| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 1 | convincing; reasonable |
1 cogent 2 obsolete 3 biased 4 pragmatic 5 truncated | |
| 2 | keen; incisive |
1 trenchant 2 annihilate 3 prophetic 4 disingenuous 5 sonorous | |
| 3 | to serve as an omen or a warning of |
1 torpor 2 ambivalent 3 portend 4 serene 5 cordial | |
| 4 | uncertainty; apprehension |
1 stratagem 2 lament 3 usurp 4 trepidation 5 heinous | |
| 5 | lacking sophistication |
1 naïve 2 decorous 3 contemptuous 4 replete 5 cantankerous | |
| 6 | a restoration or rehabilitation to productivity or usefulness |
1 feral 2 truncated 3 reclamation 4 coup 5 ponderous | |
| 7 | imposed as a duty; obligatory |
1 fabricated 2 meticulous 3 incumbent (adj) 4 urbane 5 affable | |
| 8 | easy-going; friendly |
1 egregious 2 coup 3 affable 4 gratuitous 5 salutary | |
| 9 | given freely; unearned; unwarranted |
1 immutable 2 gratuitous 3 truncated 4 medley 5 milk | |
| 10 | unoriginal; overused; stale |
1 feasible 2 stymied 3 sanction (n) 4 whimsical 5 trite | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 11 | long established; deep-rooted; habitual |
1 inveterate 2 cantankerous 3 obstinate 4 opulent 5 paucity | |
| 12 | perceptive |
1 transitory 2 vilify 3 insightful 4 timorous 5 exculpate | |
| 13 | devoid of matter; empty |
1 tenet 2 wry 3 vacuous 4 substantiated 5 patronizing | |
| 14 | causing disgust or hatred |
1 ingrate 2 repugnant 3 benign 4 futile 5 ornate | |
| 15 | having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; hateful |
1 wary 2 malevolent 3 unpalatable 4 fabricated 5 sanguine | |
| 16 | elaborately ornamented |
1 opulent 2 mercurial 3 insolent 4 toxic 5 ornate | |
| 17 | defiant of authority; stubborn; not easily managed |
1 slander 2 apt 3 intrepid 4 recalcitrant 5 archaic | |
| 18 | a widespread fire |
1 omnipotent 2 plagiarism 3 malice 4 timorous 5 conflagration | |
| 19 | having a harmful effect; injurious |
1 austere 2 paramount 3 deleterious 4 poignant 5 gratuitous | |
| 20 | to express grief for; mourn |
1 gregarious 2 intrepid 3 coup 4 pervasive 5 lament | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 21 | conspicuously bad or offensive |
1 egregious 2 paramount 3 soporific 4 deleterious 5 compelling | |
| 22 | describing a rudely abrupt manner |
1 aesthetic 2 hackneyed 3 brusque 4 inveterate 5 poignant | |
| 23 | to encroach in a way that violates the rights of another |
1 obscure (adj or v) 2 punctilious 3 impinge 4 ingrate 5 enmity | |
| 24 | cheerfully confident; optimistic |
1 trepidation 2 asylum 3 sanguine 4 apt 5 mitigate | |
| 25 | to slow the progress of |
1 mitigate 2 immutable 3 hackneyed 4 impede 5 cogent | |
| 26 | quarrelsome; unruly |
1 specious 2 toxic 3 obsolete 4 incontrovertible 5 fractious | |
| 27 | characterized by exercising absolute power tyranically |
1 cantankerous 2 disingenuous 3 poignant 4 caustic 5 despotic | |
| 28 | cut short; abbreviated |
1 maverick 2 facetious 3 futile 4 curtailed 5 laudatory | |
| 29 | an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country |
1 liquid 2 prudent 3 sanction (n) 4 adage 5 stoic | |
| 30 | having no bad effect; harmless |
1 innocuous 2 adage 3 itinerant 4 medley 5 amenable | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 31 | careful and principled |
1 mitigate 2 conscientious 3 laudatory 4 salutary 5 mollify | |
| 32 | extremely dull |
1 tenet 2 medley 3 spurious 4 ponderous 5 specious | |
| 33 | a dabbler in or one who superficially understands an art or a field of knowledge |
1 laconic 2 dilettante 3 intrepid 4 ruse 5 trepidation | |
| 34 | condition of sticking together |
