English Vocabulary and Phrasal Verbs Quiz

Optimistic means hopeful and confident about the future. Hopeful is a direct synonym. Reliable, religious, and sanctimonious describe unrelated qualities - trustworthiness, faith, or fake piety.

Let the chips fall where they may means to accept the consequences of your actions without worrying about them. It is about not being concerned with outcomes, not about morale, self-esteem, or depression.

Pitiless means showing no pity or compassion - cruel and merciless. Cruel is the correct synonym. Sympathetic and show kindness are antonyms. Without humour is unrelated.

Ruddy means having a healthy red color, typically describing a complexion. Reddish in colour is the correct meaning. Repugnant means offensive, colourless means without color, and wrinkled describes texture.

Line one's pocket means to make money for oneself, usually through greedy or dishonest means. It does not literally mean sewing pockets, having silver linings, or earning honestly.

Authentic means genuine, real, or not fake - the original rather than a copy. Genuine is the correct synonym. Honest is related but different. False and fabricated are antonyms.

Make someone's gorge rise means to cause someone to feel disgusted or nauseated - to highly offend or annoy them. It does not mean making someone's mouth water, hurting them, or making them jealous.

Prone to means having a tendency or inclination toward something - often something negative. Tendency to be affected by something correctly captures this meaning. The other options describe different concepts.

Puissant means 'powerful' or 'strong' (from French/Latin 'potens'). Options A (bulky), B (weak), and D (feeble) are incorrect - B and D are actually antonyms. The word is used in formal contexts to describe strength or influence.

Dissimilation refers to 'the act of making or becoming unlike.' In linguistics, it's when similar sounds become different to avoid confusion (e.g., Latin 'peregrinus' becoming 'pilgrim'). Options A, C, and D are incorrect definitions.