotional strain
• What does titanic mean?

  Something gigantic, huge and enormous
• What does treacherous mean?

  Presenting hidden or unexpected dangers
• What is valour?

  Great courage in the face of danger