1 penitent 2 pristine 3 ornate 4 cohesive 5 indolent | |
| 35 | abundantly supplied; filled |
1 arbiter 2 innocuous 3 omnipotent 4 replete 5 ornate | |
| 36 | roomy; spacious |
1 propriety 2 capacious 3 usurp 4 pervasive 5 poignant | |
| 37 | strikingly new, unusual, or different |
1 toxic 2 maverick 3 novel 4 urbane 5 transitory | |
| 38 | a principle held as being true by a person or an organization |
1 exemplary 2 tenet 3 reclamation 4 permeated 5 aberration | |
| 39 | extremely stubborn |
1 diligent 2 meticulous 3 austere 4 adamant 5 prosaic | |
| 40 | one who is particularly concerned with maintaining traditional practices |
1 zealous 2 purist 3 slander 4 urbane 5 tenet | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 41 | domineering; oppressively overbearing |
1 coup 2 ponderous 3 dictatorial 4 clarity 5 rancorous | |
| 42 | intense enthusiasm |
1 amiable 2 zealous 3 impinge 4 didactic 5 ebullience | |
| 43 | having little substance or strength; shaky; flimsy |
1 paucity 2 feasible 3 ruse 4 obscure (adj or v) 5 tenuous | |
| 44 | lasting for a markedly brief time |
1 garrulous 2 fractious 3 ephemeral 4 convoluted 5 benevolent | |
| 45 | to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on |
1 disdain 2 glower 3 caustic 4 parsimonious 5 arduous | |
| 46 | an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect |
1 replete 2 tenet 3 hackneyed 4 ample 5 parody | |
| 47 | hard to understand |
1 abstruse 2 dilatory 3 paucity 4 intuitive 5 ephemeral | |
| 48 | impossible to appease |
1 pander 2 candor 3 vilify 4 implacable 5 garrulous | |
| 49 | to weaken the strength or vitality of |
1 poignant 2 heresy 3 enervate 4 gratuitous 5 innate | |
| 50 | stubborn; inflexible |
1 obdurate 2 amiable 3 coup 4 adage 5 purist | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 51 | characteristic of an earlier, more primitive period; old-fashioned |
1 austere 2 archaic 3 ostentatious 4 ambivalent 5 malevolent | |
| 52 | fundamentally distinct or different |
1 cantankerous 2 disparate 3 prophetic 4 obsolete 5 facetious | |
| 53 | characterized by a stubborn adherence to insufficiently proved beliefs |
1 wary 2 sanction (n) 3 dogmatic 4 tenet 5 annihilate | |
| 54 | not pleasing to the taste |
1 alleviate 2 emollient 3 benevolent 4 rancorous 5 unpalatable | |
| 55 | feeling hatred; scornful |
1 terse 2 contemptuous 3 malevolent 4 capacious 5 squalor | |
| 56 | expressing remorse for one's misdeeds |
1 lament 2 timorous 3 asylum 4 penitent 5 arduous | |
| 57 | having to do with the appreciation of beauty |
1 conflagration 2 imperious 3 benign 4 punctilious 5 aesthetic | |
| 58 | foretelling or predicting future events |
1 prophetic 2 pejorative 3 assiduous 4 vindicated 5 benevolent | |
| 59 | a state of reduced or suspended sensibility |
1 curtailed 2 temperate 3 pugnacious 4 stupor 5 lampoon (n) or (v) | |
| 60 | enjoying the company of others; sociable |
1 sanction (n) 2 stupor 3 gregarious 4 timorous 5 obscure (adj or v) | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 61 | spread or flowing throughout |
1 permeated 2 conscientious 3 caustic 4 punctilious 5 quandary | |
| 62 | kind and gentle |
1 benign 2 compelling 3 feral 4 vindicated 5 trepidation | |
| 63 | narrow in scope |
1 austere 2 suppressed 3 vacuous 4 abstruse 5 parochial | |
| 64 | menacing; threatening |
1 portend 2 gregarious 3 milk 4 frenetic 5 ominous | |
| 65 | unimaginative; dull |
1 incorrigible 2 benign 3 abstruse 4 rancorous 5 prosaic | |
| 66 | one that indicates what is to come; a forerunner |
1 harbinger 2 nascent 3 florid 4 purist 5 sanction (n) | |
| 67 | given to excessive, rambling talk |
1 garrulous 2 inconsequential 3 ingrate 4 mitigate 5 impinge | |
| 68 | on guard; watchful |
1 auspicious 2 rancorous 3 epiphany 4 deleterious 5 wary | |
| 69 | a beginner |
1 emulate 2 deleterious 3 novice 4 naïve 5 pugnacious | |
| 70 | done by secretive means |
1 rapport 2 intrepid 3 immutable 4 reticent 5 surreptitious | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 71 | misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official |
1 catalog (v) 2 pugnacious 3 brusque 4 malfeasance 5 prophetic | |
| 72 | describing flowery or elaborate speech |
1 sanction (n) 2 ambivalent 3 florid 4 mitigate 5 decorous | |
| 73 | a filthy condition or quality |
1 squalor 2 permeated 3 clandestine 4 whimsical 5 propriety | |
| 74 | of or occurring in the night |
1 quandary 2 nocturnal 3 benign 4 pristine 5 recalcitrant | |
| 75 | not genuine; false |
1 repugnant 2 spurious 3 exemplary 4 contemptuous 5 ebullience | |
| 76 | a deviation from the way things normally happen or are done |
1 pristine 2 aberration 3 obstinate 4 mercurial 5 embellish | |
| 77 | known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
1 notorious 2 arid 3 incontrovertible 4 pragmatic 5 lampoon (n) or (v) | |
| 78 | a crafty trick |
1 ruse 2 candor 3 urbane 4 suppressed 5 rancorous | |
| 79 | enormous |
1 abdicate 2 arid 3 prodigious 4 inconsequential 5 repugnant | |
| 80 | hatefully evil; abominable |
1 whimsical 2 heinous 3 paucity 4 serene 5 purist | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 81 | a relationship of mutual trust or affinity |
1 dilatory 2 embellish 3 rapport 4 soporific 5 specious | |
| 82 | a brilliant and sudden overthrow of a government |
1 rapport 2 futile 3 disparage 4 convoluted 5 coup | |
| 83 | located far away |
1 remote 2 asylum 3 usurp 4 camaraderie 5 opulent | |
| 84 | a broad satirical piece; or to broadly satire |
1 repugnant 2 nocturnal 3 lampoon (n) or (v) 4 quandary 5 laudatory | |
| 85 | courageous; fearless |
1 ephemeral 2 intrepid 3 stratagem 4 aesthetic 5 pander | |
| 86 | uninteresting; unchallenging |
1 insipid 2 auspicious 3 curtailed 4 serene 5 florid | |
| 87 | no longer in use; old-fashioned |
1 curtailed 2 contemptuous 3 prodigious 4 obsolete 5 mundane | |
| 88 | commonplace; ordinary |
1 adage 2 futile 3 ingrate 4 benevolent 5 mundane | |
| 89 | shortened; cut off |
1 intuitive 2 incontrovertible 3 lampoon (n) or (v) 4 truncated 5 sedentary | |
| 90 | passionate; extremely interested in pursuing something |
1 indigenous 2 zealous 3 ephemeral 4 compelling 5 recalcitrant | |
| Number | Question | Answer | Your answer |
| 91 | wildly excited or active |
1 frenetic 2 implacable 3 specious 4 auspicious 5 immutable | |
| 92 | to make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate |
1 pander 2 impinge 3 embellish 4 substantiated 5 reclamation | |
| 93 | a wise old saying |
1 incorrigible 2 convoluted 3 disingenuous 4 adage 5 egregious | |
| 94 | softening and soothing |
1 harbinger 2 purist 3 alleviate 4 emollient 5 inveterate | |
| 95 | to free from guilt or blame |
1 caustic 2 amenable 3 enervate 4 penitent 5 exculpate | |
| 96 | to decrease gradually in intensity; decline |
1 amenable 2 wane 3 torpor 4 pander 5 pristine | |
| 97 | dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony |
1 ostentatious 2 intrepid 3 contemptuous 4 wry 5 ponderous | |
| 98 | good-natured and likable |
1 amiable 2 mundane 3 cogent 4 remote 5 egregious | |
| 99 | indisputable; not open to question |
1 austere 2 incumbent (adj) 3 incontrovertible 4 pristine 5 slander | |
| 100 | lazy |
1 indolent 2 opulent 3 reclamation 4 propriety 5 nocturnal |